Correspondence 'DBO' files - Destitute Board Office (1876 - 1927)

Access Conditions

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Records

Missing Files:
These records were housed in the basement of the Government Offices in Victoria Square when inspected by the Archives in 1960. The docketed correspondence was scattered over the floor and disarranged. After transfer to the Archives a large quantity of it was found to have been eaten by white ants or destroyed by water and mould. For these reasons many affected dockets were burned.