Mount Peel Road Board writes to the Secretary of Public Works [selected letters by J.B.A. Acland]

Archives reference: CAAR 19946 CH287/CP233, ICPW 13/1871 - Stevens, Mount Peel Road Board to Secretary of Public Works - map of district separated from Geraldine, etc. Filed with 7 of 5/01/1871 (Acland), 965 of 29/12/1869 (Rolleston), 3 of 3/01/1870 (Petition), 3.1, 4 of 3/01/1870 (Acland), 28 of 13/01/1870 (Rayner), 42 of 17/01/1870 (Tripp), 74 of 5/02/1870 (Rayner), 74.1, 128 of 26/02/1870, 129 of 26/02/1870 (Tripp), 138 of 1/03/1870 (Acland), 166 of 11/03/1870 (Rayner), 211 of 30/03/1870 (Tripp), 2.1, 335 of 31/05/1870 (Andrews), 345 of 4/06/1870 (Andrews), 345.1, 402 of 27/06/1870 (Jollie), 403 of 27/06/1870 (Andrews), 416 of 2/07/1870 (Acland), 452 of 19/07/1870 (Acland), 461 of 22/07/1870 (Andrews), 461.1, 499 of 8/08/1870 (Acland), 567 of 12/09/1870 (Acland), 637 of 1/10/1870 (Acland), 707 of 1/11/1870 (Acland), 729 of 15/11/1870 (Acland), 789 of 13/12/1870 (Acland), 790 of 13/12/1870 (Harman), 830 of 28/12/1870 (Acland), 830.1 - 9/01/1871


These letters form part of a larger body of correspondence which began in 1864 with the first appointment of a separate Secretary for Public Works; until this time, issues concerning public infrastructure were dealt with by the Provincial Secretary. Letters cover inwards correspondence concerning the construction and maintenance of all government buildings; railways, including the Lyttelton Tunnel; roads and bridges; immigration barracks and other provincial infrastructure.