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Register Room, Archives NZ: Public Works Records
Order: C [Series] 1 Year/Letter number

Correspondence Indexes
W 3/1	1871	W 3/6	1876	W 3/11	1881	W 3/16	1886
W 3/2	1872	W 3/7	1877	W 3/12	1882	W 3/17	1887
W 3/3	1873	W 3/8	1878	W 3/13	1883	W 3/18	1888
W 3/4	1874	W 3/9	missing W 3/14	1884	W 3/19	1889
W 3/5	1875	W 3/10	1880	W 3/15	1885	W 3/20	1890

W 3/21	1891	W 3/26	1896	W 3/31	1901	W 3/36	1906
W 3/22	1892	W 3/27	1897	W 3/32	1902	W 3/37	1907
W 3/23	1893	W 3/28	1898	W 3/33	1903	W 3/38	1908
W 3/24	1894	W 3/29	1899	W 3/34	1904	W 3/39	1909
W 3/25	1895	W 3/30	1900	W 3/35	1905

W 3/40-41	1910 Engineers & Miscellaneous
W 3/42-43	1911 Engineers & Miscellaneous
W 3/44-45	1912 Engineers & Miscellaneous
W 3/46-47	1913 Engineers & Miscellaneous

W 3/51		1872-1874 Subject Index
W 3/52		1875-1877 Subject Index (only 2 years recorded)

W 3/69		1910-1913 Subject Index Middle Island
W 3/70		Index to Public Buildings


Correspondence Registers
Film #  Date Range			Letter numbers
Micro-Z					
2719	Oct 1870-Dec 1872 		1870/1	  - 1872/3340
2720	Dec 1872-May 1874 Incomplete	1872/3341 - 1874/1779
2721	May 1874-Jul 1875 Incomplete	1874/1800 - 1875/3094
2722	Jul 1875-Aug 1876		1875/3095 - 1876/3962
2723	Aug 1876-Dec 1877 Incomplete	1876/3963 - 1877/5280
2724	Dec 1877-Mar 1879 Incomplete	1877/5271 - 1879/1217
2725	Mar 1879-Apr 1880 Incomplete	1879/1218 - 1880/1945
2726	Apr 1880-Sep 1881		1880/1946 - 1881/3066
2727	Sep 1881-Mar 1883 Incomplete	1881/3067 - 1883/854
2728	Mar 1883-May 1884		1883/995  - 1884/2243
2729	May 1884-Mar 1885		1884/2244 - 1885/1559
2730	Mar 1885-Apr 1886 Incomplete	1885/1700 - 1886/1429
2731	Apr 1886-May 1887		1886/1430 - 1887/2198a
2732	May 1887-Oct 1888 Incomplete	1887/2199 - 1888/3239
2733	Oct 1888-Jul 1891		1888/3674 - 1891/1223
2734	Jul 1891-May 1893 Incomplete	1891/1224 - 1893/1366
2735	May 1893-Dec 1894		1893/1367 - 1894/3793
2736	Dec 1894-May 1896		1894/3794 - 1896/1821
2737	May 1896-Dec 1897		1896/1822 - 1897/4016
2738	Dec 1897-Jun 1899		1897/4017 - 1899/2017

2807	Oct 1879-Dec 1882 Middle Island 1879/1737 - 1882/1866
2677	Jan 1883-Mar 1884 Middle Island 1883/1    - 1884/404

Registers of Staff Service
Includes names, date of birth, particulars of service, including 
positions held, salary, other government posts held and the amount 
of leave taken. [From Civilian Government Employees: Sources at 
National Archives]

W 14/1		c1880-c1910
W 14/2		c1881-1908
W 14/3		c1881-1909
W 14/4		c1895-1911
W 14/5		c1903-1913

W 14/6		1907-1913 Contributions to Superannuation Fund
W 14/7		c1911 Roads
W 14/8		1912-1913 Temporary Employees
W 14/9		1911-1913
W 14/10		1913-1914 Register of salaries & allowances

W 14/11		1893-1905 Indexes to Staff Registers
W 14/12		1897-1909 ditto
W 14/13		1897-1907 ditto
W 14/14		1902-1913 ditto


Public Works Stores Audit Office
Register of Correspondence - mostly departmental storekeepers
W 30/1		1878-1883


Contract Register, Tenders Board
W 34/1		Feb 1895-Oct 1913
W 34/2		Aug 1924-Dec 1926
W 34/3		Jan 1927-Dec 1930
W 34/4		Jan 1931-Dec 1933
W 34/5		Jan 1934-May 1939
W 34/6		Jun 1939-Aug 1950
W 34/7		Nov 1906-Apr 1914 Register of Petty Contracts


Public [Government] Buildings Department
W 52/2		Dec 1888-Jul 1890 Register of Inwards Letters


Roads Department Inwards Correspondence Register
W 55/1		Mar 1901-Sep 1901
W 55/2		Sep 1901-Feb 1902