Series 15:
Prime Minister, 1901-1923 (bulk 1903-1910)
Subseries 15.5:
Portfolios, 1901-1923 (bulk 1903-1910)
Subseries 15.5.3:
The Treasury, 1904-1910
Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, press clippings and other printed material relating to the Treasury during Deakin's terms as Prime Minister. The papers concern such issues as States' debts, the financial agreement and the 1910 referendum, ministerial salaries, Australian loans in Britain and loan conversion, world monetary standards, the note issue and silver coinage. They also touch on the cost of the transcontinental railway, token coins, the Australian public debt, government finances and the Banking and Note Acts. The correspondents include Joseph Carruthers, Timothy Coghlan, R.M. Collins, Sir John Forrest, Moreton Frewen, H.A. Grainger, Robert Harper, William H. Irvine, William Kidston, John Murray, Thomas Playford and Charles Wade. This subseries contains Items 15/2934 - 15/3290.
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