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The deposits of the NAG are split into twenty-six different FONDS. Each fond is divided into as many SECTIONS as is deemed necessary to reflect the various responsibilities or activities of the entity that produced the fond. It is possible that a particular single entity produced records related to various activities. In that case each activity is considered a separate section and numbered accordingly to avoid the splitting of sections into sub-sections. Every single ITEM in each section is given a consecutive number. section and numbered accordingly to avoid the splitting of
sections into sub-sections.
Every single item in
each section is given a consecutive number.
The entities in the alphabetical order of the cataloguing code with the
period covered are the following:
AG
• National Archives (Gozo Section)
1989+
CA •
Civil Abattoir
1891 - 1986
CC •
Civic Council
1959 – 1973
CG •
Curia Gubernatorali (Courts of Law) 1609+
CI • Charitable
Institutions 1859 – 1947
CP •
Circulars and Posters 1814+
DF •
Documentaries and Films 1988+
GB •
Malta Government Savings Bank 1853 – 1978
GL •
Gurdan Lighthouse 1877 –
1981
HI •
Hospitals and other Institutions 1841+
IR •
Inland Revenue 1903+
LC •
Local Councils
1993+
MG •
Ministry for Gozo
1987+
MH •
Medical and Health Department 1875 – 1970
MP • Monte di
Pietà 1817 – 1979
PA • Photographs.
Albums 1945+
PD •
Police Departments 1889+
PM •
Plans and maps 1860+
PO
• Passport Office 1988+
PW •
Public Works
1840+
SG •
Secretariat to the Government 1803+
SN •
Street naming
1987+
SS •
State Schools
1845+
ST •
Statistics
1667+
UG •
Universitas Gaudisii 1560 –
1819
ZM •
Miscellanea
1575+
The
code given to the entities are self-explanatory. The following is a short
description of the contents of each entity.
AG
• National Archives (Gozo Section)
1989+
This is an
in-house compilation related to the National Archives, Gozo section,
including correspondence and other miscellaneous documents.
CA •
Civil Abattoir 1891
- 1986
These are the
records of the Gozo Abattoir; including lists of slaughtered animals with
owners and purchasers, fees for veterinaries, store ledgers, and
miscellaneous documents.
CC •
Civic Council
1959 – 1973
This is the
deposit of documents of the defunct Gozo Civic Council. In 1960, the
administration of Gozo was partly taken over by this Council. The Council
was founded on 23 November 1958, and since 4 April 1960, it was given a
measure of administrative responsibility. Ordinance XI of 14 April 1961
established the Council as a statutory local Government body having distinct
legal personality. The deposits consist of minutes, some account books,
cashbooks and miscellaneous registers.
CG •
Curia Gubernatorali (Courts of Law) 1609+
The most
consistent deposit, up to now, is made up of the records of the the Curia
Gubernatorali Insulae Gaulos, the Governor’s Court of Gozo, now known as
the Courts of Law.
A Courts of
Law was probably established in Gozo with the Universitas, the
administration of justice fell under its competence. There was a civil and a
criminal court together with a court of appeal. Its functions were increased
in 1803 and in 1840.
The records
transferred to the archives start from 1609 and include a collection of all
sorts of proceedings normally related to the Courts. These include: Registri
Atti Civili as well as Registri Sentenze, court decisions with resumè of
proceedings; Registri Mandati and Mandati, precautionary acts, including
warrant of description, warrant of seizure, garnishee order, warrant of
impediment of departure, warrant of prohibitory injunction, and "meditatio
fugae" warrant; Citazioni and Citazioni e Depositi, proceedings instituted
by libel, petition, writ of summons or applications; Processi, decrees in
civil matters of voluntary jurisdiction; Depositi, records of deposits of
cash, gold, silver and other objects and related claims; Subaste, demands
for sale by auction and related documentation; Registri Bandi e Subaste,
misellaneous public notices; Libelli, written pleadings containing the
plaintiff’s statement of claim and documents produced in support.
CI • Charitable
Institutions 1859 – 1947
The deposit
of charitable institutions consists of letters, accounts of expenditure, and
assistance to paupers given by Charitable Institutions in Gozo, between 1859
and 1947. The Gozo prison fell under this office.
CP •
Circulars and Posters 1814+
This consists
of a collection of historical manifestos, circulars, and posters; the
earliest is one of 1814.
DF •
Documentaries and Films 1988+
This entity
consists of a collection of documentaries on Gozo produced for local
television from 1988 onwards. These were purchased by the Ministry of Gozo
and donated to the Archives.
GB •
Malta Government Savings Bank 1853 – 1978
The former
registers of the Savings Bank is made up of deposit ledgers, receipts and
payments, journals from 1853 to the bank’s winding-up in 1978, and other
bank documents.
GL •
Gurdan Lighthouse 1877 –
1981
The registers
from Gurdan Lighthouse limits of Ghasri, Gozo, consist of a collection of
log-books and miscellaneous weather records from 1877 to 1981.
HI •
Hospitals and other Institutions 1841+
This division
holds the records of health institutions institutions in Gozo, including the
Gozo hospitals and Government clinics in Zebbug, Nadur, Ghajnsielem, and
Qala from 1841 onwards. They are basic for a study of the incidence of
disease in Gozo.
IR •
Inland Revenue 1903+
The Inland
Revenue deposit contains registers related to Death returns and succession
dues from 1903 onwards, circulars, entertainment tax, transfer of vehicles
and others.
LC •
Local Councils
1993+
This is a
progressively growing collection of the minutes of the fourteen Local
Council of the island of Gozo from their foundation in 1993 to date.
MG •
Ministry for Gozo 1987+
The Ministry
of Gozo began to function on 14 May 1987. The first deposits from the
Ministry of Gozo consist of collections of parliamentary questions related
to Gozo and press releases. This entity is destined to grow.
MH •
Medical and Health Department 1875 – 1970
The Medical
and Health department deposits include an important collection of building
plans and permits issued in Gozo from around 1875 to 1970. It must be noted
that the department ceased taking cognition of these affairs after that
date, when they become the responsibility of the PAPB, the Planning Area
Permits Board up to November 1992, when they became the responsibility of
the MEPA, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority.
MP • Monte di
Pietà 1817 – 1979
The
Monte di Pietà was founded in Gozo in 1805.
The records,
starting in 1817, consist of general accounts, pawns and redeemed pledges,
pawn tickets, and letter books.
PA •
Photographs. Albums 1945+
This is a
valuable collection of old and recent photos of Gozo, including official and
special occasions. There are also a number of miscellaneous albums.
PD •
Police Departments 1889+
This is a
very important collection of records originating from the police department
in Gozo. There is almost a complete collection of daily occurrences on the
island from 1889 to 1960, acts of births and deaths, detail of duties books,
detail of duties books of the coastal police.
PM •
Plans and maps 1860+
This is a
collection of maps and large plans of official buildings in Gozo from 1860
onwards. It is a very small collection as the majority was not traceable.
PO •
Passport Office 1988+
This fond contains the passport applications processed in Gozo since the opening of the Passport Office in Gozo in May 1988.
PW •
Public Works
1840+
This is a
very incomplete collection of records from the department. It consists of
the expense ledgers, correspondence, and record books of the Public Works
Department in Gozo. The earliest record date to 1840, but the majority was
lost due to inadequate storage.
SG •
Secretariat to the Government 1803+
The
Secretariat to the Government for Gozo, known by various names, is the
continuation of the old Universitas. With the British reforms in
administration introduced in 1819, the management of Gozo public affairs
passed from the Universitas into the hands of a civil official known since
then by a variety of names: Chief Civil Officer, Lieutenant Governor,
Commissioner, and Secretary for Gozo. The records from this office include:
letters, both in-letters and copies of out-letters, official circulars of a
varied nature from the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Chief
Secretary; reference books which like the former Bastardelle contain notes
and minutes of day to day affairs; cashbooks, partly, a continuation of the
former Conti Originali; payment schedules of Gozitan Government employees;
and accounts of expenditure and correspondence of various Government
entities.
SN •
Street naming
1987+
This is a
collection of records of the Gozo Street Naming Committee from the 1970s
onwards; including minutes and correspondence.
SS •
State Schools
1845+
This is
another important section with records beginning in 1845 retrieved from
state schools of Gozo, both primary and secondary. The records include
log-books and admission and attendance registers.
ST •
Statistics
1667+
This
is made up of an incomplete collection of censuses (including copies) and
blue books from 1667 onwards.
UG •
Universitas Gaudisii 1560 –
1819
The
Universitas Gaudisii was founded around 1350 as a corporation defending
local interests. The multiform activities of the Universitas of Gozo from
the fourteenth century onwards are known from foreign sources, no records
prior to the middle of the sixteenth century survive in Gozo. It is believed
that the oldest records perished in 1551. In July of that year the island
was ransacked by the Turks, the whole population was taken into slavery and
official records were presumably stolen or burnt.
The earliest extant record in Gozo dates from 1560 and is preserved in the
most important section of the Universitas: the registers Actorum
et Negotiorum, acts and transactions of every sort and type. Other
sections are the Bastardelle, notes and minutes of officials
eventually worked out in full documents; Lettere, official
correspondence; Bandi, public legal notices; Mandati, other
notices and decrees; Suppliche, petitions presented to the Governor;
Conti Originali, accounts of the administration of various offices;
Contratti, official contracts; Debitori, money transactions;
Mete, sales of a varied nature; Secretie, tax and land-rents
accounts; Scisa, excise-duty assessments; and other miscellaneous
documentation.
ZM •
Miscellanea
1575+
This section
is made up of miscellaneous registers and miscellaneous collections. Its
second section is an important collection of original documents and copies
of documents related to the French occupation of Gozo in 1798. The third
section is a collection of documents known as the Grima Papers – after their
owner the lawyers Giuseppe Grima – retrieved from the Courts of Law, Gozo.
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