a. 546 page ledger book for a General Produce Merchant. No identification but could be Albert Bush? Alphabetical index at front. Approx half the pages are blank. Entries in black ink & Date from Feb 1909 to 1920. Sticker inside front cover with Reference Number - No 154 - 11/9/1902 and the name of the printer Andrew Jack & Co.,347 and 349 Flinders Lane Melbourne. Book has a brown leather cover with a red sticker with gold printing and border and the name Ledger printed on it. Inside the front and back covers is a dark blue, lighter blue and red marble pattern. b. Deposit slip but from The National Bank of Australasia Limited, stamped Bendigo in purple for a deposit of £50 and signed S A Bush. Receipt for Debentures left for Safe Custody, Bairnsdale Branch, due 1923 and 1927. Has description, numbers on Debentures and Total Face Value typed on Receipt. Not signed or dated. Also an unsigned and undated form that the Bank incurs no liability whatever in the event of destruction, theft, miscarriage or loss of the documents in transfer from Bairnsdale to Melbourne. Description of document, their number, value and due date are typed on the form.business, retail, bushs, bush collection - ledger no 154 - 11/9/1902, aust jam coy, bairnsdale district farmers' co-op coy ltd, berry henry, blogg bros, brockoff & coy, bush albert, bush s a, bush f w, bush a estate, bendigo residence 251 view st, bush amy, cordan & co, crosby & co, cannon j e, cockatoo preserves ltd, drevermann & co, dudgeon and arnell, dyason prop ltd, eclipse soap & candle co, felton grimwade & co, fisher j and coy, groves mcvitty & co, gans de saxe coy, harper and co, hagemann j, hawkins a, jack & co a, jefferson miss, kitchen and sons prop ltd, king bros, lewis and whitty, long and coy, levy bros & coy, mitchell and coy, maffra sugar factory, macrobertson, mckenzie j f and coy, mclintock and co a, mcleod's soap coy, noske bros, national bank, peterson and coy, phoenix biscuit coy, power patrick joseph, parsons bros & co, parkin a c and co, potter a, robur tea coy, ross bros, russo bros, ryan w, reid bros james, sutherland & sons, swallow and ariell, saunders a, sniders i & b, sargood bros, sims j & co, k vogt, victoria soap & candle coy, united soap and perfumery co ltd, mcleod's soap coy, war bonds, yates and coy a, yeates jas, the national bank of australasia limited bendigo, commonwealth treasurey bonds

Photocopy of pages 2, 3, 4, 6 to 10 of The Mining Record, Feb. 1862. Items mentioned are:- Epsom and Huntly Leads, Pottery Flat, & c, Parliamentary Intelligence, Deep Sinking On Quartz Reefs, The Comet Company (Formerly Cooper's Little Redan), Hustler's Reef Quartz Mining & Drainage Company, Sailors' Gully Quartz Mining Company, Star Reef, Sailor's Gully, Bendigo, Star Reef Quartz Mining Company's Claim, Wilson & Co's Claim, Murdoch and Co's Claim, Hollick and Co.'s Claim, Cook and Co.'s Claim, Coote and Co.'s Claim, Sailor's gully quartz Mining Company's Claim, Garden Gully Reef, Knobel & Co.'s Claim, Ladams and Co.'s Claim, Southern Cross Company, The Rainbow Company, Barry and Co.'s Claim, Union Company's Claim, Winterbottom and Co.s Claim, Jury and Co.'s Claim, Piles and Co.'s Claim, Steers and Co.'s Claim, Watson and Co.'s Claim, Coles and Co.'s Claim, James and Co.'s Claim, Morgan, Kirchner and Co.'s Claim, Boyd and Co.'s Claim, Shanks and Co.'s Claim, Day and Co.'s Claim, Brown and Co.'s Claim, St. Mungo Quartz Mining Company and the Nelson Reef Quartz Mining Company.document, gold, mining reports, mining record feb 1862, bell's life, wellington hotel, botanical gardens, mitchell gardens, bird-in-hand, independent co, ballarat co, perserverance co, north star co, all england co, macleod co, mather and co, gold washing co, bendigo valley co, robey and co, hobbs and co, taylor's, lewis and co, henwood and co, bullock and co, davey and co, webb and lathlean, the welshman's, bon accord, john thomas's, caledonian co, webster, hrdy bros, mcewen and co, the big engine co, epsom huntly and ironstone hill co, 'the thames' steamer, whitely and co, cambridge co, victoria co, dower m'intosh and co, thomas and davies, aurora co, brett's, thomas bros, mitchell brothers, ballarat co, north star co, all england co, mr b g davies, mr ramsay, dr evans, tarrangower times, mr humffray, clunes co, mr courtin, mr lawrence, port phillip and colonial gold mining co, mr bland, r brough smith, john s mcnair, john mathieson, mr r o smith, joseph millen, thomas kaye, john basset, william cook, james cousley, john hill, robert hollinger, thomas houston, george loudon, william manning, john matthews, john mcewen, thomas milligan, john moorhead, robert moorhead, david murdoch, andrew murdoch, joseph nevin, edward o'malley, wm newton paul, james reid, samuel robinson, jesse selwood, james shand, william woods, catherine united claimholders, star reef co, sailor's gully co, churchill davidson, wm wilson, john jervis, james patterson, john carmont, george m'naughten, alexander wiseman, james houston, m'lennan, clark, thomas hollick, james alfred bowles, john lampert, francis palmetser, nichols, little pumping engine co, m'niely, morrison, waight, john coote, robert hamilton, william wilson, john jervis, southern cross co, ladam's claim, knobel, bird, philip ladams, james anderson, cordon, ashley, godwin, burkamp, john lomasney, james bryant, matthew langridge, benjamin exley, j r finlayson, wormold, mccartney, schrade, schumacher, george barry, james patten, peter speares, thomas caley, shadbolt, john lomasney, peat, kenely, mcgenely, egan, exwell, james winterbottom, john winterbottom, william jury, jonathan laidman, john pile, simon howard, peter morris, bignall, charles robison, ferguson, thomas steers, adolphe witts, albert berchdolt, richard urand, thomas watson, klemm, boyd, abbot, peterson, taylor, henry day, walter wallan, brown, grennan, day, young, mr beckwith, joseph thomson, nelson reef quartz mining co

business records/receiptsAbbotts collection: Receipts for purchases made by J. H. Abbott & Co. in 1881; both for a wide range of goods and from a wide range of, both local and international, companies: 2403.91a 16 Nov 1881bought from James Dodgshun & Co. of one saddle from their Melbourne office; 2403.97b 2 Nov 1881 return of one 64 lbs belt from J. B. Hayman, Melbourne; 2403.97c 27 Jun 1899 five letters of correspondence regarding the purchase of100 cases of "British" gelignite from Reid Bros. & Russell Prop. Ltd., Melbourne; 2403.97d 5 Nov 1881 purchase of tallow oil from Apollo Stearine Candle Company, Melbourne 2403.97e 13 Dec 1881 eight itemised (whips, snaffles and saddle soap, etc)purchases from Guthridge Power & Co Saddlers, Ironmongers and Importers, Sandhurst 2403.97f 8 Dec 1881 purchase of hessians from James Dodgshun & Co., Melbourne; 2403.97g 1 Nov 1881 purchase of 3 Bago Curled Hair nets from E. R. Priestly, Melbourne; 2403.97h 15 Aug 1881 purchase of 3 No. foolscap books from Andrew Jack & Co., wholesale stationers, Melbourne; 2403.97i 13 Oct 1881 purchase of 10 itemised skins from The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited, Melbourne; 2403.97j 6 Nov 1881 purchase of one "Bale Heavy Crop" from Gill & Boston, Melbourne; 2403.97k 17 Dec 1881 ten (blue) receipts of a wide range of products from Ullathorne & Co. Importers & Manufacturers of all articles used by Tanners, Curriers, Leather & Grindery Dealers & Boot Manufacturers, Melbourne; 2403.97l 18 Nov 1881three receipts (harnesses, hobbles, etc.) from Monchton D. Synnot Bros. Melbourne 2403.97m 7 Dec 1881 purchase of 2 leather hides from Briscoe & CO. Melbourne; 2403.97n 18 Aug 1881, 3 receipts for purchases of Olive Oil from Dean & Co. Oil & Color Merchants, Melbourne; 2403.97o 30 Dec 1881 of 4 itemised (copper rings) blue receipts from Thomas McPherson, Machinery & Iron Merchants, Melbourne; 2403.97p 10 Aug 1881 6 No. receipts for purchases from Gavin Gibson, Boot Shoe & Leather Importers. Melbourne; 2403.97q 18 Oct 1881 receipt for purchase of leather goods from J. B. Hayman, Melbourne; 2403.97r multiple 1881 receipts for the purchase/transfer of leather goods from his J. H. Abbott Edinburgh Tannery, Sheepwash, to his other businesses 2403.91s 14 Oct 1881 receipt from The Australasian Wool Stores, bought from The Australasian Mortgage & Agency Company Limited and correspondence from multiple Government Departments receipts ordered by abbotts 1881