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Republic of Mauritius, 2025.

Online Inventory

1: Manuscript
- A-F: Gouvernement Républicain
  - A: Documents divers. 1790-1812
  - F: Guerre et Marine. 1790-1815
- G: Gouvernement Impérial
  - A: Documents divers. 1766-1825
  - B: Guerre et Marine. 1793-1817
- H: Miscellaneous Papers (1750-1859)
  - A: Miscellaneous Papers relative to the conquest and to administrative matters. 1791-1859
- I: Slavery
  - E: Certificates of manumission or liberation from slavery. 1793-1836
  - F: Certificates of liberation from apprenticeship. 1835-1840
  - G: Claims for compensation submitted to the Indemnity Commission. 1813-1835
- J: Justice
  - B: Procédure Criminelle. 1730-1851
  - I: Levées de cadavres. 1736-1844
  - K: Insinuations. 1759-1820
  - L: Conseils de Famille. 1770-1916
  - T: Justice de Paix. 1831-1851
  - U: Procedure Civile (Tribunal de Première Instance). 1793-1851
- K: Registres Paroissiaux et D’Etat-Civil: 1721-1810
  - A: Port Louis 1721-1810
  - C: Pamplemousses 1743-1810
  - D: Rivière du Rempart et Poudre d’or 1793-1810
  - E: Flacq et Trois Ilots 1770-1810
  - F: Moka 1770-1810
  - G: Plaines Wilhems 1790-1810
  - H: Grand Port 1728-1810
  - I: Savanne 1793-1810
  - J: Rivière Noire 1793-1810
  - K: Census Returns: 1796-1839
  - N: Photocopies from Archives Nationales: 1737-1810
- L: Land Registry- court
  - C: Registers of concessions and leases arranged under recording agencies
  - D: Title Deeds
  - G: Copies of documents relative to canals for the years 1770 -1850
  - Q: Leases of Crown Lands for grazing purposes onwards
- N: Notaires Inventaires Général
  - C: Check Lists (1770-Onwards)
  - D: Original Alphabetical Repertories (1773-1910)
- O: Gouvernement Royal
  - A: Divers documents administratifs. 1695-1810
  - B: Conseil Supérieur et Juridiction Royale. 1730-1810
  - C: Marine et Troupes. 1723-1794
- P: Immigration Office
  - A: Letters received 1844-1909
  - B: Letters sent 1843-1911
- R: Secretariat Correspondence
  - A: Letters Received 1810-1880
- S: Government House Inventory
  - A: Dispatches received from the Secretary of State
  - C: Schedule of dispatches received for 1840 to 1891 in chronological order
  - D: Despatches to Secretary of State for 1811 to 1916 in chronological order
  - E: Schedule of dispatches sent for 1832 to 1902 in chronological order
- Z: Departments
  - 2B: Bureau de Police-Journaux et rapports (1767-1828)
  - 2D: Police-Passport Office-Passenger lists inwards (1826-1902)
  - 3A: Supreme Court-Actes déposés à l’Ancien Greffe (1723-1888)
  - 7F: Customs Department-Copies of manifests of outgoing ships (1821-1900)
2: Printed - Official Publications
- B: Official Publications
  - 1A: Departmental Reports
  - 2: Annual Departmental Report
  - 6: Other Serials
3: Printed - Periodicals/Legal Deposits
- D: Private Publications
  - 1: By individuals
  - 2: By corporate bodies
- M: Periodicals
  - 1: Institutions
- R: Congresses
  - 1: Archives
- U: Almanachs & Annuals
  - 3. Africa
- Z: Special Collection
  - 1:Monseigneur Mamet Collection
4: Maps and Plans
- A: General
  - 1: Dutch (1598 - 1714)
5: Special Material
- B: Photographs
  - B: Building and Houses
  - H: Cyclone Damage
- F: Seals
  - B: Central Government
  - H: Private Individuals
  - J: Foreign (not originating from Mauritius)
- H: Portraits
  - A: Governors & Intendants
  - B: Public Officials
  - C: Soldiers
  - D: Seamen
  - E: Politicians
  - F: Priests & Clericals
  - G: Scientists
  - H: Artists
  - I: Writers