1st Edition 1856 TASMANIA. RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 26 FEBRUARY 1856, FOR...COPIES OR EXTRACTS OF ANY CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA CONNECTED WITH THE INSTITUTION OF AN INQUIRY BY A COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY INTO THE WORKINGS OF THE CONVICT DEPARTMENT, AND THE PROROGATION OF THE LEGISLATURE WHILE THE INQUIRY WAS TAKING PLACE..COLONIAL OFFICE 4TH APRIL 1856. ORDERED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TO BE PRINTED APRIL 7, 1856. HMSO. FIRST EDITION. A rare official document folio size and in very good condition. 67pages. A collection of correspondence, and official despatches describing the governmental crisis when the officials and Tasmanian politicians were accused of fraud, peculation, embezzlement.and the Controller-general of the colony refused to appear before the inquiry committee or answer any of their questions. A political crisis ensued and the Governor prorogued Parliament. A fascinating item, and a genuine 165 year-old government document with many names ad much local detail. A fascinating 165 year-old historical item. Printed by George Edward Eyre and Wm. Spottiswoode. Printers to the Queen. An extremely rare and valuable British Parliamentary Paper. Folio size. Very Good condition. Now held in a protective paper binder.