policy uniformity, examining editorial content of Governor General decrees (all decisions must conform the existing laws and other regulations), editing editorial content of Javasche Courant, handling reports and statistical data sent by regional administration which became the content of reports sent to the Netherlands, and compiling the materials for Staatsblad van Nederlandsch Indie (compilation of regulations) after 1817. Later, this organization was also responsible for the making of Regeringsalmanak voor Nederlandsch Indie (from 1865), and supervising the materials compiled for Bijblad op het Staatsblad.13 This bijblad contains government decisions, missives from the first Gouvernementssecretaris, and circulars from head of departments which could not be found in the Staatsblad.14 The General Secretariat was the backbone of the communication not only between the Governor General and other institutions in the government of Dutch East Indies but also with its residents by handling correspondence with heads of regional administration which had previously been sent straight to the Governor General.15 In the course of time and along with the increasing duties of the Governor General, the role of the General Secretariat was increasing and thus underwent several reorganizations. The grow was quantified by the growing number of civil servants and consequently large annual budget. The idea of reorganization was mostly triggered by financial motives which brought consequences to reduce staff or simplify the structure. Seeing the task we can imagine the amount of documents received and produced by this organization. How did they manage the massive amount of papers? Did the reorganization effect the management? In the following section the relation of the reorganization and the archives created will be explored. NADIA F. DWIANDARI ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT AND BUREAUCRACY DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF TRANSITIONAL DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1816-1830 Index registers on the verbaal of the General Secretary, second half nineteenth century. 117

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