Each record includes a transcript. The amount of information listed varies, but the New Zealand Civil Establishment Nominal Roll 1871 usually includes the following information about your ancestor:
Name
Job title
Office in which they worked
Length of service
Rate of pay
Other comments may vary
This is an index of roughly 2,120 staff who worked for the New Zealand government as of 1 July 1871. It covers a vast range of different occupations, including clerks, postmasters, crown solicitors, registrars, paymasters, draughtsmen, coroners, telegraphists and many more.
The information was sourced from a report to the New Zealand House of Representatives concerning these workers’ details of employment, including job title, salary and years of service.