The document was stamped at each port of call during the voyage and was handed in at the end of the voyage when the crew were paid off. The series covers the period 1863-1913 for the ports of Swansea and Port Talbot, Port Talbot documents being interleaved with those of Swansea. Despite this, the collection occupies 240 boxes and provides valuable information on the crews of Swansea and Port Talbot ships. For other maritime records not classed as public records, see sections below, South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee and the general section, Maritime Records. Of particular note is a fine collection from the now-closed Swansea Hospital.
Related records are also to be found in the sections on municipal records.
Patients' records, and other records which identify individuals, are closed for 100 years. Share registers of pre-grouping railway companies. The Central Land Board was established in 1947 to levy charges on new developments and to compensate other landowners for loss of development value because of planning restrictions.