It therefore came as a surprise to us that the Reserve Bank, along with other central banks, has been changing quite significantly in practice and function as the economic conditions and needs have changed over time. There has been a continuous process of change.
It is therefore of the utmost importance that we lay appropriate emphasis on the presentation of our archives, so that all these changes are well documented and available for interpretation by future historians. Archive is not a new concept. Archives constitute the memory of people and organisation and collectively that of the world.