VPRS 7624 Register of Members Attending and Addresses of Members

This series records the names of those members present at the various sittings of Parliament. The P1 consignment comprises five volumes:Vol. 1 is handwritten and dated for the year 1860. It records the names of those members present on the calling of the Orders of the Day and also those present at the Motion for Adjournment.Vol. 2, dated June - July 1884, has a different format. The names of members are printed and a handwritten note after the last completed page indicates that By-Law 58 was rescinded on August 5, 1884. This may explain why the volume was discontinued. In the new volume is a section for addresses of members.Vol. 3 only records addresses of members and is dated 1889. It only records the town of abode rather than a full address.Vol. 4 and 5 resume the series at 1954 and again the format changes. A system of ticking against the names of members present at a particular sitting, especially those present after midnight, appears to have been adopted. Division Lists have been used for this purpose. Apparently the practice was adopted to determine eligibility for living away from home allowances. Letters are found in these two volumes relating to this subject.

本系列档案完整记录了议会历次会议的出席议员姓名。P1批次档案包含五卷：第一卷（Vol. 1）为手写原稿，标注年份为1860年，内容涵盖宣读当日议程（Orders of the Day）时的出席议员姓名，以及提出休会动议（Motion for Adjournment）时的出席议员姓名。第二卷（Vol. 2）标注日期为1884年6月至7月，采用了全新的记录格式：议员姓名以印刷体呈现，最后一页的手写注释显示，1884年8月5日第58号附例（By-Law 58）被废止，这或为该卷终止更新的原因。此新卷增设了议员住址记录栏。第三卷（Vol. 3）仅记录议员住址，标注年份为1889年，且仅记载议员居住城镇而非完整通讯地址。第四、第五卷（Vol. 4、Vol. 5）的记录接续至1954年，格式再次调整：该系列采用了在出席特定会议的议员姓名旁打勾的记录方式，尤其针对午夜后出席的议员，此流程依托点名表决名单（Division Lists）完成。设置该记录方式的初衷，或为甄别议员申领离家住宿津贴的资格。上述两卷中还留存有与该议题相关的往来信函。