VPRS 12746 Self-Indexed Register (also known as Correspondence Register Index), Way and Works Branch

The Department of Railways was organised into various branches, each with its own separate registry and record-keeping systems dealing with its own activities and administration. The correspondence registered includes correspondence received from the public, other government departments, other railway branches including the Secretary's Branch. The Secretary's Branch correspondence referred to the Branch for action was registered in both systems and filed within the Secretary's Inward Correspondence series, ie VPRS 421.Related seriesA separate sequence of cards arranged by location covering the period 1975 to 1986 provides access to correspondence files (refer to VPRS 12749 Location Index Cards, Way and Works Branch. The relationship of this series (ie 12749) with VPRS 12746 Self-Indexed Register (also known as Correspondence Register Index), Way and Works Branch and VPRS 12747 Numerical Register and Movement Books (also known as Correspondence Register), Way and Works Branch is not known