VPRS 972 Summary Contract Books

Summary Contract Books may have been created to bring together (on paper) all the contracts for works on particular buildings or for particular departments over longer time periods. VPRS 979 Contract Books each cover one year only.Details included were: year, contract number (including minor contracts), amount (in pounds, shillings and pence), locality, brief description of work, and name of contractor.The volumes do not appear to have been audited.*Transcription of entries from one volume to another:- The entire contents of VPRS 972/P, unit 1 were transcribed into unit 2, possibly in 1879.- The entries for Education (pp. 525-581, under which schools and training colleges were listed) in Unit 2 were transcribed into Unit 3, pp. 1-93 (at date unknown).