VPRS 15013 File Management Cards, Miscellaneous Metropolitan Division

Cards in this series are for the M (or Misc) Miscellaneous correspondence matters of the Metropolitan Division of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538). This covered the Melbourne Land District and possibly locations in the Geelong and Ballarat Land Districts.Details given are the file number (or identifying correspondence number as given in a register of inwards correspondence), the name and address of the person or organisation and the description of the land in terms of parish, section and allotment or block number and area. On some cards, the purpose for which the land was used may be noted. Others have, where the file has been transferred to PROV custody, the location of that file. File management details are dates for the addition or despatch of correspondence, 'call-ups' of the file for action to be taken and notations of the sending of the file to other sections of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) such as the Deeds Branch or the Accounts Branch.The 'M' or 'Misc' category of correspondence appears to have been used for matters relating to short-term licensing or leasing of land for such things as boathouses, matters relating to road purchases with a large number relating to agistment of stock on the Yanakie run prior to it being proclaimed as part of the Wilson's Promontory National Park.Files in custody for which the cards acted as the management or tracking device might be able to be found by using VPRS 7311 Microfiche Catalogue to Crown Land and Survey Files: File Number Order in the category of 'Misc'.