VPRS 841 Registers of Inward and Outward Communications

The Victoria Police (VA 724) has operated since 1853 on a District basis with changes throughout time in the boundaries of the districts with these changes being announced in the Police Gazette. Each District was under the supervision of a Superintendent of Police. Other Branches also had distinct identities such as the Detective Office (from 1881 the Criminal Investigation Branch), the Police Depot and the Paymaster of Police.This series consists of Registers of Inwards and Outwards Correspondence which became referred to by the Victoria Police as Minute Books. Units 2, 3 and 4 record the movement of correspondence at the Geelong Police District, Units 1, 5 and 6 possibly the Bourke or Melbourne District offices and Unit 6 the Detective Office.For both inwards and outwards correspondence the number, date, the name of the writer or recipient, reference to previous official documents and a summary of the subject of the correspondence are given.VPRS 841/P was reserialised in 2001 as part of the ARAD Project. The former unit 7 is now serialised as VPRS 12690/P1 unit 1.