VPRS 1139 Outward Letter Book, Engineers (Roads and Bridges and Harbour Works Branch)

The Public Works Department (VA 669) had wide-ranging responsibilities for all public works and buildings, including construction, maintenance and fitting out of these buildings. Other major responsibilities included roads and bridges, ports and harbours, local government and water supply.This series consists of letter-press books containing correspondence in the form of memoranda, letters, reports and statements of costs originating from the Engineers section responsible for the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges such as a bridge joining Wodonga and Albury, harbour works such as the Coode Island Reclamation project and matters to do with the administration of the Local Government Act to do with municipal polling and boundaries.Correspondence is addressed to the Inspector-General of Public Works, the senior engineers within the Department and members of the Department responsible for projects throughout Victoria.VPRS 1139/P1 was formerly registered as Unit 2 of VPRS 978 Rent Books. VPRS 1139/P2 was formerly registered as VPRS 4377 J S Gregory Report and Letter Book.