VPRS 12821 General Index to VPRS 12748 General Correspondence and Works Files, Way and Works Branch/Engineering and Development Group, Transport Operations Division

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 1967 to 1986 provided access to correspondence files (refer to VPRS 12749 Location Index Cards, Way and Works Branch.