VPRS 12688 Ledgers (Ports and Harbours 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. The Ports and Harbours Branch retained responsibility for all ports not under the jurisdiction of a separate authority such as those for Melbourne, Geelong and Portland and for certain lighthouses, buoys, wharves and jetties.This series consists of the Ledgers for this Branch of the Public Works Department. Works and responsibilities are divided into categories. Full details are given with respect to the amount of funds allocated for each category, the dates of the expenditures, details of the claimants and of the services performed or goods provided, the amount expended and the forwarding of vouchers to the Treasury.VPRS 12688/P1 was formerly registered as Units 1 and 7 of VPRS 10332 Ledgers, Unemployment Relief Loan Act Ledgers (1930-1941).