VPRS 15016 File Management Cards, 'J' Series

File management cards in this series are for 'J' or Western Division which took in the Geelong, Ballarat, Stawell and Ararat Land DistrictsFrom 1943, file management details for Crown Lands Correspondence Files (see VPRS 441) were transferred on to cards. Details given are the file (or identifying correspondence number as given in the 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.Further research is required to determine whether this series was commenced as early as 1938 or even previous to it and if it succeeded another earlier separate file management for the 'J' Division. Further research may also determine whether all existing files were converted to the Lands correspondence system rather than retaining their previous fractional numbers.