VPRS 10332 Ledgers, Unemployment Relief Loan Act Ledgers (1930 - 1941)

NB: This series requires further research by an archivist to fully describe its function and content and to clarify the record keeping system and its relationship with other records.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 supplyThis series consists of the Ledgers for the Public Works department with details of their expenditure in each division of the Annual Treasury Financial Statement. Full details are given with respect to the amount of funds allocated, 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.Some of these volumes also contain some details of expenditure under the Unemployment Relief Loan Act. During the Depression of the 1930s, Loans were arranged for obtaining funds to create work for the large numbers of unemployed. A large number of unemployment relief works were conducted under the auspices of the Public Works Department including the Yarra Boulevard. Recorded are the allocation and expenditure of some of these Unemployment Relief Loan Funds by the Department. Full details of dates, claimants, reasons for expenditure and amounts are given for each project undertaken. VPRS 10332/P Unit 6 records details of expenditure on mining or mining related projects. VPRS 10332/P Unit 4 records details of water and sewerage reclamation works and roads and bridges.VPRS 10032/P was partly reserialised in 2001, the former unit 1 and unit 7 were removed and reserialised as VPRS 12688/P1 Ledgers (Ports and Harbours Branch).