VPRS 4029 Citizen Lists and/or Citizen Rolls (MCC 247/1)

From 1843 to 1863 each entry includes a brief description of the property (e.g. dwelling house, warehouse, shop, etc.), and street name; from 1864 the street number of the property was included in the address, and, for a number of years, the occupation of the ratepayer.Note about capital letters near some addresses on the lists or rolls: A capital letter after each property indicates the division of the electoral province in which that property is situated as follows:( C: Cardigan;( J: Jolimont;( N: North Melbourne;( P: Royal Park; and( S: South Yarra.(Where these capital letters appeared, this key information was included under the heading of the address column.)P2 ConsignmentThe 1864 -1865 Citizen Roll, which constitutes the P2 consignment, is an estray. It was purchased by the Public Record Office from a manuscript dealer in 1995. The City of Melbourne archivist is unaware of when the record was removed from their custody. According to their records it has not been in their custody for the last ten years at least. The roll was in very good condition at the time of purchase.Lists versus RollsLists were compiled of those qualified to be enrolled to vote, and provision was made for the lists to be revised in a Revision Court, where those who objected to the inclusion of some people on the list were heard, as were those who claimed their names should be inserted on the list. The revised lists, signed by the authorised persons, were then known as rolls. The names listed on the rolls were numbered consecutively throughout, whereas there were no such numbers beside the names on the lists.These documents were known under various titles. At first they were known as Burgess lists and rolls, then Citizens lists and rolls, and later (from around 1939) as Voters lists and rolls.This series was comprised of both lists and rolls. For some years there are lists only while for others there are rolls only. For some years the lists and rolls were bound in a single volume, and for others into separate volumes.