VPRS 2564 Records Relating to the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and Report Upon the Control, Management, Working and Financial Position of the Victorian Railways

This series consists of records apparently created and accumulated by VA 3121 Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the Control, Management, Working and Financial Position of the Victorian Railways in relation to evidence presented to the Royal Commission and the response of the Victorian Railways Commissioners to the Report of the Royal Commission. The series includes Letters Patent appointing the Royal Commissioners, Minute Book of the Royal Commission, transcript of evidence, exhibits presented, press cuttings, correspondence, memoranda and legal opinion, statements of evidence presented to the Royal Commission by the Chairman of the Railways Commissioners, statement of evidence presented by the Minister for Railways, Report of the Royal Commission and the comments of the Railways Commissioners on the Report.

本系列档案由VA 3121皇家调查委员会（Royal Commission）编制并归集而成，该委员会受官方委任，针对维多利亚铁路的管控、管理、运作及财务状况展开专项调查并提交调查报告，档案内容涵盖提交给该委员会的各类证词材料，以及维多利亚铁路专员公署针对该委员会调查报告作出的回应文件。本系列档案包括委任皇家委员的英皇制诰（Letters Patent）、皇家委员会会议记录簿、证词誊本、提交的证物、新闻剪报、往来信函、备忘录、法律意见书、铁路专员公署主席向委员会提交的证词陈述、铁路事务部长提交的证词陈述、皇家委员会调查报告，以及铁路专员公署针对该报告出具的评论意见。