VPRS 10791 Ledger Cards

Under Section 56 (1) of the Public Trustee Act 1939, the Public Trustee was obligated to (b) keep a separate account of all his receipts payments and dealings in every estate and trust property. These records would satisfy this requirement, detailing as it does all financial transactions in the estates of all clients. These records could be inspected, upon application, by any person interested in the estate of any deceased person or in any trust property.These cards recorded all financial transactions related to the administration of affairs of patients in mental hospitals and those incapable of managing their own affairs (known as Protected Persons), the administration of deceased estates for those who died intestate or nominated the Public Trustee as the executor of their will and the administration of funds held in trust for minors either due to court awards or bequests.At the same time, the record provided a summary of the financial management of that estate or property for the purposes of financial accountability and as evidence of the proper administration of estates by the Public Trustee.

根据1939年《公共受托人法》（Public Trustee Act 1939）第56条第(1)款，公共受托人需履行如下义务：（b）为每一项遗产与信托财产单独设立账户，记录其所有收支与交易往来。本数据集记录可满足该法定要求，详细记载了所有委托人遗产中的全部金融交易。任何对已故人士遗产或特定信托财产享有权益的主体，经申请后可查阅该类记录。
此类记录涵盖与以下三类事务相关的全部金融交易：一是精神病院患者及无民事行为能力者（即受保护人士（Protected Persons））的事务管理；二是未留遗嘱者，或指定公共受托人为遗嘱执行人的逝者遗产管理；三是因法院判决或遗赠而需为未成年人设立信托的资金管理。
同时，该记录会汇总对应遗产或财产的财务管理情况，用于财务问责，并可作为公共受托人妥善管理遗产的证明材料。