NRS-12420 | Miscellaneous files [M files]

It is not known when this series commenced in its present form. However it appears that some of the records in the series pre-date this recordkeeping system and that the Department of Public Works introduced a system of files with alphabetical prefixes some time later than 1914. (1). The ‘M’ Files are one of these series.This is the principal series under which files concerning administrative, non-project and non-construction matters are maintained. The general administrative matters that may be found here include legislation administered by the of the agencies; general administration; legal and accounting matters; industrial relations; information and communications technology; departmental procedures; policy formation; minutes and proceedings of committees, seminars and conferences; reviews of operations; progress reports, special reports, reports of commercial operations; departmental structure including internal re-structuring and transfer of functions between the Department and other Government agencies.The Government operated industrial undertakings in which goods were manufactured or structures built for profit (particularly during the period 1910 – 1930’s). These included State Saw Mills, Metal Quarries, Timber Yards, Monier Pipe and Reinforced Concrete Works, Brickworks, Workshops, Cement Works and Tile works, and proposed State Iron and Steel Works. The series contains reports from these Undertakings, particularly financial reports.The series contains some records created by most of the Department’s branches and business units and committees, but most of these sub-agencies also created a range of additional series of continuing value. The series should therefore be used in conjunction with the record series created by all of the major functional areas of the agencies that have created this series over time. Amongst the widely- varying subjects covered in this series are land disposal and resumption by the government, major planning projects such as replanning of Macquarie Street and Circular Quay; heritage buildings (not restricted to government-owned premises); fulfilment of government policy undertakings; regionalisation; pre qualification and pre registration of tenderers for civil engineering projects; proposals for new government agencies related to infrastructure or other public works; new industries with relationship to public works.Note regarding the disposal of the seriesSome files relating to routine matters such as the purchase of equipment, payment of fees were authorised for destruction by the Archives Authority of New South Wales on various occasions commencing in 1972.Some material was culled from the series prior to the making of the disposal recommendation in 1990 (2)Endnotes 1. Public Works Department General Instructions to Officers Part II Records and Correspondence and Part III Records. Sydney, The Department 1 December 1914 describes a different system of file classification.2. Archives Authority of NSW Disposal Recommendation DR 4170, 19 September 1990.

目前尚不清楚该档案系列以当前形式启用的具体时间。不过该系列中的部分档案早于本档案管理体系的建立，而公共工程部（Department of Public Works）于1914年之后才引入了带字母前缀的档案分类系统(1)。其中，‘M’类档案即属于该系列之一。

该系列是存放行政类、非项目类及非工程类档案的核心档案系列。本系列所涵盖的一般行政事务包括各主管机构管理的立法工作、日常行政管理、法务与会计事务、劳资关系、信息与通信技术（Information and Communications Technology）、部门规程、政策制定、委员会、研讨会及会议的纪要与议事记录、运营复盘、进度报告、专项报告、商业运营报告、部门架构（含内部重组及本部门与其他政府机构间的职能划转）。

政府曾运营盈利性工业实业，涵盖商品生产及盈利性建筑建造业务（尤其在1910至1930年代期间），其中包括州立锯木厂、金属采石场、木材堆场、莫尼埃管与钢筋混凝土工程厂、砖厂、车间、水泥厂及瓦厂，以及拟建的州立钢铁厂。本系列包含来自这些实业项目的档案，尤以财务报告为主。

本系列包含本部门多数分支机构、业务单元及委员会生成的部分档案，但多数下属机构同时生成了一批具备持续留存价值的其他档案系列。因此，本系列需与该机构各主要职能部门随时间推移生成的档案系列结合使用。

本系列涵盖的主题包罗万象，包括政府土地处置与收回、麦格理街及环形码头的重新规划等重大规划项目、历史建筑（不限于政府所有房产）、政府政策承诺的落实、区域化、土木工程投标者的资格预审与预注册、与基础设施或其他公共工程相关的新设政府机构提案、与公共工程相关的新兴产业等。

### 关于本系列档案处置的说明
自1972年起，新南威尔士州档案管理局（Archives Authority of New South Wales）多次批准销毁涉及设备采购、费用缴纳等日常事务类档案。
1990年提出处置建议前，已有部分材料从本系列中剔除(2)。

注释
1. 1914年12月1日由悉尼公共工程部发布的《公职人员通用指令》第二部分《档案与信函》及第三部分《档案》，其中描述了一套不同的档案分类系统。
2. 新南威尔士州档案管理局1990年9月19日发布的处置建议DR 4170。