VPRS 1258 Inwards Correspondence, Surveyor-General

This series consists of correspondence received by the Surveyor-General of Victoria. Much of the correspondence deals with applications for employment in the Survey Department and with matters to do with personnel and the supply of equipment for survey purposes. Another substantial number of pieces of correspondence are applications to purchase specific tracts of land from the Crown. Before this could occur, a survey of the land needed to be completed. Other requests were to do with matters relating to the preparation of plans and the situation and alignment of roads.The P consignment includes a specific survey of the Parish of Tarnagulla and applications for new pastoral runs in the Gippsland District. Also included is correspondence received from 1854 to 1862 from the Marine Surveyor covering matters relating to the administration and achievements of the survey of the Victorian coastline.For other correspondence relating to the Surveyor - General, reference can be made to VPRS 44 Inward Registered and Unregistered Correspondence, VPRS 6905 Inwards and Outwards Registered and Unregistered Correspondence, Lands. and correspondence series for VA 943 Surveyor-General's Department Port Phillip District and VA 2921 Surveyor-General's Department.

本系列档案收录维多利亚州测量总监（Surveyor-General of Victoria）所接收的往来函件。其中绝大多数函件涉及测量局（Survey Department）的求职申请、人事管理工作，以及测量作业所需设备的采购与供应事宜。
另有大量函件为向王室申请购置特定地块的申请书，此类申请获批前需先完成对应土地的测量工作。
其余申请则涉及图纸编制、道路现状勘查及道路定线相关事宜。
本次P批次档案包含塔纳古拉堂区（Parish of Tarnagulla）的专项测量成果，以及吉普斯兰地区（Gippsland District）新增畜牧租地的申请函件。
此外，本批次还收录了1854年至1862年间海事测量员（Marine Surveyor）发来的函件，内容涵盖维多利亚州海岸线测量工作的管理情况与已完成成果。
如需查阅与维多利亚州测量总监相关的其他函件，可参考以下档案系列：VPRS 44 收文（已登记与未登记函件）、VPRS 6905 收发文（已登记与未登记函件，土地事务类）、VA 943 菲利普港区测量总局函件系列，以及VA 2921 测量总局函件系列。