VPRS 6873 Case Files

This series contains files documenting investigations into incidents on Victorian waters conducted by the Court of Marine Inquiry (VA 2584).  Each case file is described with an investigation number, the name of the vessel/s and crew involved, the date of the incident, and the dates of the investigation. Some files have a cover sheet with this summary information, while others either never had a cover sheet or it has gone missing. Case files may contain: a statement of the case summons for witnesses order for formal investigation evidence presented before the inquiry and the report of the inquiry agreements, awards and determinations on the particular claim minute papers which record action taken on the claim letters from solicitors and the Crown Solicitor regarding the case medical and other reports. The earliest case file currently extant in this series is number 154, and the last is number 249, though this sequence is not complete. The series also contains a small pamphlet with short descriptions of marine inquiries from 1857 to 1876, before the formation of the Marine Board of Victoria and the Court of Marine Inquiry.

本系列档案收录由海事调查法庭（Court of Marine Inquiry，档案编号VA 2584）针对维多利亚州水域内各类事件开展的调查文件。每份案件档案均标注有调查编号、涉案船舶与船员姓名、事件发生日期及调查开展日期。部分档案附有载有上述摘要信息的封面页，其余档案则从未配备封面页，或封面页已遗失。案件档案可包含以下内容：案件陈述、证人传唤令、正式调查令、调查庭提交的证据、调查终结报告、针对特定索赔的协议、裁决与裁定、记录索赔处理进展的会议纪要，以及涉案律师与王室法律顾问（Crown Solicitor）往来信函、医疗报告及其他相关报告。本系列现存档案中，最早的案件编号为154，最晚为249，但该序列并不完整。本系列还收录了一本小册子，内含1857年至1876年间海事调查相关的简要说明——这一时间早于维多利亚州海事委员会（Marine Board of Victoria）与海事调查法庭的成立。