VPRS 16351 General Correspondence Files, Single Number System

This series comprises correspondence files maintained by the Victorian Electoral Commission and its predecessors. Many of the documents on file have been top-numbered from files belonging to record keeping systems maintained by the Chief Secretary's Department. (For previous series refer to VPRS 4723 Inward Registered Correspondence IV).The sequential number filing system within which these files were created appears to have commenced circa 1977.The correspondence files comprise: inward letters, copies of outgoing letters, internal memoranda, working notes, and related papers. The contents of the series derive from the functional responsibility of the Chief Electoral Officer and the State Electoral Office, (operated within the Chief Secretary's portfolio until 1979 and from 1979 to 1989, within the Property and Services portfolio).

本系列档案包含维多利亚选举委员会（Victorian Electoral Commission）及其前身机构留存的往来函件档案。档案内多数文件均取自首席秘书部（Chief Secretary's Department）所维护的记录管理系统中的原始档案，并已完成顶部编号标识。（此前系列档案请参照VPRS 4723《已收登记往来函件第四辑》）。本系列档案所采用的顺序编号归档系统，约始于1977年。该往来函件档案涵盖收函、发函副本、内部备忘录、工作笔记及相关文件。本系列档案内容源自首席选举官及州选举办公室的职能权责：该办公室于1979年前隶属于首席秘书部管辖范畴，1979年至1989年间则划归物业与服务部管辖。