NRS-15903 | Books of Reference to Proclaimed Plans

The Books of Reference to Proclaimed Plans record detailed descriptions of properties referenced in the series "Proclaimed Plans" (NRS 15244). The Proclaimed Plans specified land that would be taken by resumption or other instrument for railway purposes. The Books of Reference accompanied Proclaimed Plans, being forwarded to local courts or municipal council offices for public exhibition so that affected landowners could lodge objections or claims. Each Book is for a particular line, branch or extension, or part thereof, within a given Parish or Police District.Particulars of properties were entered into the Book of Reference and numbered, this number corresponding to that on the Proclaimed Plan. Each entry also included a description of the property, giving the Portion or Lot number; state of cultivation; quantity of land required for railway purposes; names of owners, lessees and occupiers; and other remarks. Most Books bear the Seal of the Railway Commissioners or Construction Authority and signed ‘approved’ by the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council. The back page usually bears a stamp from either the Department of Public Works or N.S.W. Government Railways, each stamp indicting a number preceded by the prefix ‘P’, ‘PH’ or ‘L’. This number refers to a specific Proclaimed Plan. The arrangement of the series indicates that the Books of Reference have been grouped together into line or branch order. Several of these groupings feature as bound volumes.Custody History:From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R83. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R83 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

《公布计划参考册》（Books of Reference to Proclaimed Plans）记录了系列档案《公布计划》（Proclaimed Plans，编号NRS 15244）中所涉及的不动产详细信息。《公布计划》明确了将通过征收或其他法定方式收归铁路用途的土地范围。《公布计划参考册》随《公布计划》一同流转，被送往当地法院或市政议会办公室进行公开展示，以便受影响的土地权利人可提出异议或权利主张。每册参考册对应特定教区或警区范围内的某条铁路干线、支线或延伸段，或其中的部分区段。

不动产的各项信息会录入参考册并编制编号，该编号与《公布计划》上的编号一一对应。每条登记条目还包含不动产的详细描述：包括地块编号、耕种状况、铁路征收所需土地面积、所有权人、承租人及占用人姓名，以及其他备注信息。多数参考册盖有铁路专员公署或建设主管部门的公章，并经新南威尔士州立法会议（Legislative Assembly）或立法委员会（Legislative Council）签署“核准”字样。

参考册的封底通常加盖新南威尔士州公共工程部或新南威尔士州政府铁路公司的印章，每枚印章均带有以“P”、“PH”或“L”为前缀的编号，该编号对应某一特定的《公布计划》。该系列的编排方式显示，《公布计划参考册》已按照铁路干线或支线的顺序进行分组归类，其中部分分组已被装订为合订本。

保管历史：
1955年至2000年间，新南威尔士州铁路管理局设有内部档案馆，馆藏内容包括该局、其前身机构以及被政府收购的私营铁路公司的档案记录，这批档案的时间跨度为1849年至2000年。当新南威尔士州铁路档案馆决定关停时，其中符合州档案馆收录要求的馆藏部分被移交至新南威尔士州档案管理局，这批档案系列被纳入新南威尔士州档案管理局的档案管控系列体系，并重新编制了编号。

该档案系列原属于新南威尔士州铁路档案馆馆藏，当时的编号为R83系列。在新南威尔士州铁路档案馆馆藏中，该系列曾以R83编号被查阅，且此前可能已被该馆的研究人员在笔记、出版物或未刊著作中以此编号进行引用。