VPRS 17299 Building Application Card Index (refer to VPRS 11202 microfiche copy)

This index was created to provide access to VPRS 11200 Building Application Plans and VPRS 11201 Building Application Correspondence Files.There are separate sequences, one for central business district addresses and one for outer areas (suburban ).Each index card has two sides on which different information may be recorded.Side 1: address of the property (street name and number), date; references: application number, miscellaneous [files] references and Town Clerks [files]; value of the works; and, particulars.Side 2: address of the property (street name and number); factories: F.A. number, nature of business; electric signs: B.A. number, licence, type; petrol, etc.: B.A. number, gallons; residential area, business registered; subsequent changes: application number, business approved.Blank cards: There are cards for addresses on which there are no building application numbers or any other information at all - except the address (e.g. aBeckett Street 2/10).The original card index was microfilmed (16 mm) as a back-up to the card index in 1993 by Australian Microfilm Services. A City of Melbourne internal memo (file 47/5/8; dated 23 August 1993) indicates that two generations of film were made. One film was converted into jacketed microfiche. The other was to be held in the Melbourne City Council Archives and was intended for use to make more copies if necessary.The original card index VPRS 17299 was updated up until 1998 as necessary to incorporate new building applications. It was in regular use for reference as well.From 1994 to 1998 entries in the index relate to building applications registered in an annual single number sequence rather than the single number sequence that was used from 1916 to 1994.A computer-based index has been maintained since (circa) 1993, but it does not contain pre-1993 information.

本索引旨在提供VPRS 11200 建筑申请图纸与VPRS 11201 建筑申请往来函件档案的查阅渠道。该索引分为两个独立序列，分别对应中央商务区地址与外围郊区地址。每张索引卡设有正反两面，可记录不同类型的信息：
第一面：物业地址（街道名称及门牌号）、日期；引用信息：申请编号、杂项档案引用、城镇书记员档案引用、工程价值及相关详情。
第二面：物业地址（街道名称及门牌号）；工厂类：F.A.编号、业务性质；电子招牌类：B.A.编号、许可证、招牌类型；汽油等品类：B.A.编号、容量（加仑）；住宅区、已注册商业信息；后续变更：申请编号、获批商业项目。

空白卡片：部分地址未关联任何建筑申请编号或其他额外信息，仅记录了地址本身（例如贝克特街2/10号）。

1993年，澳大利亚微缩胶片服务公司（Australian Microfilm Services）将原始卡片索引以16毫米规格进行微缩拍摄，作为卡片索引的备份副本。墨尔本城市议会内部备忘录（档案编号47/5/8，日期为1993年8月23日）显示，本次共制作了两代胶片：其中一代被转换为带护套缩微平片，另一代则交由墨尔本城市议会档案馆保管，用于在必要时复刻更多副本。

原始卡片索引VPRS 17299会根据实际需求持续更新至1998年，以纳入新增的建筑申请记录，并长期作为参考资料日常使用。

1994年至1998年期间，索引中的条目采用年度单一编号序列进行登记，而非1916年至1994年所沿用的通用单一编号序列。

自约1993年起，该索引已改用计算机化管理系统，但其中未包含1993年之前的档案信息。