VPRS 18192 Street Trading Board Minute Book

This series comprises minutes of meetings of the Street Trading Board. The Street Trading Act 1925 was passed for the purposes of controlling the street trading activities of children in public places. The Act's application was limited to the City of Melbourne although the Governor in Council could extend its application to any other municipality.The Act also provided for the appointment of the Street Traders' Licences Board and the minutes of that Board's proceedings are recorded in this series.The Act permitted the Board to grant licenses for a variety of activities but, because most were prohibited by City of Melbourne by-laws, only licenses to sell newspapers were issued.The Act provided that "...no male person of or over the age of 12 years or under the age of 14 years [later amended to 15 years] who is not a licensed street trader, nor any male person under the age of 12 years, nor any female under 21 years, shall engage in street trading."Matters considered by the Board that are recorded in the minutes include granting licences, breaches of regulations, inspection reports and complaints. Most sets of minutes are short, taking up less than a page in the book. Minutes are signed by the chairman of the Board, indicating that they were accepted as a true and accurate record of the meeting.The extant volume (in the P1 consignment) has written inside the front cover, "CSO File No A3489 or A1916" which may refer to files in VPRS 3992, Chief Secretary's Inward Registered Correspondence. The spine of the volume has a sticker reading, "S331.31 STR", which is evidence that it was held in a library at some time.Minutes in this volume commence with meeting dated 23 April 1932 and conclude at meeting dated 15 December 1970. The Social Welfare Act 1970 repealed the Street Trading Act and the holding of the last meeting reflects this legislative change.

本系列档案收录街头交易委员会（Street Trading Board）的会议纪要。《1925年街头交易法案》（Street Trading Act 1925）的制定初衷为管控公共场所内未成年人的街头交易活动。尽管总督会同行政会议可将该法案的适用范围扩展至其他自治市镇，但法案最初仅适用于墨尔本市。该法案同时规定设立街头交易者牌照委员会（Street Traders' Licences Board），本系列档案亦收录该委员会的议事纪要。

法案授权委员会为多种街头交易活动核发牌照，但由于墨尔本市多数相关交易活动均被市政附则禁止，最终仅发放了报纸售卖类牌照。法案明确规定：“任何未持有街头交易牌照、年满12周岁且未满14周岁（后修订为15周岁）的男性，任何未满12周岁的男性，以及任何未满21周岁的女性，均不得从事街头交易活动。”

纪要中记录的委员会审议事项涵盖牌照核发、违规行为查处、巡查报告及投诉处理。多数单份纪要篇幅较短，仅占档案册内不足一页的内容。所有纪要均由委员会主席签署，以确认其为对应会议真实且准确的官方记录。

本次留存的档案册（属于P1批次移交材料）扉页标注有“CSO档案编号：A3489或A1916”，其中CSO为首席秘书办公室（Chief Secretary's Office）的缩写，该编号或指向VPRS 3992档案集合中的首席秘书收文登记往来函件。档案册书脊贴有标注为“S331.31 STR”的馆藏标签，表明其曾被图书馆收藏。本档案册内的纪要始于1932年4月23日的会议，终于1970年12月15日的会议。《1970年社会福利法案》（Social Welfare Act 1970）正式废止了《1925年街头交易法案》，本次留存档案的最后一次会议恰好印证了这一立法变更。