VPRS 14260 Reference Book, General

This series consists of records of correspondence which had been received by the Board of Land and Works and referred by them to the responsible officials within the Departments dealing with the matters for which the Board was responsible. These meant reference was made regarding lands and survey to the Assistant Surveyor-General and the Assistant Commissioner for Lands, to the Public Works Department (VA 666) and the Department of Roads and Bridges (VA 2964). Original letters may already have been referred to the Board of Land and Works by other officials such as the Secretary for Mines and the Chief Secretary so often the reply was to return the correspondence to those officials. Other replies included forwarding to other officials for noting or action to be taken.Details recorded are the name of the correspondent and any reference number on the correpondence, the person or official to whom the matter was referred and the content of any reference comment placed on the letter and the reply. The reply consisted of any further annotation placed on the correspondence prior to its return. Original letters may already have been referred to the Board of Land and Works by other officials such as the Secretary for Mines and the Chief Secretary so often the reference comment was directed to the originator of the reference.Matters dealt with related to the progress and provision of public works, the provision of roads and bridges, payments, the provision of facilities for indigenous people, matters relating to surveys and applications for land.

本系列数据集收录土地与工程委员会（Board of Land and Works）收讫的往来函件记录，该委员会会将相关函件转至对应职能部门内负责对应事务的主管官员处理。具体而言，涉及土地与测绘的事务会被转至助理测量总监（Assistant Surveyor-General）、土地事务助理专员（Assistant Commissioner for Lands）、公共工程部（Public Works Department，编号VA 666）以及道路与桥梁局（Department of Roads and Bridges，编号VA 2964）。部分原始函件可能已由矿业秘书（Secretary for Mines）、首席秘书（Chief Secretary）等其他官员先行提交至土地与工程委员会，因此通常需将函件转回原提交官员；其余回复流程则包括将函件转至其他官员以供批注或采取后续行动。本数据集记录的详情包括：发件人姓名、函件上的参考编号、该事务被转至的官员姓名，以及附于函件及回复上的批注内容。此处的回复内容指的是函件被转回前新增的所有批注信息。本数据集涵盖的事务范畴包括：公共工程的推进与供给、道路与桥梁的建设、款项支付、原住民服务设施的提供、测绘相关事务以及土地申请事宜。