VPRS 7470 Registers of Inward Correspondence

This series consists of a register of inward correspondence received by the Office of the Inspector-General of the Insane, known as the Lunacy Department. The correspondence is registered in annual single number order.Details recorded in the register include:- the registration number,- date received,- from where received,- number and date of document,- a very brief precis of the correspondence,- the outcome of the transaction.Much of the correspondence has been sent on to the Chief Secretary and can be found within the Inward Correspondence of the Chief Secretary's Office, VPRS 3992.The correspondence is indexed at the front of each volume under the following subjects:- Yarra Bend,- Kew,- Ararat,- Beechworth,- Sunbury,- Ballarat,- Under Secretary (Chief Secretary's Department),- Other Departments,- Miscellaneous.The volume recording inwards correspondence from April 1922 to May 1924 is presumed not extant.

本档案系列由精神错乱管理部门（即精神病人监察总长办公室）所接收的各类来函的登记记录组成。所有来函均按照年度单独编号规则进行登记。
登记册中记录的信息包括：登记编号、接收日期、来函来源、来函文号与日期、来函内容简要摘要、事项办理结果。
多数来函已转呈首席秘书，相关档案可在首席秘书办公室收文档案（VPRS 3992）中查阅。
各卷册首页按以下主题编制索引：亚拉本德（Yarra Bend）、基尤（Kew）、阿拉拉特（Ararat）、比奇沃斯（Beechworth）、桑伯里（Sunbury）、巴拉瑞特（Ballarat）、副部长（首席秘书部）、其他部门、杂项。
1922年4月至1924年5月期间的收文登记册推定已无存。