Despite its name this series is a register of file categories followed by a list of file titles. The file numbering system is 4 tier alphanumeric. The first letter indicates the general subject, as follows: B=Board administration, D=Departmental matters, S=Service administration, This is followed by a second letter identifying a specific topic within that subject. (The letter X is used for "general" matters in each category but otherwise the letters have different meanings in different categories.) This is followed by the file number, usually starting at one in each topic, which may be further qualified by an alphabetical or numerical suffix. Within some topics files are numbered according to an ADEPS (alphabetical by department) system. Each Department, Board or Authority had an individual number initially assigned on the basis of an alphabetical list. This system broke down as agencies changed their names, because they retained their numbers, and when new agencies were created they had to be added to the end of the list whatever their alphabetical location. The ADEPS numbers were used as the file numbers in categories such as: DO=Departmental matters, organisation; and SC=Service administration, conditions of service. The SC files had a variety of suffixes, the principal ones being: /5=Classification, /A=Allowances, /M=Motor vehicles, /O=Overtime. Within the topic SL (Service administration, legislation) another specific way of numbering occurs. The files for Regulations promulgated under the Public Service Act were assigned the number of the Regulation (eg: SL Reg67). The volume comprising this series contains a list of the topics in each general subject. This is followed by a list, for each topic, of file titles in numeric order.~

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