VPRS 12242 Register of Accounts for Payments by Post - Unemployment Relief Fund

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The Unemployment Relief Act 1930 established the Unemployment Relief Fund which was created to provide financial assistance to unemployed persons in Victoria. The Fund appropriated its funds from Unemployment Relief Taxes. Payments were made from the Fund to unemployed persons eligible for financial relief under the Act.

Unemployment Relief was sent periodically to individuals via post in the form of a cheque made payable to that individual for a prescribed amount.

This series records that these cheques were posted out by Treasury, it provides the following details:

Date [of entry]
Name [of payee]
Amount
Cheque No.
Date cheque despatched