VPRS 664 Licensing Court Registers

Up to 1886 registers of applications for liquor and non-liquor licences were created and maintained in local courts of petty sessions at which annual, quarterly and general sittings of justices of the peace, licensing benches or licensing magistrates occurred.Under the Licensing Act 1885 (40 Vic.,No.857) Victoria was divided into Licensing Districts and Licensing Courts were constituted for each Licensing District to hear and determine liquor licence applications. Licence Registers extant for the period 1886 to 1890 often document the transition of responsibility from the courts of petty sessions to the licensing courts. In most country areas the same volume continued to be used for liquor and non-liquor licence applications until circa 1890 when new stationery was introduced specifically for liquor licence applications. Between 1886 and 1890 the pages which record proceedings of the Licensing Court are annotated to show that they are a record of that authority.This series comprises a record of proceedings concerning licence applications. If the records document proceedings held prior to 1890, it is likely that they will include both liquor and non-liquor licence applications. If the records only document proceedings held after 1890 the applications should relate solely to non-liquor licences.Some common non-liquor licences included:AuctioneersCarriersHawkersStage Coach operatorsSlaughterersReal Estate AgentsCollectors.

地方小额诉讼法院（local courts of petty sessions）共创建并维护了多达1886份酒类及非酒类许可证申请登记簿，太平绅士（justices of the peace）、许可委员会（licensing benches）或许可治安法官会在该法院举行年度、季度及常规庭审。
依据1885年《许可法》（40 Vic., No.857），维多利亚州被划分为多个许可区（Licensing Districts），每个许可区均设立许可法院（Licensing Courts），以审理并裁决酒类许可证申请。
1886年至1890年期间现存的许可证登记簿（Licence Registers）常记录了责任从小额诉讼法院向许可法院的转移过程。在大多数乡村地区，同一册登记簿持续用于酒类及非酒类许可证申请，直至约1890年——彼时专门用于酒类许可证申请的新登记簿册开始启用。
1886年至1890年间，记录许可法院审理程序（proceedings）的页面均附有注释，表明其为该机构的官方记录。
本系列档案包含许可证申请相关的审理程序记录。若记录涉及1890年前的审理，则可能同时包含酒类及非酒类许可证申请；若记录仅涉及1890年后的审理，则申请应仅与非酒类许可证相关。
常见的非酒类许可证类型包括：拍卖商（Auctioneers）、运输商（Carriers）、小贩（Hawkers）、驿站马车运营商（Stage Coach operators）、屠宰商（Slaughterers）、房地产经纪人（Real Estate Agents）、征收员（Collectors）。