VPRS 4682 Register of Receiver's Returns, Unused Roads and Water Frontages

This series was created by the Local Government Branch and later on by the Unused Roads and Water Frontage Branch of the Public Works Department (VA 669) (from 1905 to 1928) and since then by the Department of Crown Land and Survey (VA 538) (from 1928 to 32)The Branch and later on the Lands Department were responsible for the issue of licences under the provisions of the Unused Roads and Water Frontages Act, 1903 (No 1894) and the subsequent Local Government Acts, 1915, 1928 and 1958 (Nos 2686,4683 and 5316) and the Land (Unused Roads and Water Frontages) Act 1961 (No 6794) for the occupation and use of unused roads and water frontages to the owners and occupiers of adjoining land and for ensuring that the annual rents were paid.Occupiers of lands applied for a licence to the Minister for Public Works and since 1928 to the Minister for Lands to occupy and use any unused roads and water frontages. Notice of licence number issued was published in the Government Gazette. The licensee was required to pay the licence fee and the annual rent for the use of unused roads and water frontages.This series records the payments of licence fees and annual rentals by licensees as they were received by the Unused Roads and Water Frontages Branch. Details include the Licence and voucher numbers, the date and place of the payment the amount received and have a reference to the ledger folio. This latter may be traced in VPRS 4681 Ledger, Unused Roads and Water Frontages.The series appears to have ended in 1908 when a system of sheets began to be used for the recording of these payments.