NRS-19220 | Registers of applications to purchase land in virtue of intended improvements [Wentworth Crown Land Agent's Office]

These registers contain a summary record of applications to purchase land in virtue of intended improvements in the Land District of Wentworth, kept by the Wentworth Crown Land Agent's Office.This tenure was introduced in the Lands Acts Amendment Act of 1875 (39 Vic. No.13) whereby claims could be made by the holders of pre-emptive and pastoral leases, and by those who occupied land on proclaimed gold fields under a Miner's Right or Business License. Improvements were "any work or erection of a fixed character and such as would render more beneficial the occupation and use of the land, and which shall have been constructed, erected, placed, made or maintained at the cost of the person applying to purchase the land in respect of any such improvements."These registers record information such as: the registration number, the number of any previous applications, the date of those applications, the date of receipt of application, the name and address of applicant, the amount of deposit, the value and description in detail of improvements, the area in acres, a description in detail of land applied for, the authority under which land is held, i.e., pastoral or other lease, or Miner's Right or Business License, the name of the Run or Gold Field, particulars of lease, or number, date and place of issue of Miner's Right or Business License, date of despatch of application to Head Office, any action taken, and any further remarks.

本批登记册由温特沃斯王室土地代理人办公室（Wentworth Crown Land Agent's Office）编制，收录了温特沃斯土地区范围内，以拟议土地改良为依据的购地申请汇总记录。此项购地资格制度由1875年《土地法修订法案》（Lands Acts Amendment Act of 1875, 39 Vic. No.13）确立，据此优先购地租约与牧业租约持有人，以及依据矿工权证（Miner's Right）或营业执照（Business License）在公告划定的金矿区占用土地的人员，均可提出购地申请。该法案对"土地改良"的定义为："任何具备固定性质的工程或构筑物，能够提升土地的占用与使用效益，且系由申请购地者为该类改良所投入成本建造、安装、设置、制作或维护的工程或构筑物"。该登记册所记录的信息包括：登记编号、既往申请编号、申请日期、申请接收日期、申请人姓名与住址、定金金额、改良工程的价值与详细说明、土地面积（英亩）、申请地块的详细描述、土地持有依据（即牧业租约或其他租约、矿工权证或营业执照）、放牧区块（Run）或金矿区名称、租约详情，以及矿工权证或营业执照的编号、签发日期与签发地点、申请移送至总部的日期、已采取的相关措施，以及其他补充备注。