VPRS 15038 Register of Permissive Occupancy, Bendigo and Castlemaine Land Districts

This series consists of a register of applications recording permissive occupancy in the Bendigo and Castlemaine Land Districts. This occupancy was possibly leases issued under Section 125, Land Act 1928. This Section allowed for the issuing of leases for a wide variety of purposes other than grazing or agriculture including residence. Other Sections of the Act which may have been applicable are Section 86 in Division 5 which allowed for the occupation of lands in auriferous areas and Division 4 which allowed for occupancy for grazing. The Section of the Act is unclear from the record.Details given include the correspondence reference which is from registration in the Melbourne based registers of correspondence. Other details are the name and address of the occupant, the location and extent of the land, the date and the date of issue of the lease and the yearly rental to be charged for the land.VPRS 15038/P1 was previously registered as Unit 21 of VPRS 455 / P Application Registers Land Act 1898.