VPRS 12140 License Register - 238A

One of the key responsibilities of the License Branch of the Department of the Treasurer was to issue license forms to Licensing Courts established throughout Victoria. The various types of license forms were then authorised and issued to successful applicants at court.The significance of the title of 238A is unknown as at September 1999, but it seems to largely relate to the licensing of activities related to the provision of liquor (though auctioneers licenses is an obvious exception). The following license types are brought together under this title:VigneronsClub CertificatesVictuallersGrocerAustralian WineRailway RefreshmentBilliardBrewersSpirit MerchantsAuctioneersThis series was maintained by the License Branch, Department of the Treasurer, as a record of the number of license forms received from the Government Printers Office, and subsequently distributed to Licensing Courts throughout Victoria. Entries were made on a bimonthly basis, with two pages allocated for each bimonthly time period. On the first page the amount of each type of license received by the License branch from the Government printer was listed. A total balance of license forms in the custody of the Branch was also entered. On the second page the total number of license forms forwarded to each Licensing Court was entered, as well as totals forwarded for each license type.VPRS 12141 238B Licenses Register and VPRS 12142 Miscellaneous Licenses Register contains similar details for other categories of license from 1908 to 1966 and 1908 to 1967 respectively.