VPRS 15887 General Correspondence Files, Alphabetical System, Lands Department Office - Meredith (GRS 1123)

This record series comprises general correspondence files from the Lands Office, Meredtih. The files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the person(s) to whom the correspondence is addressed. The correspondence covers all matters relating to the occupation of Crown Land within the district administered by that Office. Those matters includeoccupation permitsgrazing licencesinspectionsapplications to purchaseSoldier Settlement loansUnused Road LicencesReports on Compliance with Conditionsapplications to selectCloser Settlement loansrentalsillegal removal of firewoodwater frontage licenceswire netting fences.Upon the raising of a file for a particular correspondent, all future correspondence to that person was attached to that file. Much of the earlier correspondence was recorded at the Lands Department Office, Geelong. The geographical area to which the correspondence relates became later the responsibility of the Lands Department Office, Meredith. By the early 1950s, the correspondence was recorded by the Meredith Office.