VPRS 13335 Register of Lessees, Hamilton, Amending Land Act 1865

Section 12 of the Amending Land Act 1865 allowed persons to make application for the outright purchase or selection or for a lease of land in declared, surveyed and proclaimed agricultural areas for the purposes of residence and cultivation. The lease could be granted for a term of seven years at a rent of two shillings per acre per annum with the lease to be executed within three months of application. Rent was to be paid half-yearly with a half-years rent in advance. The lessee was to reside upon the land for at least three years and make improvements to it. If these terms were met, after that three years, there was a right of purchase of the land at the price of one pound per acre. Allotments, as determined by the Board of Land and Works, were to be between 40 and 640 acres with no individual being able to select more than 640 acres per year.Section 13 of the Act allowed the Board of Land and Works to lease allotments in agricultural areas for a term of seven years at an annual rental of two shillings and acre. Rent was payable for one half year in advance.The Register of lessees recorded the County and parish in which the land was located, the specific location and area of the land, the extent of the land leased and the annual rental paid. The date of the application for the lease is given, with the full name and address of the lessee. The occupation of the lessee was also noted in this volume which deals with applications made in the area of Hamilton, Casterton, Portland and Belfast.VPRS 13335/P1 was previously registered as Unit 4 of VPRS 1323/P Register of Leases, Land Act 1869 Section 19.