VPRS 13360 Applications by Parish, Alexandra, Section 32 Land Act 1884 (Alexandra District Survey Office)

Section 32 of the Land Act 1884 (as confirmed in the consolidated Land Act 1890) allowed for the leasing of Crown land for grazing purposes. Lands thus leased could not be purchased and were to revert to the Crown after the expiration of fourteen years. No person was to hold more than one lease and no one lease was to exceed 1000 acres. Land was to be appraised for the purpose of setting a rental of between twopence and fourpence per acre with the right to levy an additional rental of five pounds per cent per annum based on the capital value of improvements made on the leasehold. Special conditions of occupation were to control vermin and noxious weeds, keep any improvements in repair, fence the land and not cut any timber. The Crown was able to resume the land at any time for certain specific purposes listed in the Act or if the lease conditions were not complied with or at the conclusion of the fourteen years with compensation to be paid to the lessee for any improvements made.An agricultural allotment of not more than 320 acres could be excised from such a leasehold under the same conditions as was set out in Section 42 of the Act. Persons who had selected that amount of land under previous land Acts were not eligible for this provision. Those who had selected less than the 320 acres could select the amount of land necessary to make it up to 320 acres. A license to occupy would then be issued for land thus selected.This record was maintained by the Alexandra District Survey Office and lists certain details of leases applied for under Section 32 arranged by parish within the Land District. Details given are the date of application, the name of the applicant, the correspondence number (which is the same as the application or file number), the allotment applied for and the acreage and the result of the Local Land Board hearing (see VPRS 13336 for details of these hearings). Other details of applications under Section 32, Land Act 1884 in the Alexandra Land District may be seen in VPRS 13359 Register of Applications, Alexandra Section 32 Land Act 1884 (Occupation Branch).