VPRS 14387 Register of Applications, Sections 130 and 131 Land Act 1901 (Occupation Branch)

This series consists of registers of applications for land under Sections 130 and 131 of the Land Act 1901. These sections dealt with swamp lands available for lease or available under closer settlement provisions.Details given in the registers are the number and date of the application, the name and address of the applicant, the location and extent of the land, the results of Local Land Board hearings regarding the application and the date of the lease and details. The Remarks column was used for notations relating to the management of the file and any correspondence.In Part VI of the 1884 Land Act a number of swamps, including the Koo-Wee-Rup, Moe and Condah Swamps, were specifically named as being able to subject to reclamation works by the Government. It was determined that these reclaimed areas could then be leased. This was to be a lease of no more than 160 acres for no more than 21 years with the lessee being obliged to maintain the drainage systems and having no right of purchase. In Section 103 of the 1898 Act provision was made for perpetual leases and conditional purchase leases of these swamp areas under Closer Settlement sections of the legislation. Those so doing were to remain responsible for the maintenance of drainage channels and make permanent improvements to the value of ten shillings per acre for each of the first three years of occupancy. Section 103 became Sections 130 and 131 in the consolidated 1901 Land Act. In the rent roll, properties leased under conditional purchase lease have the additional numbers of 383 indicating the section of the Act governing conditional purchase leases. The file number is also given. The file may be able to be found in VPRS 5357 Land Selection and Correspondence Files.The rent roll relating to these applications may be found in VPRS 13949 / P1.VPRS 14387 / P1 was previously registered as Unit 5 of VPRS 455 / P Application Registers, Land Act 1898.