NRS-14570 | Pastoral lease files

These files comprise the appraisement papers for pastoral leases for the period prior to the Western Lands Act of 1901, which required all such leases to be brought under its provisions. The papers include decisions of the Local Land Board re increases of rental; applications for decrease of rental due to deficiencies of and hardships caused by the nature of the land; appeals against the set rental; and, in some cases, maps and tracings of the lease holding. (10/43865-93, 10/43925). 30 boxes. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.