VPRS 15704 Register of Files Sent to Crown Lands Bailiffs

Crown Lands Bailiffs were appointed to monitor at the local level the observance of the law relating to the occupation and use of Crown lands, to provide reports on such matters as improvements and their valuation and generally act as a representative of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538).Correspondence and files received at the Head Office were referred to the bailiffs and this series consists of registers tracking such files. All show details of the date the file was received, the number allocated to it at Head Office, the name of the person that the file concerns and the date it was returned to head Office (usually to the Occupation Branch). Some contain details of the subject of the matter referred or of the instructions given to the Crown Lands bailiff.