VPRS 14149 Special Deeds Books, Railway Grants

Special Deeds were for grants for special purposes such as recreation facilities (parks, racecourses, recreation reserves), municipal facilities such as Shire Halls, road and railway reservations, health facilities such as hospitals and asylums and other such uses as Mechanics Institutes and free libraries. Some of these record grants in perpetuity whilst others record long-term leases to trustees. Others record long-term leases to large companies for industrial sites. In this series, a transcription or copy of the deed is given, often including a plan of the land granted. Many of these deeds are referred to in VPRS 14146 Register of Grants for Special Purposes.The deeds in this series are those for grants of land for railway purposes. Previously they had been entered with other such deeds in VPRS 14148 Special Deeds Books.