VPRS 14405 Register of Applications, Agricultural Allotments, Mallee Lands (Occupation Branch)

This series consists of registers of applications for leases or licenses of agricultural allotments in Mallee lands maintained by the Mallee Division at the Occupation Branch of VA 358 Department of Crown Lands and Survey. Details given are the allocated file number, the name and location of the applicant, the location of the land (often given as county rather than parish) and its area and the decision of a Local Lands Board. The remarks column was used for notations relating to the receipt and sending of correspondence and the management of the file.Section 3 of The Mallee Act 1889 permitted lessees of Mallee allotments to select an area of up to 320 acres out of that allotment as an agricultural allotment. The conditions were to be the same as those pertaining to agricultural allotments in the Land Act 1884. Section 19 of the Mallee Lands Act 1896 continued this provision with the maximum amount of land able to be licensed or leased as an agricultural allotment being 640 acres. The same privilege of selection of an agricultural allotment from Mallee lands was extended to non-Mallee allotment lessees in Section 7 of this same Act, with lessees able to select outside their leased areas. Sections 217 and 218 of the Land Act 1901 continued these rights of selection of agricultural allotments with the amount of land being determined by its classification.The units in VPRS 14405 / P1 were previously registered as follows:Unit 1 was previously registered as Unit 200 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act UnknownUnit 2 was previously registered as Unit 169 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act UnknownUnit 4 was previously registered as Unit 7 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act UnknownUnit 5 was previously registered as Unit 67 of VPRS 451 / P Applications Registers, Land Act 1869Unit 6 was previously registered as Unit 247 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown andUnit 7 was previously registered as Unit 168 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.