VPRS 12141 License Register - 238B

One of the key responsibilities of the License Branch of the Department of the Treasurer was to issue license forms to Licensing Courts established throughout Victoria. The various types of license forms were then authorised and issued to successful applicants at court.The significance of the title of 238B is unknown as at September 1999. The following license types are brought together under this title:Miners RightsBusiness LicensesHawker LicensesStage Carriage LicensesPawnbroker LicensesFishing PermitsTobacco PermitsGold Buyers LicensesFarm Produce Agent LicensesReal Estate Agent LicensesAfter 1960, 238B licenses only relate to licenses for money lenders, auctioneers, and estate agents.This series was maintained by the License Branch, Department of the Treasurer, as a record of the number of license forms received from the Government Printers Office, and subsequently distributed to Licensing Courts throughout Victoria. Entries were made on a bimonthly basis, with two pages allocated for each bimonthly time period. On the first page the amount of each type of license received by the License branch from the Government printer was listed. A total balance of license forms in the custody of the Branch was also entered. On the second page the total number of license forms forwarded to each Licensing Court was entered, as well as totals forwarded for each license type.VPRS 12140 238A Licenses Register and VPRS 12142 Miscellaneous Licenses Register contains similar details for other categories of license from 1919 to 1962 and 1908 to 1967 respectively.