VPRS 15366 Register of Lessees, Section 20 Land Acts 1869 and 1878 and Grazing Licensees, Mansfield

Records of rent payments were kept in Registers of Lessees and Licensees which gave the date of the license or lease, the name of the licensee or lessee, the location (parish, section and allotment) and the extent of the land. Financial details included the details of rent instalments paid. In the column for remarks are notations regarding such matters as forfeiture, revocation and transfers of licenses or leases and any relevant references to correspondence, later purchase of the land or entries in the Government Gazette regarding Ministerial approval of the license or lease and gazette notices for renewal. For Registers such as this from Mansfield maintained by local officers or Receivers of Revenue there may be a signature by the licensee for the receipt of a license.This Register was used firstly for recording payments of rent made under leases granted under Section 20 of the Land Act 1869 and later for payments made for grazing licences under the Land Acts of 1890 and 1901.