VPRS 13678 Rent Rolls, St Arnaud, Sections 65 and 67 Land Act 1884 and Sections 103 and 105 Land Act 1901

All licenses for the occupation of Crown lands and leases of Crown lands required the payment of rent in amounts and at intervals as stated by legislation or regulations made under the authority of legislation. Rents could be paid either by post or personally to the Melbourne office of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) or to local Receivers and Paymasters as designated for each parish and Land District (subsequent to the formation of the Occupation Branch in c 1874). Receivers and Paymasters were often local Clerks of Courts.Previous to the passage of the Land Act of 1869, the payment of rents had been recorded in Registers of Licensees and Lessees. These continued for Section 33 of the Land Act 1869 and at the offices of local Receivers and Paymasters. Within the Department of Crown Lands itself and the Occupation Branch these Registers were superseded by the Rent Rolls.Details given in the rent rolls are the name of the licensee or lessee, the details of the location and size of the land, details of the payments of fees and of the date and amount of regular periodic payments of rent. Remarks include details of subsequent purchase of the land, of any transfers of leases or licenses to other holders and the subsequent payments made by those persons, any cancellation or revocation or instances of abandonment of the land by the occupier.Notifications of rents due at a particular date were circulated by notice or by lists published in the Government Gazette. The latter allowed local officers to be aware of the rents due in their areas. When the rents were paid to these officers, the payments were recorded in the local records and returns forwarded to the Department. Examples of these records may be seen in VPRS 809 Returns of Pastoral Rents Received. At the Occupation Branch, clerks (the rent rollers) were employed whose sole duties were the updating and maintenance of the rent rolls and preparation of certificates documenting payments where these were to be credited against the purchase price of land. Originally from about 1877, a rent roll clerk was attached to each "District Land Office" within the Occupation Branch.Rent rolls, like registers of applications, were arranged according to sections of a specific Land Act. For major provisions such as Sections 19 and 20, Land Act 1869 or Section 29, Land Act 1898 and Section 35, Land Act 1901, the rent roll recorded only payments relating to that section. Payments for obligations under other sections of the Land Acts could be included together in one roll. Separate rolls were kept for payments made in each Land District.Section 65 of the Land Act 1884 (and Section 103, Land Act 1901) provided for the annual licensing of auriferous (gold bearing) lands. Areas licensed were to be of no more than 20 acres with only one license being allowed for each individual. There was to be no sale of these lands. This section was amended by Section 90 of the Land Act 1898 providing for the appraisal of these lands. If the value of the land was appraised to be more than the rent already paid on them, the subsequent rental was to be no more than two shillings and sixpence per annum with no annual license fee.Section 67 of the Land Act 1884 allowed for the annual licensing of no more than 1000 acres for grazing on auriferous lands. This was allowed to continue for five years and with the right to mine the land remaining. Under Section 91 of the Land Act 1898, (later Section 105, Land Act 1901) this term was extended to 21 years and the right to fence the land extended to licensees with the land able to be treated as rateable property.From late 1907 the Department of Crown Lands and Survey began changing to cards for its recordkeeping systems with the rent roll being reported as mainly on cards by 1917.VPRS 135678 / P was previously registered as Units 223 and 232 of VPRS 631 / P Rent Rolls.

所有占用王室土地（Crown lands）的许可及王室土地租赁均需按照立法或依据立法授权制定的法规所规定的金额与周期缴纳租金。租金可通过邮寄或亲自缴至土地与测量署（Department of Crown Lands and Survey，VA 538）墨尔本办事处，亦可缴至为每个教区和土地辖区指定的当地收款与支付员——该设置于约1874年职业分支成立后推行。当地收款与支付员通常兼任当地法院书记员。
在1869年《土地法》通过之前，租金缴纳情况均记录于许可持有人与租赁持有人登记簿。该登记簿在1869年《土地法》第33条相关事项中得以沿用，并留存于当地收款与支付员办事处。在土地署本部及职业分支内，此类登记簿已被租金登记簿（Rent Rolls）取代。
租金登记簿所记载的详情包括：许可持有人或租赁持有人姓名、土地位置与面积详情、费用缴纳详情，以及定期租金支付的日期与金额。备注栏涵盖土地后续购买、租赁或许可转让至其他持有人及该等受让人后续缴款的相关详情，土地被占用方取消、撤销或遗弃的相关案例。
特定日期到期的租金缴纳通知会通过公告或刊登于《政府公报》（Government Gazette）的名单进行公示。后者可让当地官员知晓其辖区内的到期租金。当租金缴至当地官员处时，缴款情况会记录于当地档案，并将报表报送至土地署。此类档案的示例可见于VPRS 809《已收牧业租金报表》。在职业分支内，受雇的文员（即租金登记簿管理员）的唯一职责为更新和维护租金登记簿，并编制用于证明缴款的文件，此类缴款可冲抵土地购买价款。自约1877年起，职业分支内的每个“地区土地办事处”均配备一名租金登记簿管理员。
租金登记簿与申请登记簿一样，均按照特定《土地法》的条款进行编排。针对1869年《土地法》第19、20条，1898年《土地法》第29条以及1901年《土地法》第35条等主要条款，租金登记簿仅记录与该条款相关的缴款。土地法其他条款下的义务缴款则可合并记录于同一登记簿。每个土地辖区的缴款均设有单独的登记簿。
1884年《土地法》第65条（及1901年《土地法》第103条）规定对含金（auriferous）土地进行年度许可。获批许可的区域面积不得超过20英亩，且每人仅可持有一份许可。此类土地不得出售。1898年《土地法》第90条对该条款进行了修订，规定对上述土地进行估价。若土地估价高于已缴租金，则后续租金每年不得超过2先令6便士，且无需缴纳年度许可费。
1884年《土地法》第67条允许对含金土地上不超过1000英亩的区域进行年度放牧许可。该许可有效期为五年，且保留土地采矿权。依据1898年《土地法》第91条（后为1901年《土地法》第105条），该许可期限延长至21年，许可持有人获得围栏土地的权利，且该土地可被视为应纳税财产。
1907年末起，土地与测量署开始改用卡片系统进行档案管理，至1917年，租金登记簿的载体已主要为卡片。VPRS 135678 / P原登记为VPRS 631 / P《租金登记簿》的第223和232单元。