VPRS 14043 Register of Approved Applications, Alexandra, Other Sections Land Acts 1901 and 1915 (Alexandra District Land Office)

From about 1901 there was a steady decline in new applications being made under the Land Acts. In mid-1907 a circular was sent to District Land Officers notifying them that from that time onwards, all applications regardless of Act and Section of the Act, were to be recorded in a single register kept at the District Land Office and allocated an annual single number. Details recorded were the number allocated the application, the date of receipt, the name and postal address of the applicant, the location and extent of the land and the details of the recommendation by the Local Land Board and the disposal of the application (ie where it was forwarded or filed). A weekly return of all applications received was to be forwarded to Melbourne as well as a list of the cases to be considered by the Local Land Board prior to hearings. Records of a number of Local Land Boards are currently in custody.Once applications had been ruled upon by the Local Land Board, details of those which had been successful were to be entered in the register, as in this series, to be kept at the District Land Office for specific Sections of an Act. These registers contained the same details as in the general application register and then annotations relating to the Local Land Board, the dates of issue of any license and references and remarks. Details may include the dates of the issue of any lease or Crown grant or of entries in the Government Gazette as well as references to correspondence or file management.Section 93 and Section 91 of the Land Act 1884 (later Section 99, Land Act 1890, Section 145 of the Land Act 1901 and Section 129, Land Act 1915) provided for the licensing or leasing of Crown lands for a multitude of purposes such as rural businesses, the removal of raw materials and other purposes none of which were to be agricultural or grazing. Licenses were renewable annually at a fee to be set. Leases under the 1884 Act for these purposes were to be of no more than three acres at an annual rental of five pounds.Section 147 of the Land Act 1901 (subsequently Section 139, Land Act 1915) allowed the licensing of bee-keeping establishments of not more than one acre for one year on any Crown land including that held under an agricultural license or lease or a grazing lease.Section 119, Land Act 1884 provided for the issuing of grazing licenses for Crown lands not otherwise held. This provision continued as Section 123, Land Act 1890 and Section 187, Land Act 1901.Successful applications had cards created at the Occupation Branch replacing the registers. One card was to record the details of the application and subsequently, record correspondence and file management matters and the other was to record the payments of rent instead of these being entered in rent rolls.Unsuccessful applications were to be sent to Melbourne, marked with the application number written inside the District Office stamp to be 'Put Away'. These would continue to be available in case of appeal against the decision of the Local Land Board.District Survey Offices and the Lands Enquiry Office in Melbourne could receive applications for any Land District. These were recorded in special registers, without being allocated a number, with the papers then being sent to the Land Officer of the District in which the land applied for was situated this being noted in the register.The system of District Land Offices parallelled by similar 'District Offices' in the Occupation Branch continued, with a smaller number of physically separate offices outside Melbourne. Within the Occupation Branch itself, officers dealt with the business of a number of District Offices with the number of Divisions within the Branch fluctuating relative to the amount of business to be transacted, this in turn being affected by legislative enactments.VPRS 14043/P1 was previously registered as Unit 6 of VPRS 453 / P Application Registers (Numerical) Land Act 1901.

自1901年左右起，依据《土地法》提交的新申请数量持续下滑。1907年中期，相关部门向地区土地官员（District Land Officers）下发通告，要求自此之后，无论依据哪部法律及其具体条款提交的申请，均需录入地区土地办事处（District Land Office）留存的统一登记簿，并分配年度唯一编号。登记内容包括申请分配编号、收件日期、申请人姓名及通信地址、土地位置与面积、地方土地委员会（Local Land Board）出具的审核意见，以及申请处置情况（即申请被转递或归档的去向）。所有已接收申请的周度汇总报表，以及地方土地委员会听证前需审议的案件清单，均需报送至墨尔本。目前留存有若干地方土地委员会的档案记录。

待地方土地委员会完成审核后，获批申请的详情需录入对应系列的登记簿中，该登记簿由地区土地办事处针对特定法律条款留存。此类登记簿除包含通用申请登记簿的全部信息外，还需追加地方土地委员会相关批注、各类许可证核发日期，以及参考资料与备注信息。登记详情可包括租赁协议或王室土地（Crown lands）授予书的核发日期、《政府公报》（Government Gazette）的刊载日期，以及往来信函或档案管理相关的索引信息。

《1884年土地法》第93条与第91条（后分别调整为《1890年土地法》第99条、《1901年土地法》第145条及《1915年土地法》第129条）规定，可针对多种非农业、非放牧用途核发王室土地许可证或租赁协议，用途包括乡村经营、原材料外运等。许可证可按设定费用按年续期。依据《1884年土地法》办理的此类租赁，面积不得超过3英亩，年租金为5英镑。

《1901年土地法》第147条（后调整为《1915年土地法》第139条）允许在任何王室土地上设立面积不超过1英亩的养蜂场，许可有效期为1年，涵盖已持有农业许可证、租赁协议或放牧租赁的土地。

《1884年土地法》第119条规定，可为未作他用的王室土地核发放牧许可证。该条款后续分别延续为《1890年土地法》第123条与《1901年土地法》第187条。

获批申请的档案将由占地事务科（Occupation Branch）以卡片形式替代登记簿进行管理：一张卡片用于记录申请详情及后续往来信函、档案管理事项，另一张卡片用于记录租金缴纳情况，取代此前的租金登记簿。

未通过的申请需报送至墨尔本，并在地区办事处印章内标注申请编号，以"归档留存"。此类档案可用于后续对地方土地委员会的决策提起上诉时调取。

地区测量办事处（District Survey Offices）及墨尔本的土地查询办公室可接收任何土地辖区（Land District）的申请。此类申请将录入专用登记簿，无需分配编号，随后相关材料将被转送至申请土地所在辖区的土地官员处，该信息需在登记簿中注明。

地区土地办事处体系与占地事务科内的同类"地区办事处"并行运作，墨尔本以外仅设有少量实体独立的办事处。在占地事务科内部，工作人员负责处理多个地区办事处的业务，科内处室的数量随待办业务量波动，而业务量又受立法政策调整影响。

VPRS 14043/P1原登记为VPRS 453/P《1901年土地法（编号式）申请登记簿》第6单元。