VPRS 706 Rent Rolls, Receiver and Paymaster, Shepparton

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.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.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.Unit 1 was used to predominantly record rents paid under Section 20 Land Act 1878 and Section 44 Land Act 1890. Unit 2 had been used for multiple purposes and at some point has had several pages removed. it had been used for leases under the Land Act 1869 and was subsequently used for recording payments under Sections 145 (Miscellaneous licences to occupy) and 187 (grazing licences) Land Act 1901.所有王室土地（Crown lands）占用许可与王室土地租赁均需按照立法或立法授权制定的法规规定的金额与周期缴纳租金。租金可通过邮寄或亲缴两种方式支付，缴款渠道包括土地与测量署（Department of Crown Lands and Survey，档案编号VA 538）墨尔本办事处，以及各教区与土地区指定的地方收支主管（约1874年管理分支成立后设立）。收支主管通常由当地法院书记员兼任。到期租金的缴款通知将通过公告或刊登于《政府公报》（Government Gazette）的名单予以发布，后者可帮助地方官员掌握辖区内的应缴租金情况。当租金缴至上述主管处时，相关缴款记录将留存于地方档案，并将汇总报表报送至主管部门。此类档案的示例可参阅档案编号VPRS 809《牧地租金收缴报表》（Returns of Pastoral Rents Received）。租金名册中记载的详情包括：许可持有人或租赁人的姓名、土地位置与面积详情、费用缴纳明细，以及定期租金支付的日期与金额。备注栏涵盖的内容包括：土地后续购置情况、租赁或许可向其他持有人的转让及受让人后续的缴款记录、土地的注销或撤销情形，以及占用人放弃土地的相关案例。单元1主要用于记录1878年《土地法》（Land Act 1878）第20条与1890年《土地法》（Land Act 1890）第44条项下的已缴租金。单元2曾用于多项业务场景，且有部分页面已被移除；其最初用于登记1869年《土地法》（Land Act 1869）项下的租赁业务，后续则用于记录1901年《土地法》（Land Act 1901）第145条（杂项占用许可）与第187条（放牧许可）项下的缴款情况。