VPRS 13634 Rent Rolls, Alexandra, Section 29 Land Act 1898 and Section 35 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 Within the Department of Crown Lands itself and the Occupation Branch these Registers were superseded by the Rent Rolls.Details given in the rent rolls are the name of the licensee or lessee, the details of the location and size of the land, details of the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 29 of the Land Act 1898 (later Section 35 under the consolidated Land Act 1901) succeeded Section 32, Land Act 1884 as the means whereby grazing areas could be leased from the Crown. Land was able to be leased for any term until 29 December 1920 when the land would revert to the Crown. Land was divided into classes for the purpose of the lease. Two hundred acres of first-class land might be leased, 640 acres of second-class land, 1280 acres of third-class land and 1920 acres of fourth-class land. A permanent agricultural allotment could be selected from leaseholds of first and second-class land and a grazing allotment from third and fourth-class land.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.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 13634 / P1 was previously registered as Units 9 and 10 of VPRS 631 / P Rent Rolls.

所有王室土地（Crown lands）占用许可及王室土地租赁均需按照立法或依立法授权制定的规章所规定的金额与周期缴纳租金。租金可通过邮寄或亲自缴纳至王室土地与测量署（Department of Crown Lands and Survey，编号VA 538）墨尔本办事处，亦可缴纳至各教区与土地行政区指定的本地收付款专员（Receivers and Paymasters）——该指定机制自1874年左右土地占用管理科（Occupation Branch）设立后启用。此类收付款专员多由本地法院书记员（Clerks of Courts）兼任。在1869年《土地法案（Land Act 1869）》通过之前，租金缴纳情况均记录于持照人与承租人登记簿（Registers of Licensees and Lessees）中；该登记簿制度在1869年《土地法案》第33条相关事项以及本地收付款专员办事处仍继续沿用。但在王室土地署本部及土地占用管理科内，此类登记簿已被租金登记簿（Rent Rolls）取代。租金登记簿所记录的信息包括持照人或承租人姓名、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。备注栏信息则涵盖土地后续购置、租赁或许可证向其他持有人的转移及受让人后续缴纳的款项，以及土地被占用者取消、撤销或弃置的相关情形。特定日期应缴租金的通知可通过公告或刊载于《政府公报（Government Gazette）》的清单进行发布；后者可让本地官员知晓其辖区内应缴的租金款项。当租金缴纳至上述官员处时，相关款项会记录于本地档案，并向署本部报送报表。此类档案的示例可参见档案编号VPRS 809《已收畜牧租金报表（Returns of Pastoral Rents Received）》。在土地占用管理科内，设有专职办事员（即“租金登记员”），其唯一职责为更新与维护租金登记簿，并编制可用于抵扣土地购置款的缴款证明文件。自1877年左右起，土地占用管理科下属的各“地区土地办事处”均配备一名租金登记员。租金登记簿与申请登记簿一样，均按照特定《土地法案》的条款进行分类编排。对于1869年《土地法案》第19、20条、1898年《土地法案（Land Act 1898）》第29条以及1901年《土地法案（Land Act 1901）》第35条等核心条款，租金登记簿仅记录与该条款相关的缴款事项。《土地法案》其他条款项下应缴款项则可合并记录于同一登记簿。各土地行政区的缴款情况则分别设立单独的登记簿。1898年《土地法案》第29条（后在1901年合并版《土地法案》中调整为第35条）取代了1884年《土地法案（Land Act 1884）》第32条，成为从王室租赁放牧用地的法定依据。按照该条款租赁的放牧用地可约定任意租期，但租赁土地需在1920年12月29日归还王室。租赁用地按等级划分：一级土地可租赁200英亩，二级土地640英亩，三级土地1280英亩，四级土地1920英亩。可从一、二级土地租赁地块中选定永久性农业用地，从三、四级土地租赁地块中选定放牧用地。租金登记簿所记录的信息包括持照人或承租人姓名、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。备注栏信息则涵盖土地后续购置、租赁或许可证向其他持有人的转移及受让人后续缴纳的款项，以及土地被占用者取消、撤销或弃置的相关情形。自1907年下半年起，王室土地与测量署开始改用卡片系统进行档案管理；至1917年，租金登记簿的记录形式已基本转为卡片式。档案编号VPRS 13634 / P1此前登记为VPRS 631 / P《租金登记簿（Rent Rolls）》第9、10单元。