VPRS 13747 Rent Rolls, Stawell, Sections 47 and 49 Land Act 1869 and Other Sections Land Acts from 1884 to 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 Within the Department of Crown Lands itself and the Occupation Branch these Registers were superseded by the Rent Rolls.Details given in the rent rolls are the name of the licensee or lessee, the details of the location and size of the land, details of the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 47 of the Land Act 1869 allowed, as did Section 53 of the Land Act 1862, for a license to be granted for the use of Crown lands not under lease or license under Part II of the 1869 Act. Uses were for the extraction of raw materials such as timber and stone, the processing of rural products in such facilities as brick kilns, to occupy fishermen's' residences, to erect pumps and collect ballast and for any other purpose for which land might be leased under Section 45 of the Act. Clause 7 allowed the depasturing of animals on land not forming part of any run or common.Section 49 of the Land Act 1869 allowed the granting of a license for the occupation of auriferous (gold-bearing) land for a period of one year at a time. The amount of land was to be no more than 20 acres with an individual being permitted to hold one licence only. The fees were to be set by regulation.Section 93 and Section 91 of the Land Act 1884 (Section 99 Land Act 1890 and Section 145 Land Act 1901) 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 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.Section 147 of the Land Act 1901 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.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 13747 / P1 was previously registered as Unit 215 of VPRS 631 / P Rent Rolls and Unit 10 of VPRS 1300 / P Rent Roll - Other Purposes.

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的方式，支付至王室土地与测量部（Department of Crown Lands and Survey，档案编号VA 538）墨尔本办事处，或各教区与土地辖区指定的地方收款主管（Receivers and Paymasters，该职位于1874年左右设立占用分支（Occupation Branch）后设置）。收款主管通常由当地法院书记官兼任。在1869年《土地法》（Land Act 1869）通过前，租金缴纳情况均记录于许可持有人与租赁持有人登记册中。该登记册沿用至1869年《土地法》第33条相关事务，并在地方收款主管办事处留存。王室土地部本部及占用分支则将此类登记册替换为租金登记簿（Rent Rolls）。租金登记簿所载信息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。备注栏内容涵盖土地后续购买、租赁或许可转让至其他持有人的相关详情、该等受让人后续缴纳的款项、土地被占用者取消、撤销或弃置的相关情形。特定日期到期的租金缴纳通知，可通过公告或刊载于《政府公报》（Government Gazette）的名单发布。后者可让地方官员知晓其辖区内的到期租金。当租金缴至该等官员处时，缴款情况会记录于地方档案，并将回执报送至本部。此类档案的示例可参阅档案编号VPRS 809 Returns of Pastoral Rents Received。在占用分支，受雇的文员（即租金登记簿管理员）的唯一职责为更新与维护租金登记簿，并编制可抵扣土地购置款的缴款证明文件。自1877年左右起，占用分支下的各辖区土地办事处（District Land Office）均配备一名租金登记簿管理员。租金登记簿与申请登记册一样，均按照特定《土地法》的条款编排。针对1869年《土地法》第19、20条，1898年《土地法》第29条及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》其他条款项下义务的缴款则可合并记录于同一登记簿。各土地辖区的缴款均设有单独的登记簿。1869年《土地法》第47条与1862年《土地法》（Land Act 1862）第53条均规定，可颁发许可，用于使用未受1869年法案第二部分约束的租赁或许可之外的王室土地。使用用途包括开采木材、石料等原材料，在砖窑等设施中加工农产品，用作渔民居所，架设水泵并收集压载物，以及法案第45条规定的可租赁土地的其他任何用途。第7条款允许在不属于任何牧场或公共用地的土地上放牧牲畜。1869年《土地法》第49条规定，可颁发为期一年的含金（auriferous）土地占用许可。单块土地面积不得超过20英亩，个人仅可持有一张该类许可。费用由法规另行规定。1884年《土地法》（Land Act 1884）第93、91条（1890年《土地法》（Land Act 1890）第99条及1901年《土地法》（Land Act 1901）第145条）规定，可颁发许可或租赁王室土地用于多种用途，包括涉农业务、原材料外运及其他非农业或放牧类用途。许可可按年续期，费用由法规规定。根据1884年法案获批的该类用途租赁，土地面积不得超过3英亩，年租金为5英镑。1884年《土地法》第119条规定，可为未作其他处置的王室土地颁发放牧许可。该条款后续分别演变为1890年《土地法》第123条及1901年《土地法》第187条。1901年《土地法》第147条规定，可在任何王室土地（包括持有农业许可、租赁或放牧租赁的土地）上颁发为期一年的养蜂场许可，占地面积不得超过1英亩。1907年末起，王室土地与测量部开始改用卡片系统进行档案管理，至1917年，租金登记簿已主要以卡片形式留存。档案编号VPRS 13747 / P1原登记为VPRS 631 / P《租金登记簿》第215单元及VPRS 1300 / P《其他用途租金登记簿》第10单元。