VPRS 1502 Mining Warden's Registers Of Applications For Mining Leases, Walhalla Mining Division

In their administrative role Mining Wardens were required to receive and register applications for various mining leases and licences in their area. The types of lease and licence applications which could have been registered include:* Gold Mining Leases (often known simply as Mining Leases) from 1859* Mineral Leases from 1861* Mineral Search Licences from 1862* Gold Mining Leases on Reserved Land from 1873* Private Property Leases from 1885* Tailings Licences from 1897* Petroleum Prospecting Licences from 1935* Petroleum Mineral Leases from 1935.It is not certain that all of these types of lease or licence were registered by the Wardens.To 1915 lease or licence applications were submitted firstly to the District Warden and then forwarded to the Mines Department in Melbourne. From 1915 applications were required to be submitted direct to the Department and from there were forwarded to the Warden.

在行政职责方面，矿业监管员（Mining Wardens）需接收并登记其辖区内各类采矿租约与许可的申请。可登记的租约及许可申请类型包括：
* 1859年起的金矿采矿租约（通常简称采矿租约）
* 1861年起的矿物租约
* 1862年起的矿物勘探许可
* 1873年起的保留土地上的金矿采矿租约
* 1885年起的私人地产租约
* 1897年起的尾矿许可
* 1935年起的石油勘探许可
* 1935年起的石油矿物租约

目前尚无法确定监管员是否登记过所有上述类型的租约与许可。
1915年之前，租约或许可申请需首先提交给地区矿业监管员，再转至墨尔本矿业部；1915年起，申请需直接提交至该部门，再由其转交给监管员。