VPRS 13748 Rent Rolls, Stawell, Sections 65 and 67 Land Act 1884 and Sections 103 and 105 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 Within the Department of Crown Lands itself and the Occupation Branch these Registers were superseded by the Rent Rolls.Details given in the rent rolls are the name of the licensee or lessee, the details of the location and size of the land, details of the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 65 of the Land Act 1884 (and Section 103 Land Act 1901) provided for the annual licensing of auriferous (gold-bearing) lands. Areas licensed were to be of no more than 20 acres with only one license being allowed for each individual. There was to be no sale of these lands. This section was amended by Section 90 of the Land Act 1898 providing for the appraisal of these lands. If the value of the land was appraised to be more than the rent already paid on them, the subsequent rental was to be no more than two shillings and sixpence per annum with no annual license fee.Section 67 of the Land Act 1884 allowed for the annual licensing of no more than 1000 acres for grazing on auriferous lands. This was allowed to continue for five years and with the right to mine the land remaining. Under Section 91 of the Land Act 1898, (later Section 105 Land Act 1901) this term was extended to 21 years and the right to fence the land extended to licensees with the land able to be treated as rateable property.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 13748 / P was previously registered as Unit 213 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法规所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，支付至土地与测量署（Department of Crown Lands and Survey，档案编号VA 538）墨尔本办事处，亦可支付至各教区与土地辖区指定的本地收款与出纳员——该设置始于约1874年占地管理分支成立之后。
收款与出纳员通常由本地法院书记员兼任。在1869年《土地法案》通过之前，租金缴纳情况均记录于持照人与承租人登记簿中。该登记簿在1869年《土地法案》第33条项下仍继续沿用，并在本地收款与出纳员办事处留存。而在土地与测量署本部及占地管理分支内，此类登记簿已被租金登记簿（Rent Rolls）取代。
租金登记簿所载详情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。备注栏则涵盖土地后续购置、租赁或许可证转让至其他持有人的相关细节、该等主体后续的缴款情况，以及土地被占用者取消、撤销或弃置的相关案例。
特定日期到期的租金缴纳通知，会通过公告或刊载于《政府公报》（Government Gazette）的清单进行发布。后者可使本地官员知悉其辖区内的到期租金。当租金缴至该等官员处时，缴款情况会被记录于本地档案，并将回报表报送至土地与测量署。此类档案的示例可见于VPRS 809《已收畜牧租金回报表》（Returns of Pastoral Rents Received）。
在占地管理分支，曾雇用书记员（即租金登记簿管理员），其唯一职责为更新与维护租金登记簿，并编制可用于抵充土地购置价款的缴款证明文件。自约1877年起，占地管理分支的各“地区土地办事处”均配备了一名租金登记簿管理员。
租金登记簿与申请登记簿一样，均按照特定《土地法案》的条款进行编排。针对1869年《土地法案》第19、20条，1898年《土地法案》第29条及1901年《土地法案》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。而依《土地法案》其他条款产生的缴款义务，则可合并记录于同一登记簿。
各土地辖区的缴款需分别留存登记簿。
1884年《土地法案》第65条（及1901年《土地法案》第103条）规定对含金土地（auriferous lands）进行年度许可。获批许可的区域面积不得超过20英亩，且每名个人仅可获批一张许可证。此类土地不得进行买卖。1898年《土地法案》第90条对该条款进行了修订，规定需对上述土地进行估值。若土地估值高于已缴租金，则后续租金不得超过每年2先令6便士，且无需缴纳年度许可费。
1884年《土地法案》第67条允许对不超过1000英亩的含金土地放牧区域进行年度许可，该许可有效期为五年，且持有人保留土地采矿权。依据1898年《土地法案》第91条（后为1901年《土地法案》第105条），该许可期限延长至21年，且许可持有人获得土地围栏权，土地可被视为应纳税财产。
自1907年末起，土地与测量署开始改用卡片系统进行档案管理，至1917年时，租金登记簿的记录形式已基本转为卡片形式。
VPRS 13748 / P原登记为VPRS 631 / P《租金登记簿》第213单元。