VPRS 1259 Inward Correspondence, Reports and Instructions, District Surveyor, Portland

This series consists of inward correspondence, reports, instructions, copies of pro forma and survey notes received and kept by the District Surveyor located at Portland. Correspondence was from both officials of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) in Melbourne and local correspondents including the Survey Office at Hamilton.Matters dealt with included survey reports, reports regarding land sales, schedules of lands to be available for selection, applications for licences to occupy and leases and applications to select unsold land under the Regulations of 1856, instructions regarding surveys and rough and draft survey notes and matters regarding actions by the Crown Lands Bailiff as well as administrative matters such as requisitions.

本系列档案包含驻波特兰的地区测量员（District Surveyor）所接收并留存的收函、报告、指令、格式表单（pro forma）副本及测量记录。上述函件的发件方包括墨尔本王室土地与测量署（Department of Crown Lands and Survey，档案编号VA 538）的公职人员，以及汉密尔顿测量局等本地往来机构。所涉事项涵盖测量报告、土地销售相关报告、可供选划的土地清单、占用许可与租赁许可申请，以及依据1856年条例申请选划未售出土地的申请；同时还包括测量相关指令、草测记录与测绘草稿，涉及王室土地执行官（Crown Lands Bailiff）履职的相关事项，以及诸如征用申请在内的各类行政事务。