VPRS 13586 Rent Rolls, Beechworth, Grazing Allotments and Sections 59 and 61 Land Act 1898 and Sections 54 and 56 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 Within the Department of Crown Lands itself and the Occupation Branch these Registers were superseded by the Rent Rolls.Details given in the rent rolls are the name of the licensee or lessee, the details of the location and size of the land, details of the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.In the 1898 Land Act, Sections 58 and 59 provided for the extension of the licensing and leasing provisions for agricultural allotments to grazing allotments. In addition, Section 59 allowed the licensing of third-class land for a period of six years for sixpence per acre per annum. Section 61 went on to state that, providing certain conditions were met to do with such matters as fencing and vermin destruction, a fourteen year lease could then be demanded at the annual rent of sixpence per acre. This rental could later be used to defray the cost of the purchase of the land at a cost of ten shillings per acre.Under the consolidated Land Act of 1901, grazing allotments were dealt with by Sections 54 (licensing) and Section 56 (leasing).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 13586 / P1 was previously registered as Units 43, 44 and 45 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至王室土地与测量部（Department of Crown Lands and Survey，VA 538）墨尔本办事处，亦可缴至各教区及土地区指定的本地收款与出纳员（Receivers and Paymasters）——该制度自约1874年占用事务科（Occupation Branch）成立后推行。收款与出纳员通常为本地法院书记员（Clerks of Courts）。在1869年《土地法（Land Act）》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簿。该登记簿在《1869年土地法》第33条项下继续沿用，并存放于本地收款与出纳员办事处。而在王室土地部本部及占用事务科内，此类登记簿已被租金台账（Rent Rolls）取代。租金台账所记载的详情包括：许可持有人或租赁持有人姓名、土地位置与面积信息、费用缴纳详情，以及定期租金支付的日期与金额。备注栏则包含土地后续购置、租赁或许可转让至其他持有人及受让人后续缴纳款项的相关详情，土地被占用者撤销、废止或放弃的相关案例。特定日期到期的租金催缴通知会通过公告或刊载于《政府公报（Government Gazette）》的清单发布。后者可让本地官员知晓其辖区内的到期租金情况。当租金缴至本地官员处时，缴纳情况会记录于本地档案，并将回执报送至本部。此类档案的示例可参阅VPRS 809《已收牧业租金回执》。在占用事务科内，雇佣有专职职员（即租金台账员，rent rollers），其唯一职责为更新与维护租金台账，并编制用于抵扣土地购置价款的缴费证明文件。自约1877年起，占用事务科的每个地区土地办事处（District Land Office）均配备一名租金台账员。租金台账与申请登记簿一样，均按照特定《土地法》的条款编排。对于《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条这类主要条款，租金台账仅记录与该条款相关的缴费。《土地法》其他条款项下的缴费义务则可合并记录于同一台账。每个土地区均单独设立租金台账。《1898年土地法》第58、59条规定，将农业地块的许可与租赁制度扩展至放牧地块。此外，第59条允许将三类土地以每年每英亩六便士的标准许可使用六年。第61条进一步规定，若满足围栏修建、有害动物灭杀等相关条件，可要求以每年每英亩六便士的租金签订14年期租赁协议。该租金日后可用于抵扣土地购置款，抵扣标准为每英亩十先令。根据1901年合并《土地法》，放牧地块的管理由第54条（许可管理）及第56条（租赁管理）规范。租金台账所记载的详情包括：许可持有人或租赁持有人姓名、土地位置与面积信息、费用缴纳详情，以及定期租金支付的日期与金额。备注栏则包含土地后续购置、租赁或许可转让至其他持有人及受让人后续缴纳款项的相关详情，土地被占用者撤销、废止或放弃的相关案例。自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，租金台账已主要以卡片形式留存。VPRS 13586 / P1原登记为VPRS 631 / P《租金台账》的第43、44、45单元。