VPRS 13740 Rent Rolls, Omeo, 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 Within the Department of Crown Lands itself and the Occupation Branch these Registers were superseded by the Rent Rolls.Details given in the rent rolls are the name of the licensee or lessee, the details of the location and size of the land, details of the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 13740 / P was previously registered as Unit 174 of VPRS 631 / P Rent Rolls.

所有王室土地（Crown lands）占用许可与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自缴至王室土地与测量署（Department of Crown Lands and Survey）墨尔本办事处（档案编号VA 538），或缴至各教区与土地辖区指定的地方收款与出纳专员——该岗位在1874年左右土地占用事务分支（Occupation Branch）成立后设置。此类收款与出纳专员通常由当地法院书记员兼任。

在1869年《土地法》（Land Act 1869）通过前，租金缴纳情况均记载于被许可人与承租人登记簿。该登记簿在1869年《土地法》第33条相关业务中仍被沿用，并存放在地方收款与出纳专员的办事处。王室土地署本部及土地占用事务分支则以租金登记簿（Rent Rolls）取代了上述登记簿。

租金登记簿所记载的详情包括：被许可人或承租人姓名、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。备注栏记载内容包括：土地后续购置、租赁或许可证转让至其他持有人的相关信息，该等受让人的后续缴费记录，以及土地占用方撤销许可、废止租赁或弃置土地的相关情形。

特定日期到期的租金催缴通知，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悉其辖区内的到期租金情况。当租金缴至该等官员处后，缴纳情况会记录于地方档案，并将报表报送至署本部。此类档案的示例可参见档案编号VPRS 809的《牧地租金收缴报表》（Returns of Pastoral Rents Received）。在土地占用事务分支，机构雇佣了专职职员（即租金登记员），其职责仅为更新与维护租金登记簿，并开具可用于抵扣土地购置款的缴费证明。自1877年左右起，土地占用事务分支下的每个“地区土地办事处”均配备一名租金登记员。

与申请登记簿类似，租金登记簿按照特定《土地法》的条款进行编排。针对1869年《土地法》（Land Act 1869）第19、20条，或1898年《土地法》（Land Act 1898）第29条、1901年《土地法》（Land Act 1901）第35条等核心条款，租金登记簿仅记录与该条款相关的缴费。针对《土地法》其他条款下的缴费义务，则可将相关缴费合并记录于同一登记簿。每个土地辖区均单独设立租金登记簿。

1884年《土地法》（Land Act 1884）第65条（及1901年《土地法》第103条）规定对含金（gold-bearing）土地实施年度许可制度。获批许可的区域面积不得超过20英亩，且每名申请人仅可获得一张许可证。此类土地不得进行售卖。1898年《土地法》第90条对该条款作出修订，新增土地估值要求。若土地估值高于已缴纳的租金，则后续年租金不得超过2先令6便士，且无需缴纳年度许可费。

1884年《土地法》第67条允许对含金土地上不超过1000英亩的区域实施年度放牧许可，该许可有效期为5年，且保留土地采矿权。根据1898年《土地法》第91条（后为1901年《土地法》第105条），该许可期限延长至21年，同时许可人获得围封土地的权利，该土地可被认定为应课税财产。

1907年末起，王室土地与测量署开始改用卡片系统开展档案管理工作，至1917年，租金登记簿已基本转为卡片形式。VPRS 13740 / P原登记为VPRS 631 / P《租金登记簿》（Rent Rolls）第174单元。