VPRS 13019 List of Land Offered for Selection After Forfeiture of Deposit or Land Unsold at Auction

Under the Waste Lands Act 1842 and the regulations made consequent upon it, all Crown Land for sale in the colony had to first be offered at public auction for the minimum upset price of one pound an acre. If the land was not sold at auction, it could then be offered for sale by private contract. Purchasers at auction were required to pay a deposit at the time of the auction as fixed by proclamation with the remainder of the purchase price paid within one calendar month. If this did not occur, the deposit was forfeited and the lands might be sold by private contract.The Register in this series deals with lands in the categories of Country Lots and Special Country Lots (lands offered for sale at auction for a higher upset price than one pound per acre) where lands, previously offered at auction, were now being offered for private sale. Details given are whether the land was a Country Lot or a Special Country lot, the date of the proclamation (that they were to be auctioned), the date when the land was offered for sale, the parish in which it was located, the allotment and portion or section, the extent (in acres, roods and perches), the price per acre and the total amount, the deposit which had been forfeited (or whether there had been no original offer), the date of selection (for purchase) and the name of the purchaser.Details of auctions may be found in VPRS 80 Auctioneers Reports of Land Sales at Public Auction and applications to select (or purchase Crown Land by private contract) may be found in VPRS 86 Applications to Select Land.This series may not have been created until 1856 as much of the early records in the volume are a replication of records in VPRS 13029 Selection Books.

根据1842年《荒地法》（Waste Lands Act 1842）及其配套实施细则规定，该殖民地所有待售王室土地（Crown Land）均需先以每英亩1英镑的最低开拍底价（minimum upset price）开展公开拍卖。若拍卖流拍，则可转为通过私人合约（private contract）进行私售。拍卖中标者需在拍卖现场按照公告要求缴纳定金（deposit），剩余购地款项需在1个日历月内付清。若未按要求完成付款，定金将被没收，且该土地可另行通过私售渠道发售。
本系列登记册所涉土地类别为乡村地块（Country Lots）与特殊乡村地块（Special Country Lots，指以高于每英亩1英镑的开拍底价拍卖的待售土地），即此前已通过拍卖公示、现转为私售的土地。登记详情包括：土地类别为乡村地块还是特殊乡村地块、土地拍卖公告日期、土地正式发售日期、土地所在教区（parish）、地块编号与分区/区段（allotment and portion or section）、土地面积（以英亩（acre）、路得（rood）和平方竿（perch）为单位）、每英亩售价与总价款、被没收的定金金额（或是否存在初始拍卖报价）、购地选定日期以及买方姓名。
相关拍卖详情可查阅档案系列VPRS 80《公开拍卖土地销售拍卖师报告》（Auctioneers Reports of Land Sales at Public Auction），而通过私人合约申请选定（或购买王室土地）的相关档案可查阅VPRS 86《土地选定申请书》（Applications to Select Land）。
由于本卷中的早期记录多为VPRS 13029《土地选定登记册》（Selection Books）档案的复制品，该档案系列可能直至1856年才正式编制完成。