VPRS 836 Leases for Crown Land under Land Acts 1862, 1865 and 1869

This series consists of lease documents prepared under Sections of the Land Acts of 1862, Amending Land Act 1865 and Sections of the Land Act 1869. These are on parchment and give the terms and details of the lease including the date and the authority. Other details are those of the lessee, the location and a full surveyor's description of the land and a scale plan of the land. For land leased under the 1862 and 1865 Acts this will include the name of the proclaimed Agricultural Area. Many include the seal indicating that they were executed leases. A number of leases include on the outside an indication of the Section of the Act under which they were prepared.It is not known with certainty the reason for these, apart from the small number of unexecuted leases, being returned to the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538). The most likely explanation is that they were returned at the time all payment requirements had been met and a Crown grant was to be prepared with a Certificate of Title by lease being exchanged for the freehold certificate of title. Other explanations are that they may have been returned when an existing lease was being converted to a new one under an Act subsequent to that under which the original was granted or as part of the process of transferring the lease from one lessee to another.The P1 consignment was previously registered as Units 1 - 5 of VPRS 850/P Applications for Crown Grants, Section 22 Land Act 1862

本系列档案由依据1862年《土地法》、1865年《土地修正法》及1869年《土地法》相关条款拟定的租赁文件组成。此类文件均以羊皮纸为载体，载明租赁协议的条款与细节，包括签订日期及授权主体；其余信息涵盖承租人详情、土地坐落位置、测绘人员出具的完整土地勘测描述，以及土地比例平面图。对于依据1862年及1865年《土地法》租赁的土地，该类文件还会包含已公告的农业区域名称。多数文件带有印章，表明其为已生效的租赁协议。部分租赁文件的封面标注了其所依据的《土地法》条款条目。除少量未生效的租赁协议外，此类文件为何会被移交至王室土地与测量署（VA 538），目前尚无确切定论。最合理的推测为：当承租人履行完所有缴费义务后，此类租赁文件会被移交存档，以便王室后续出具土地授予文件，并通过该租赁协议交换获得永久产权证书（Freehold Certificate of Title）。其他可能的原因包括：现有租赁协议依据原租赁获批时所依据法案之后出台的相关法案转换为新租赁协议时，或是租赁协议的承租人变更转让流程中，此类文件被移交存档。本次P1批次档案此前曾以"VPRS 850/P 王室土地授予申请第1-5单元（依据1862年《土地法》第22条）"的名称完成归档登记。