VPRS 14365 Register of Applications, Hamilton Section 145 Land Act 1901 (Hamilton District Survey Office)

From about 1901 there was a steady decline in new applications being made under the Land Acts. In mid -1907 a circular was sent to District Land Officers notifying them that from that time onwards, all applications regardless of Act and Section of the Act, were to be recorded in a single register kept at the District Land Office and allocated an annual single number. Details recorded were the number allocated the application, the date of receipt, the name and postal address of the applicant, the location and extent of the land and the details of the recommendation by the Local Land Board and the disposal of the application (ie where it was forwarded or filed). A weekly return of all applications received was to be forwarded to Melbourne as well as a list of the cases to be considered by the Local Land Board prior to hearings. Records of a number of Local Land Boards are currently in custody.Once applications had been ruled upon by the Local Land Board, details of those which had been successful were to be entered in the register to be kept at the District Land Office for specific Sections of an Act. These registers contained the same details as in the general application register and then annotations relating to the Local Land Board, the dates of issue of any license and references and remarks. Details may include the dates of the issue of any lease or Crown grant or of entries in the Government Gazette as well as references to correspondence or file management. The Register of Applications in this series is one used in this fashion whilst awaiting the arrival of new stationery to be used for the new recordkeeping system.Section 93 and Section 91 of the Land Act 1884 (Section 99 Land Act 1890 and Section 145 Land Act 1901) provided for the licensing or leasing of Crown lands for a multitude of purposes such as rural businesses, the removal of raw materials and other purposes none of which were to be agricultural or grazing. Licenses were renewable annually at a fee to be set. Leases under the 1884 Act for these purposes were to be of no more than three acres at an annual rental of five pounds.VPRS 14365 was previously registered as Unit 29 of VPRS 10078 / P Applications Registers, Land Act 1901.

自1901年左右起，依据《土地法案》（Land Acts）提交的新申请数量持续下滑。1907年中期，官方向区域土地官员（District Land Officers）发送通告，要求自即日起，无论依据哪部法案及其哪一条款提交的申请，均需登记于区域土地办公室留存的单一登记簿，并分配年度统一编号。登记信息包括申请分配编号、收件日期、申请人姓名及通信地址、土地位置与面积、地方土地委员会（Local Land Board）的审核意见详情，以及申请处置情况（即申请被转递或归档的去向）。需将每周收到的全部申请汇总报表，以及听证会前需由地方土地委员会审议的案件清单一并报送至墨尔本。目前留存有部分地方土地委员会的相关档案。当申请经地方土地委员会审议作出裁定后，获批申请的详情需登记至对应法案特定条款项下、由区域土地办公室留存的登记簿中。此类登记簿除包含通用申请登记簿的全部信息外，还补充登记与地方土地委员会相关的附注、各类许可证的核发日期，以及引用备注内容。登记详情还可包括租约或王室授予（Crown grant）文书的核发日期、《政府公报》（Government Gazette）的刊载日期，以及往来函件或档案管理的相关引用信息。本系列中的申请登记簿即采用此种登记方式，以等待新档案管理系统所需的专用表单到位。1884年《土地法案》（Land Act 1884）第93条与第91条（对应1890年《土地法案》第99条、1901年《土地法案》第145条）规定，可基于多种用途对王室土地（Crown lands）核发许可证或进行租赁，涵盖乡村经营、原材料外运等，但不得用于农业或放牧活动。许可证可按设定的年费逐年续期。依据1884年法案获批的此类用途租赁地块面积不得超过3英亩，年租金为5英镑。VPRS 14365原登记为VPRS 10078 / P《1901年土地法案申请登记簿》第29单元。