VPRS 13095 Register of Agricultural Lands Proclaimed for Selection, Sale District, Land Act 1862

Part II of the Land Act 1862 allowed for the Sale of Lands by Selection. More than 10 million acres of land was reserved for proclamation as agricultural areas for residence and cultivation and not less than four million acres was to be available for selection within three months of the passing of the Act. Land was to be surveyed into lots of at least 40 acres and not more than 640 acres with each lot to be divided into two subdivisions. Selectors could purchase both subdivisions at the price of one pound per acre, or could purchase one subdivision and lease the other one. Persons holding occupation licenses under terms of the notices of 1861 had a pre-emptive right to select the land which they were occupying with the consent of the Board of Land and Works.Leases were to be for eight years at a rent of two and sixpence per acre or part of an acre with the lessee having a pre-emptive right of purchase. Selectors could not be infants or married women (unless they had obtained a judicial separation) and had to be resident in Victoria. No-one could select more than 640 acres in a year. Unselected land or land where leases were forfeited were to be sold at public auction. Conditions of the selection were that selectors would, within a year of the selection, cultivate one tenth of the land, or erect a habitable dwelling upon it or fence the land.Applications were to be made in the form set down in the Schedules to the Act in person at a land office and be accompanied by the purchase price of the whole lot or the purchase price for half and one years rent in advance for the other half. Applications were to be entered into a register, which was to be open to public inspection, by the land officer . The priority of the order of applications was to be determined by lot. Any refusal of an application was to be notified within thirty days in the Government Gazette with the reasons for refusal or disallowance being given.This series is probably either a register as defined by the Act or was created and maintained to record the details of selections made and the administrative decisions and actions taken subsequent to selections.Identified are the place of proclamation and the parish with the details of the sections, allotments and subdivisions available for selection. The date and time of the application were given with the names and addresses of purchasers and lessees and the amount paid for the land purchased. Details were also given of the extent of purchased land and of leasehold land and the amounts of rent to be paid for the latter. It must be noted that land might have been proclaimed as open for selection but was not necessarily selected.Details of lessees were entered into a Register of Lessees (see VPRS 13090/P1).VPRS 13095/P1 was previously registered as Unit 4 of VPRS 1284/P Agricultural Lands for Selection, Land Act 1862.

《1862年土地法》（Land Act 1862）第二部分规定了选地出售土地的制度。当时预留逾1000万英亩土地，公告为可供居住与耕作的农业区域，且该法案通过后的三个月内，至少有400万英亩土地可供选地。土地将被勘测划分为每块面积介于40英亩至640英亩之间的地块，每块地块再拆分为两个子地块。选地人可按每英亩1英镑的价格同时购置两个子地块，或仅购置一个子地块并租赁另一子地块。持有1861年公告项下占用许可证的人员，经土地与工程委员会（Board of Land and Works）批准后，对其正在占用的土地享有优先选地权。租赁期限为8年，租金标准为每英亩2先令6便士，不足一英亩按比例计算，承租人享有优先购买权。选地人不得为未成年人或已婚女性（已取得司法分居判决者除外），且必须定居于维多利亚州（Victoria）。任何人在一年内的选地总面积不得超过640英亩。未被选中的土地或租赁权被没收的土地，将以公开拍卖的方式出售。选地的履约条件为：选地人需在选地完成后一年内，开垦该地块的十分之一，或建造可供居住的住宅，或对土地进行围栏围合。申请需采用法案附表规定的格式，由申请人亲自前往土地办事处提交，并需缴纳整块地块的全部购置价款，或缴纳半块地块的购置价款以及另一半地块的一年预付租金。土地办事处官员需将所有申请录入可供公众查阅的登记册。申请的顺位优先权以抽签方式确定。任何申请被驳回或不予批准的情形，需在三十日内于《政府公报》（Government Gazette）中公告，并说明驳回或不予批准的具体理由。本档案系列大概率为法案所定义的登记册，或是为记录选地详情及选地后的行政决策与后续执行行动而创建并维护的档案。档案中载明了公告区域与教区信息，以及可供选地的区段、地块与子块的详细信息；记录了申请的日期与时间，买方与承租人的姓名与住址，以及已购土地的付款金额。同时还记载了已购土地与租赁土地的面积，以及租赁土地的应付租金数额。需特别说明的是，部分土地虽被公告为可供选地，但未必会被实际选中。承租人的详细信息已录入《承租人登记册》（Register of Lessees，详见VPRS 13090/P1）。VPRS 13095/P1原登记编号为VPRS 1284/P第4单元：《1862年土地法项下供选地的农业用地》。