VPRS 2267 Licensing Court Hawker Licensing Register

Up to 1886 registers of applications for liquor and non-liquor licences were created and maintained in local courts of petty sessions at which annual, quarterly and general sittings of justices of the peace, licensing benches or licensing magistrates occurred.Under the Licensing Act 1885 (40 Vic.,No.857) Victoria was divided into Licensing Districts and Licensing Courts were constituted for each Licensing District to hear and determine liquor licence applications. Licence Registers extant for the period 1886 to 1890 often document the transition of responsibility from the courts of petty sessions to the licensing courts. In most country areas the same volume continued to be used for liquor and non-liquor licence applications until circa 1890 when new stationery was introduced specifically for liquor licence applications. Between 1886 and 1890 the pages which record proceedings of the Licensing Court are annotated to show that they are a record of that authority.This series comprises a record of proceedings concerning licence applications. If the records document proceedings held prior to 1890, it is likely that they will include both liquor and non-liquor licence applications. If the records only document proceedings held after 1890 the applications should relate solely to non-liquor licences.Some common non-liquor licences included:AuctioneersCarriersHawkersStage Coach operatorsSlaughterersReal Estate AgentsCollectors.

总计多达1886份酒类及非酒类许可证申请登记册，由设立有年度、季度及常规庭审的地方治安裁判所（courts of petty sessions）创建并维护，该场所的庭审由太平绅士（justices of the peace）、许可委员会（licensing benches）或治安法官（licensing magistrates）主持。
根据1885年《许可法》（Licensing Act 1885, 40 Vic.,No.857），维多利亚州被划分为若干许可辖区（Licensing Districts），每个许可辖区均设立许可法院（Licensing Courts），负责审理并裁决酒类许可证申请。
1886年至1890年间留存的许可证登记册，大多记录了管理职责从治安裁判所向许可法院过渡的相关情况。
在多数乡村地区，同一卷宗会同时用于酒类与非酒类许可证申请的记录，直至约1890年，专门用于酒类许可证申请的新式专用表单得以启用。
1886年至1890年间，记录许可法院审理程序的页面均会加注标注，以表明其属于该司法机构的官方审理记录。
本数据集系列收录与许可证申请相关的审理程序记录。若相关记录涵盖1890年之前的审理程序，则大概率同时包含酒类与非酒类许可证申请；若记录仅涉及1890年之后的审理程序，则相关申请仅涉及非酒类许可证。
常见非酒类许可证涵盖以下类别：拍卖商许可证、承运人许可证、小贩许可证、驿站马车运营商许可证、屠宰商许可证、房地产经纪商许可证及税捐征收员许可证。