VPRS 1481 Mining Warden's Registers Of Applications For Mining Leases, Sale Mining Division

In their administrative role Mining Wardens were required to receive and register applications for various mining leases and licences in their area. The types of lease and licence applications which could have been registered include:* Gold Mining Leases (often known simply as Mining Leases) from 1859* Mineral Leases from 1861* Mineral Search Licences from 1862* Gold Mining Leases on Reserved Land from 1873* Private Property Leases from 1885* Tailings Licences from 1897* Petroleum Prospecting Licences from 1935* Petroleum Mineral Leases from 1935.It is not certain that all of these types of lease or licence were registered by the Wardens.To 1915 lease or licence applications were submitted firstly to the District Warden and then forwarded to the Mines Department in Melbourne. From 1915 applications were required to be submitted direct to the Department and from there were forwarded to the Warden.

作为行政履职人员，矿业监管员（Mining Wardens）需接收并登记其辖区内各类采矿租约与许可的申请。可登记的租约与许可申请类型包括：
1. 1859年起施行的金矿采矿租约（通常简称采矿租约）
2. 1861年起施行的矿物租约
3. 1862年起施行的矿物勘探许可
4. 1873年起施行的保留土地金矿采矿租约
5. 1885年起施行的私人财产租约
6. 1897年起施行的尾矿许可
7. 1935年起施行的石油勘探许可
8. 1935年起施行的石油矿物租约

但无法确认上述所有类型的租约与许可均已由监管员完成登记。1915年以前，租约与许可申请需先提交至地区矿业监管员，再转送至墨尔本矿业部；1915年起，申请需直接提交至该部门，再由其转送至监管员。