VPRS 13460 Register of Applications, Geelong, Other Sections Land Acts 1884, 1890, 1891, 1898 and 1901 (Geelong District Survey Office)

VPRS 13460 Register of Applications, Geelong, Other Sections Land Acts 1884, 1890, 1891, 1898 and 1901 (Geelong District Survey Office) was created by the District Survey Office at Geelong. It is duplicated by Register of Applications, Geelong, Other Sections Land Acts 1884, 1890, 1891, 1898 and 1901 (Occupation Branch) (VPRS 13459) which is the register created by the 'Geelong District Office' at the Occupation Branch.VPRS 13460 / P1 was previously registered as Unit 73 of VPRS 446 / P Applications Registers Land Act.Sections of an Act that were less common were often recorded in the one register. This was the case with a number of sections of the Land Act 1884. These sections remained in consolidations of the Land Act (1890 and 1901), but with a change in number of section. Other lesser sections were added and also entered in the same register from subsequent acts such as the Land Act 1891, Land Act 1898 and the Wattles Act 1890.Section 67 of the Land Act 1884 allowed for the annual licensing of no more than 1000 acres for grazing on auriferous lands. This was allowed to continue for five years and with the right to mine the land remaining. Under Section 91 of the Land Act 1898, (later Section 105 Land Act 1901) this term was extended to 21 years and the right to fence the land extended to licensees with the land able to be treated as rateable property.The Land Act 1890 Amendment of 1891, in Section 22 (Section 106 of the Land Act 1901), provided for worked out auriferous lands to be proclaimed and licensed for occupation. No individual could occupy more than five acres for a period not exceeding seven years. Rent was to be no less than one shilling per acre and theSection 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.Section 119 Land Act 1884 provided for the issuing of grazing licenses for Crown lands not otherwise held. This provision continued as Section 123 Land Act 1890 and Section 187 Land Act 1901.Section 147 of the Land Act 1901 allowed the licensing of bee-keeping establishments of not more than one acre for one year on any Crown land including that held under an agricultural license or lease or a grazing lease.The Wattles Act was passed to encourage the commercial exploitation of certain acacia species. Under Section 10, Wattles Act 1890 a lessee under section 32 of the Land Act 1884 could cancel that lease and obtain a lease for the cultivation of wattle trees.When an application to select Crown land was received by the Department it would be registered in a register of applications. The contents of registers of applications were arranged alphabetically and application numbers were allocated consecutively in blocks for each letter of the alphabet.In an attempt to try and rationalise the way the Department managed Crown land, the Occupation Branch was established in 1874 under the influence of H Byron Moore, Assistant Surveyor General. The Occupation Branch was to deal with all matters relating to the occupation of Crown land.The State was divided into fifteen Land Districts, these being Ararat, Ballarat, Beechworth, Benalla, Castlemaine and Dunolly, Echuca, Geelong Warrnambool and Camperdown, Hamilton, Horsham, Melbourne, Sale and Bairnsdale, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Seymour and St Arnaud. Each District was represented at the Occupation Branch in Melbourne by a 'District Land Office'.Each District Land Office consisted of a double table or desk at which both a clerk and draughtsman sat. Everything in the way of files, maps and plans were at convenient reach. The same officers dealt with the sale of Crown land from its 'inception to its disposition'. The District Offices' staff consisted essentially of a clerical officer and a draughtsman who dealt solely with that Land District. It was their business to know the District and to deal with all land business related to it. By 1877 each District Land Office, consisted of a District Officer, a rental clerk, a draughtsman and several general clerks.After the establishment of the Occupation Branch in 1874 and the division of the State into Land Districts, applications were registered by District. Each 'District Land Office' created and maintained their own series of registers of applications. Any new applications received by the Department after 1874 were registered in separate District registers with applications numbers that were allocated from the number one onwards. The same application number could be allocated for selections in different Districts. For example the application number 1021/32 could exist in both the Ballarat and Bendigo Land Districts. It is the District name plus the accompanying file number that is the unique identifier.Applicants completed an application form at District Survey Offices. Most Land Districts had a District Survey Office. The District Surveyor would enter the applicants' details in a register of applications kept at the District Survey Office. The register of applications allocated a number to each applicant. The application number was written on the application to select and subsequently became their land selection file number if their application was approved.The District Surveyor would enter into the register of applications the application number, the date the application was received, the applicants' name, occupation and parish, the allotment number and size (acres, roods and perches) applied for. The application was then forwarded to the appropriate District Land Office at the Occupation Branch in Melbourne. It was then entered in a duplicate register of applications there against the same application number. The District Surveyor also forwarded a tracing of the allotment applied for.The position of the allotment applied for was immediately charted on a working plan in pencil. The tracing was then sent to the Department of Mines and Water Supply (VA 2720) for a report on any mining objections. If there were no mining objections the application would be heard before a Local Land Board. Local Land Boards were made up of representatives from the local community and the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538). The Boards would hear from all applicants for an allotment and would decide who was to be granted the licence or lease. The schedule documenting the decisions of the Local Land Board was forwarded to the appropriate District Land Office at the Occupation Branch and the decision was entered into the register of applications.The Board of Land and Works (VA 744), the statutory authority for the management of Crown land would give final approval for land selection, acting on the recommendation of the Local Land Board. The decision of the Board of Land and Works (VA 744) was then recorded in the register of applications. The registers also record the date of the licence or lease issue and any subsequent action in relation to that file. The selectors granted each allotment would then be recorded on the working plan by the District Land Office draughtsman at the Occupation Branch. The tracing of the allotment was then sent to the Crown Land Bailiff responsible for that Land District.Registers of applications control selection and occupation files. If an application to select Crown land was successful, the application number would become the file number. For example if an application to select under section 42 of the Land Act 1884 was registered as application number 324 then the selection or occupation file number would be 324/42.The application number remained the selection file number for a particular piece of land if all terms and conditions were met and the selection resulted in a Crown Grant. However, often the original selector did not end up owning the land. Many selectors forfeited or abandoned their licence or lease. If this were the case then the land was re-opened up for selection. Any new applicants were registered in a register of applications under a new application number. The original applicants file would be attached to the new selectors file. The new file number was annotated in the register against the original selectors' entry.Even if the same selector applied for a licence on land he had previously forfeited a new application number would be allocated and the file would have a new selection file number.

VPRS 13460 吉朗土地区测量办公室版《1884、1890、1891、1898及1901年土地法案其他章节申请登记簿》由吉朗土地区测量办公室编制。该登记簿与VPRS 13459 号《职业科吉朗版〈1884、1890、1891、1898及1901年土地法案其他章节申请登记簿〉》互为副本，后者由职业科「吉朗区办公室」编制。

VPRS 13460 / P1 最初曾以VPRS 446 / P《土地法案申请登记簿》第73单元的名称完成登记。不常启用的法案章节通常会被归集至同一登记簿，1884年《土地法案》的多个非核心章节便属于此类情形。这些章节在后续合并修订的《土地法案》（1890年及1901年版）中得以保留，但章节编号发生了变更。此外，1891年《土地法案》、1898年《土地法案》及1890年《金合欢法案》中新增的次要条款，也被一并录入该登记簿。

1884年《土地法案》第67条允许每年核发不超过1000英亩的产金土地放牧许可证，许可有效期为五年，且保留土地的采矿权。1898年《土地法案》第91条（后修订为1901年《土地法案》第105条）将该许可期限延长至21年，并允许被许可人圈围土地，同时该土地可被列为应课税财产。

1891年《1890年土地法案修正案》第22条（1901年《土地法案》第106条）规定，可将已开采完毕的产金土地予以公告，并核发占用许可证。单个主体占用该类土地不得超过5英亩，期限不超过7年，年租金不得低于1先令。

1884年《土地法案》第93条及第91条（对应1890年《土地法案》第99条、1901年《土地法案》第145条）规定，可基于多种用途核发国有土地许可证或租赁权，涵盖乡村商业、原材料运输等场景，但不得用于农业或放牧活动。许可证每年可续期，续期费用另行设定。根据1884年法案核发的此类用途租赁，面积不得超过3英亩，年租金为5英镑。

1884年《土地法案》第119条规定，可为未作其他处置的国有土地核发放牧许可证。该条款在1890年《土地法案》第123条及1901年《土地法案》第187条中得以延续。

1901年《土地法案》第147条允许在任何国有土地上核发不超过1英亩的养蜂场许可证，有效期为1年，该类土地包括已持有农业许可证、租赁协议或放牧租赁的地块。

《金合欢法案》旨在推动特定金合欢属物种的商业开发。根据1890年《金合欢法案》第10条，持有1884年《土地法案》第32条项下租赁权的承租人可解除原租赁，转而获取金合欢树种植专用租赁权。

当部门收到国有土地选地申请后，会将其录入申请登记簿。申请登记簿内容按申请人姓名首字母顺序排列，申请编号按字母区块连续分配。

为优化国有土地管理流程，职业科于1874年在助理测量总监H·拜伦·摩尔的推动下正式成立，负责处理所有与国有土地占用相关的事务。

维多利亚州被划分为15个土地区，分别为：阿拉拉特、巴拉腊特、比奇沃斯、贝纳拉、卡斯尔梅恩与达诺拉、伊丘卡、吉朗、瓦南布尔与坎珀当、汉密尔顿、霍舍姆、墨尔本、塞尔与拜恩斯代尔、桑德赫斯特（本迪戈）、西摩和圣阿尔诺。每个土地区由墨尔本职业科的一名「区土地办公室」代表对接。

每个区土地办公室设有双人办公桌，书记员与绘图员在此协同办公，各类档案、地图与图纸均放置于便捷取用之处。同一批工作人员负责国有土地出售从「受理到处置」的全流程事务。区办公室的人员配置最初仅为一名文员与一名绘图员，专门负责对应土地区的业务，他们需熟悉本区土地情况并处理所有相关土地事务。至1877年，每个区土地办公室的人员已扩充至区官员、租金文员、绘图员及若干普通文员。

自1874年职业科成立并将全州划分为土地区后，选地申请按土地区进行分类登记。每个「区土地办公室」自行创建并维护其专属的申请登记簿序列。1874年后部门收到的所有新申请，均按独立的区登记簿进行登记，申请编号从1开始连续分配。不同土地区可使用相同的申请编号，例如巴拉腊特与本迪戈土地区均可存在申请编号1021/32。唯有土地区名称搭配配套档案编号，方可作为唯一标识符。

申请人需在区测量办公室填写选地申请表。大多数土地区均设有区测量办公室，区测量员会将申请人信息录入保存在区测量办公室的申请登记簿，并为每位申请人分配专属申请编号。该申请编号会标注在选地申请表上，若申请获批，该编号即成为其土地选地档案编号。

区测量员需在申请登记簿中记录以下信息：申请编号、申请接收日期、申请人姓名、职业与所属教区、申请地块编号及面积（英亩、路得与平方杆）。随后申请表将被转发至墨尔本职业科对应的区土地办公室，并以同一申请编号录入副本登记簿。区测量员还需同步转发申请地块的测绘描图。

申请地块的位置会立即以铅笔标注在工作平面图上。随后描图将被送至矿产与供水部（VA 2720），以获取是否存在采矿异议的评估报告。若无采矿异议，申请将由地方土地委员会听证。地方土地委员会由当地社区代表与国有土地与测量部（VA 538）的代表组成，负责听取所有地块申请人的陈述，并确定许可证或租赁权的授予对象。记录地方土地委员会决议的清单将被转发至墨尔本职业科对应的区土地办公室，决议内容将录入申请登记簿。

土地与工程委员会（VA 744）作为国有土地管理的法定机构，将基于地方土地委员会的建议作出土地选地的最终批准。该委员会的决议同样会录入申请登记簿。登记簿还会记录许可证或租赁权的核发日期，以及该档案后续的所有相关动作。获批选地的申请人信息将由墨尔本职业科的区土地办公室绘图员标注在工作平面图上。申请地块的描图随后将被送至负责对应土地区的国有土地执行官。

申请登记簿管控选地与占用档案。若国有土地选地申请获批，申请编号即成为对应档案的编号。例如，若1884年《土地法案》第42条项下的选地申请登记编号为324，则该选地或占用档案编号为324/42。

若申请人满足所有条款与条件并成功获得国有土地授予，申请编号将作为该地块的永久选地档案编号。但通常情况下，最初的选地人并不会最终拥有该土地。许多选地人会因违约或放弃许可证/租赁权而失去土地处置权。此时该土地将重新开放供选地，新申请人将以新的申请编号录入申请登记簿，原申请人的档案将附至新申请人的档案中，新档案编号会在登记簿中原申请人的条目旁予以标注。

即便同一选地人就其此前已违约的土地再次申请许可证，也会被分配新的申请编号，其档案将拥有全新的选地档案编号。