VPRS 13929 Rent Roll, Permits to Occupy, Homestead Associations Settlement on Lands Act 1893 and Land Act 1901

The Settlement on Lands Act 1893 was passed with a view to providing an outlet for the unemployed labour of Victoria through the establishment of three main types of rural settlement. Homestead Associations was one of these.Associations or combinations of not less than six people who desired to settle on Crown land adjacent to each other could, on registration of the association and its members with and the payment of the registration fee to the Board of Land and Works, have up to 2,000 acres reserved for allocation to the members of the association. Members had to be over the age of eighteen and not have any other land holdings. Applications may be seen in VPRS 13928 Register of Applications, Homestead Associations Settlement on Lands Act 1893 and Land Act 1901.Each member was able to occupy no more than 50 acres. Occupancy was by license for three years at a nominal rent with no member able to receive more than one permit to occupy. The payment of the rent during this time was recorded in a special rent roll. Details also included the granting of any advances and their repayment, the file number, the name and homestead association of the person, the location and extent of the land and details of any transfers. Once a lease was granted, there is a reference to the entry in the lease register (see VPRS 11874/ P1 Register of Leases Granted Under Sections 5, 20 and 26 of the Settlement on Lands Act and VPRS 11875/P1 Register of Leases Including Closer Settlement and Soldier Settlement.)After this three years, a lease could be granted for a period of twenty years as long as specific conditions were met including the cultivation of set proportions of the allotment within specific time frames and residence by the lessee or a member of his family during the period of the lease (Section 20 of the 1893 Act and Section 332 of the consolidated Land Act 1901). Advances not exceeding fifteen pounds for building upon and improving the allotment by way of a loan might be made to permissive occupants. These advances were to be repaid in some twenty annual instalments with the first instalment being due with the issue of the lease. Those who received advances were to match the sum advanced in expenditure.Township sites were to be located within the same area with no more than 100 acres to be allowed. Each occupant of a homestead allotment could also be granted a lease of a one acre township allotment (Section 26 of the 1893 Act and Section 337 of the consolidated Land Act 1901).These associations were deemed to have been unsuccessful with the relevant portions of the Act being repealed in 1904. Files relating to individual allotments may be able to be found in VPRS 5357 / P Land Selection and Correspondence Files or VPRS 440 Occupation Files - District Series using the denominators 20 or 26.

《1893年土地定居法案》（The Settlement on Lands Act 1893）的出台旨在为维多利亚州失业劳动力提供安置渠道，通过设立三类主要乡村定居模式实现目标，家园协会（Homestead Associations）即为其中一类。
凡希望在相邻王室土地上定居的不少于6人组成的协会或联合体，在向土地与工程委员会（Board of Land and Works）完成协会及其成员的登记并缴纳登记费后，可预留最多2000英亩土地用于分配给协会成员。成员需年满18周岁且无其他土地持有记录。相关申请可在VPRS 13928《1893年土地定居法案与1901年土地法案下的家园协会申请登记册》中查阅。
每位成员可占用的土地面积不得超过50英亩，占用方式为为期三年的许可租赁，租金为象征性收取，且每位成员仅可获得一份占用许可。该租赁期内的租金缴纳情况将记录于专属租金登记簿，档案内容还涵盖任何预付款项及其偿还情况、档案编号、申请人姓名及所属家园协会、土地位置与范围，以及所有转让相关细节。一旦获批正式租赁，相关记录可参阅租赁登记册：详见VPRS 11874/P1《依据1893年土地定居法案第5、20及26条获批的租赁登记册》与VPRS 11875/P1《包含近距离定居与士兵定居的租赁登记册》。
三年许可期届满后，若满足特定条件，可获批为期20年的正式租赁，条件包括在规定时限内耕种指定比例的地块，且承租人或其家庭成员需在租赁期内居住于此（详见1893年法案第20条及1901年合并版《土地法案》第332条）。可向许可占用人提供不超过15英镑的贷款，用于地块的建造与改良，该笔款项需分约20期逐年偿还，首期还款于租赁协议签发时到期，获得贷款的申请人需投入等额自有资金用于相关改良支出。
城镇用地需设于同一区域内，预留面积不得超过100英亩，每位家园地块的占用人还可获批租赁1英亩的城镇地块（详见1893年法案第26条及1901年合并版《土地法案》第337条）。
此类协会被认定为运营失败，法案相关条款于1904年被废止。与单个地块相关的档案可通过编号20或26，在VPRS 5357/P《土地选择与通信档案》或VPRS 440《区域系列职业档案》中查询。