VPRS 829 Return of Country Lands Sold and Leased, Sale of Crown Lands Act 1860

This series consists of returns sent from District Survey Offices each week notifying the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) of the land sold and leased through that office in the previous week. Details given are the date, the number of the lot, the location (County and Parish) and extent of the land, the amount realised by selection, limited auction or by lease, the name and the address of the purchaser or lessee and the date of the sale or lease. Further research is required into the significance of numbers placed on the front of returns. It is suspected that they may refer to the number given to a sale of or ballot for a parcel of land as indicated in the final bundle in this unit. The Land Act 1860 allowed for the survey of country lands (as defined in Sections 13 and 14) in allotments of between 80 and 640 acres. These allotments were then subdivided into two, with selectors having the option of purchasing one half and leasing the other or purchasing both subdivisions. Applications were to be forwarded with a deposit of at least one pound per acre for purchase. Applications were to be decided upon on a specified day and at a specified time (Section 23) with provisions being made for competing and unsuccessful applications. Actual applications may be found in VPRS 853 Applications to Select land, Sale of Crown Lands Act 1860.

本系列数据集为各地区测量办事处每周报送的回执，用于向王室土地与测量署（VA 538）通报该办事处上周完成的土地售卖与租赁业务情况。回执包含的详细信息包括：业务日期、地块编号、土地所在郡与教区位置、土地面积、通过选购、有限拍卖或租赁方式达成的成交金额、买方或承租方的姓名与地址，以及售卖或租赁的签约日期。目前仍需进一步研究回执首页标注编号的实际意义，推测其可能对应本档案单元最终档案包中提及的单宗土地售卖或抽签配地编号。1860年《土地法案》第13条与第14条规定，可将乡村土地划分为80至640英亩不等的地块进行测量。此类地块后续可拆分为两部分，土地选购者可选择购买其中一半并租赁另一半，或直接购买全部拆分后的地块。申请提交时需按每英亩至少1英镑的标准缴纳定金以完成购买流程。根据第23条规定，所有申请将在指定日期与时间统一裁定，并针对竞争申请与未通过申请制定了相关处理条款。相关申请档案可查阅编号为VPRS 853的《1860年王室土地售卖法土地选购申请》档案。