NRS-19222 | Register of applications to purchase land on gold fields in virtue of improvements [Gundagai Lands Office]

This register contains a summary record of all applications to purchase land on gold fields in virtue of improvements in the Land District of Gundagai, kept by the Gundagai Lands Office.According to the Lands Acts Amendment Act of 1875 (39 Vic. No.13) improvements were "any work or erection of a fixed character and such as would render more beneficial the occupation and use of the land, and which shall have been constructed, erected, placed, made or maintained at the cost of the person applying to purchase in respect of any such improvements."This register records information such as the number of application, and any previous applications, date of application, date of receipt of application, name and address of applicant, value and description of improvements, date of receipt of application, area, survey fee, deposit, description in full of land applied for, name of the Gold Field, number etc., of Miner's Right or Business License and any further remarks.

本登记册由冈德盖土地办事处（Gundagai Lands Office）编制，收录了冈德盖土地区（Land District of Gundagai）内，依据1875年《土地法修正案》（Lands Acts Amendment Act of 1875，39 Vic. No.13）相关规定，因土地改良而申请购买金矿用地的全部申请的汇总记录。根据1875年《土地法修正案》（39 Vic. No.13）的定义，“土地改良”系指“任何具有固定属性的工程或构筑物，可提升土地的使用与占用效益，且由申请购买土地者为该等改良项目自行出资建造、安装、制作或维护的设施”。本登记册所记录的信息包括：申请编号及既往申请记录、申请日期、申请受理日期、申请人姓名与住址、改良项目的价值与详情、申请受理日期、申请面积、测量费、保证金、申请土地的完整描述、金矿场名称、矿工权证（Miner's Right）或营业执照（Business License）编号等相关信息，以及其他补充备注。