VPRS 2442 Licensing Court Registers

Up to 1886 registers of applications for liquor and non-liquor licences were created and maintained in local courts of petty sessions at which annual, quarterly and general sittings of justices of the peace, licensing benches or licensing magistrates occurred.Under the Licensing Act 1885 (40 Vic.,No.857) Victoria was divided into Licensing Districts and Licensing Courts were constituted for each Licensing District to hear and determine liquor licence applications. Licence Registers extant for the period 1886 to 1890 often document the transition of responsibility from the courts of petty sessions to the licensing courts. In most country areas the same volume continued to be used for liquor and non-liquor licence applications until circa 1890 when new stationery was introduced specifically for liquor licence applications. Between 1886 and 1890 the pages which record proceedings of the Licensing Court are annotated to show that they are a record of that authority.This series comprises a record of proceedings concerning licence applications. If the records document proceedings held prior to 1890, it is likely that they will include both liquor and non-liquor licence applications. If the records only document proceedings held after 1890 the applications should relate solely to non-liquor licences.Some common non-liquor licences included:AuctioneersCarriersHawkersStage Coach operatorsSlaughterersReal Estate AgentsCollectors.

截至1886年，太平绅士（justices of the peace）、执照审批委员会（licensing benches）或执照审批治安法官（licensing magistrates）召开年度、季度及常规庭审的各地治安裁判法庭（courts of petty sessions），共计编制并留存了1886份酒类与非酒类执照申请登记册。
根据1885年《执照法》（Licensing Act 1885，维多利亚州第40号法令，第857号），维多利亚州（Victoria）被划分为多个执照审批区（Licensing District），并为每个区划设立专属执照法庭（Licensing Court），负责审理与裁定酒类执照申请。
1886至1890年间留存的执照登记册，往往记录了审批权责从治安裁判法庭向专属执照法庭转移的过程。
在大多数乡村地区，同一卷宗会同时用于酒类与非酒类执照申请登记，直至约1890年，专门用于酒类执照申请的新式登记表单才被启用。
1886至1890年间，记录执照法庭庭审流程的页面会标注明确，以表明其属于该审批机构的官方档案。
本数据集系列收录的均为与执照申请相关的庭审档案。若档案记录的是1890年之前的庭审流程，则大概率同时包含酒类与非酒类执照申请相关材料；若仅收录1890年之后的庭审记录，则其涉及的申请仅为非酒类执照。
常见非酒类执照类别涵盖：拍卖商执照、承运人执照、小贩执照、驿站马车经营者执照、屠宰商执照、房地产经纪商执照及税吏执照。