VPRS 5825 Pastoral Run Registers

The Order in Council 1847 divided New South Wales, which included the Port Phillip District into Unsettled, Intermediate and Settled Districts for the purpose of pastoral occupation. Leases for up to fourteen years could be obtained in the Unsettled Districts, for up to eight years in the Intermediate Districts and for one year in the Settled Districts. Rents were to be proportional to the carrying capacity of the land with ten pounds per annum being the minimum. Application needed to be made for these leases . Records of these may be seen in VPRS 13924 / P Register of Applications for Lease of Pastoral Runs.The Land Act 1862 modified these conditions, converting all licenses to yearly ones until 1870. Rents were to continue to be calculated on the basis of the carrying capacity of the land with the occupier having rights of appeal against the determination by the assessors of the Board of Land and Works. New runs were made available for lease for no more than 14 years with the rights to be bid upon at auction. Rents were to be payable in half yearly instalments in June and December. In general terms, these provisions were confirmed by the Land Act 1869.Circulars were sent notifying licensees and lessees of the rent due and lists were published in the Government Gazette at June and December. Rents were able to be paid either locally or directly to the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) where the keeping of rent rolls was instituted in 1862. Previous records of rent payments were kept by the Treasury (from 1849) and destroyed by a process of periodical destruction. Returns of rent payments from districts outside Melbourne may be seen in VPRS 809 Return of Pastoral Rents Received. Details of rent payments may be seen in VPRS 3649 Register of Payment of Pastoral Rents and VPRS 1293 Register of Pastoral Licences.This series contains summary details of the pastoral runs giving the name of the run, the district in which it was located, the application number for the lease of the run, the date of the granting of the lease being published in the Government Gazette, the names of holders of the lease and the dates of changes and in the second volume, the details of the boundaries of the run.

1847年枢密院令（Order in Council）将彼时包含菲利普港区（Port Phillip District）的新南威尔士州，按畜牧放牧用途划分为未定居区、过渡区与已定居区三类。未定居区内可申请最长期限14年的租约，过渡区为8年，已定居区则为1年。租金与土地承载能力挂钩，年租金最低为10英镑。此类租约需提交申请，相关记录可查阅档案编号VPRS 13924 / P《畜牧牧场租约申请登记簿》。
1862年《土地法》（Land Act 1862）修订了上述条款，将所有许可证统一调整为年度有效，直至1870年。租金仍按土地承载能力核算，承租人可就土地与工程委员会（Board of Land and Works）评估员的裁定提起上诉。新开放的牧场租约最长期限不超过14年，承租权需通过拍卖竞价取得。租金需分两期按半年缴付，分别于6月与12月到期。总体而言，1869年《土地法》（Land Act 1869）确认了上述条款。
相关通知函已送达许可证持有人与承租人，告知应缴租金数额，并于每年6月和12月在《政府公报》上公布租金清单。租金可就地缴付，或直接缴至官地与测量部（Department of Crown Lands and Survey，档案编号VA 538）；该部门于1862年起设立租金登记簿。此前的租金缴纳记录由财政部（Treasury，自1849年起留存）保管，并通过定期销毁流程处置。墨尔本以外地区的租金缴纳回报记录可查阅VPRS 809《已收畜牧租金回报表》；租金缴纳明细可查阅VPRS 3649《畜牧租金支付登记簿》与VPRS 1293《畜牧许可证登记簿》。
本数据集包含畜牧牧场的汇总详情，包括牧场名称、所在辖区、牧场租约申请编号、租约获批并刊登于《政府公报》的日期、租约持有人姓名及变更日期；第二卷则补充了牧场边界的相关细节。