VPRS 13858 Register of Licensees, Inglewood, Sections 19 and 20 Land Act 1869 (Inglewood District Survey Office)

Under Section 19 of the Land Act 1869 selectors could apply for a three-year licence to occupy Crown land. The rent was set at two shillings per acre and a maximum of 320 acres per selector was allowed. On application a deposit of half a years rent was paid. If the application was refused, the deposit was refunded. Section 20 of the Act placed conditions on the three-year licence; selectors were required to improve their allotment by the erection of fencing and a dwelling, cultivation of their land and the destruction of vermin and noxious weeds. After the licence term had expired, the selector was eligible to apply for a seven-year lease or a Crown Grant to purchase their allotment. Grants or leases were only approved if improvement conditions had been met. If a selector opted for a seven-year lease, the yearly rent was used to pay off the purchase price of the land.As this land had already been surveyed for mining purposes and to determine the extent of the auriferous (or gold bearing) lands, applications could be ruled upon efficiently and expeditiously. An application under this section of the Act was able to be submitted to either the Department of Crown Lands and Survey in Melbourne or at the office of the local representative or agent for the department. The application would be registered in an Applications Register and allocated a number in order of receipt. Applications submitted under Section 19, Land Act 1869 would go before a Local Lands Board (see Section 100, Land Act 1869).The functions of Local Lands Boards were to investigate and report upon every application, to protect the public and local interests and promote the advantageous occupation of land. Local Lands Boards included in their membership the Surveyor-General, the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Survey, the Secretary for Mines, chairmen and members of Mining Boards and Shire Councils and were assisted by District Surveyors, other officers of the Department and Mining Surveyors who had made the surveys of the sites applied for. These Local Lands Boards were held in district centres and other principal centres of population. The decision with respect to the application arrived at by the Local Lands Board was then entered in the Applications Register.With the granting of the application, application then had to be made to the Governor-in-Council, as prescribed in the Act, to grant a licence of occupation to the successful applicant. In the same way, cancellations and / or revocations of licences and transfers of licences had to be approved by the Governor-in-Council. Some of these records may be seen in VPRS 863 Orders in Council Regarding the Issue and Cancellation of Licences, Land Acts 1865 and 1869.Once this leave had been granted by the Governor-in-Council, the licence was issued and an entry was then made in the Licence Register. These registers were arranged firstly by district or group of contiguous districts and then in alphabetical sections according to family name of the licensee. The Licence Register provided a record of the number of the licence issued (different to the application number), the location and size of the land licensed for occupation, the payment of rents and, in the remarks column, the subsequent history of that holding of land and of the licence to occupy it. This series was used to record details relating to licenses granted under Section 19, Land Act 1869 prior to the administrative reorganisation of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey with the establishment of the Occupation Branch and the District Land Offices.Files were created for applications and licenses granted under Sections 19 and 20, Land Act 1869 and these may be able to be found in VPRS 625/P Selection Files, Sections 19 and 20, Land Act 1869. It is possible that some file numbers are recorded in the Registers of Licensees with either the numerator or denominator as the section (19) and the other figure the file number.VPRS 13858/P1 was previously registered as VPRS 406/P Unit 107. It was reserialised in 2003.

根据1869年《土地法》（Land Act 1869）第19条，土地选申请人（selector）可申请为期三年的王室领地（Crown land）占用许可证。许可证租金定为每英亩2先令，每位申请人最多可申请320英亩土地。提交申请时需预付半年租金作为定金；若申请被驳回，定金将予以退还。

该法第20条对三年期许可证设置了使用条件：申请人需通过搭建围栏与住宅、开垦土地以及灭杀害虫与有害杂草来改良其所分配的地块。许可证期满后，申请人可申请七年期租约或王室土地授予（Crown Grant）以购买其所占用的地块。仅当申请人满足改良条件时，方可获批授予或租约。若申请人选择七年期租约，则每年缴纳的租金可用于抵扣土地购买价款。

由于该土地此前已为矿业用途及确定含金的（auriferous）土地范围完成测量，因此相关申请可得到高效且迅捷的审批。根据该法该条款提交的申请，可送交墨尔本王室土地与测量部（Department of Crown Lands and Survey），或提交至该部门的地方代表或办事处。申请将被登记于《申请登记簿》（Applications Register），并按接收顺序分配编号。依据1869年《土地法》第19条提交的申请，需提交至地方土地委员会（Local Lands Board，详见1869年《土地法》第100条）。

地方土地委员会的职能包括：对每一项申请进行调查并出具报告，维护公共与地方利益，推动土地的有益占用。其成员涵盖测量总监（Surveyor-General）、土地与测量助理专员（Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Survey）、矿业秘书（Secretary for Mines）、矿业委员会（Mining Boards）及郡议会（Shire Councils）的主席与成员，并由曾对申请地块进行测量的地区测量员（District Surveyors）、部门其他官员及矿业测量员（Mining Surveyors）提供协助。此类委员会将在地区中心及其他主要人口聚居区召开会议。地方土地委员会作出的审批决定，将被记入《申请登记簿》。

申请获批后，需按照该法规定向总督会同行政局（Governor-in-Council）提交申请，为成功申请人颁发占用许可证。同理，许可证的注销/撤销及转让也需经总督会同行政局批准。相关部分记录可在VPRS 863《关于1865年与1869年<土地法>项下许可证颁发与注销的枢密院令（Orders in Council）》中查阅。

总督会同行政局批准后，将颁发许可证，并在《许可证登记簿》（Licence Register）中进行登记。此类登记簿首先按行政区或连片行政区分组，再按持证人姓氏的字母顺序排序。《许可证登记簿》记录了颁发的许可证编号（区别于申请编号）、获批占用土地的位置与面积、租金缴纳情况，以及备注栏中记录的该地块及占用许可证的后续历史。该系列档案用于记录1869年《土地法》第19条项下获批的许可证相关细节，直至王室土地与测量部进行行政重组，设立占用事务科（Occupation Branch）与地区土地办事处（District Land Offices）。

依据1869年《土地法》第19与20条提交的申请及获批的许可证，均会创建档案，相关档案可在VPRS 625/P《选地档案（Selection Files），1869年<土地法>第19与20条》中查找。部分档案编号可能记录在《持证人登记簿》中，其中分子或分母为条款号（19），另一数字则为档案编号。VPRS 13858/P1原登记为VPRS 406/P第107单元，并于2003年完成重新编号。