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

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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.