VPRS 15364 Register of Licensees, Licences to Occupy, Various Land Acts, Mansfield

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Records of rent payments were kept in Registers of Licensees which gave the date of the license, the name of the licensee, the location (parish, section and allotment) and the extent of the land. Financial details included the details of rent instalments paid. In the column for remarks are notations regarding such matters as forfeiture, revocation and transfers of licenses or leases and any relevant references to correspondence, later purchase of the land or entries in the Government Gazette regarding Ministerial approval of the license and gazette notices for renewal. For Registers such as this from Mansfield, maintained by local officers or Receivers of Revenue, there may be a signature by the licensee for the receipt of the license.

These volumes covered payments of rent for renewable licenses to occupy Crown land under such sections as Section 49, Land Act 1869 and Sections 65, 67 and 85 Land Act 1890. Details may also show the purpose for which the land was occupied and any transfers of license or transfers to occupation under different legislation.

VPRS 15364/P1 was previously registered as Units 6 and 8 of VPRS 710 / P Lands Registers [Mansfield District].