Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1862 – Crown Lands

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1862 – Commissioners of Crown Lands

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Roles:18611862 Commissioners
Explanations:
Columns:R [Role]; D is whether the role is Resident [R] or Visiting [V].
PM (Police Magistrate), GC (Gold Commissioner 1851-1855), GW (Gold Warden 1855-1929), CCL (Commissioner of Crown Lands), and CP (Chinese Protector) show the Golden Colony roles that each person held at the same time.
Roles: = Government Office (Paid); = Government Duties (Unpaid); = On leave; = TBD; = Agriculture; = Private enterprise; = Parliament;
= British Army; = Royal Marines; = British Militia; = Colonial Militia; = East India Company Army; = Royal Navy; = Other Maritime;
= Education; = Army Education; = Navy Education; = Immigration; = Emigration; = Other voyage.
Abbreviations: BB = Blue Book; CCL = Commissioner of Crown Lands; CP = Chinese Protector; CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions; GC = Gold Commissioner;
GR = Gold Receiver; GW = Gold Warden; JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate); PM = Police Magistrate;
FN = Footnotes; PSL = Public Service List; S/S1/S2 = Source; TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.
Appointments: = Appointed; = Reappointed; = Promoted; = Demoted; = Redesignated; = Succeeded/Replaced; = Transferred to; = Made permanent;
= Retired; = Dismissed; = Passed (Examinations); = Paid as (role).
British Army: = Purchase of Commission; = Exchange rank/regiment; = Reduced to Reserve list; = Retired by sale of Commission.
Assignments:The location or district the person was assigned to. A number in the OP column (Other Places) means that they also sat at that many other locations of Courts of Petty Sessions. The number of other locations changed from time to time as courts were created, abolished, or reassigned.
Sources (S, S1, S2): = Blue Book; = Blue Book derived; = Government Gazette; = Government Gazette derived; = Public Service List; = Public Service List derived;
= Report; = Book; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract; = Cemetery; = Census; = Legal;
= Newspaper family notice; = Newspaper article; = Magazine article; = Unconfirmed; = Military service record; = Internet.
Other Symbols: = External link.
Dates:Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format. Ongoing = Continues into next calendar year; New date; Date changed in source; Date died; Date to be confirmed.
"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed.
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Comments

The majority of existing Police Magistrates were appointed (unpaid) Commissioners of Crown Lands on 30 June 1862 under the terms of the new Land Act 1862. It is uncertain how long this lasted as they are not identified as such in the Blue Books. 18 Police Inspectors and a Crown Bailiff were similarly appointed (unpaid) Commissioners of Crown Lands under the same legislation in July 1863 – and again not listed in the Blue Books, so it is possible that they replaced those appointed in 1862.

Commissioners of Crown Lands

References

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1862; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1864 (VPARL 1864, No 3) [BB1862].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1862.
Commissioners of Crown Lands; Victoria Government Gazette; No 82, 1862; 8 July 1862; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1869; p 1180.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-03-30Page and content created.