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                    [0] => These Minute Books recorded the decisions made at meetings of the Otago Waste Land Board, Land Board and Land Settlement Board. The minutes document their decisions on applications for land, either freehold or under various land tenures in the Otago Region. The Commissioner of Crown Lands was the Chairman of the Waste Lands Board and later, the Land Board. Under the Land Act 1949, Land Boards became Land Settlement Boards. The Land Settlement Board Minutes are mostly separated into: Otago Land Settlement Committee Eastern District Minutes and Otago Central District Minutes.
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            [name] => Otago Waste Land Board and Otago Land Board Minutes
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	This series description was compiled as part of a project to capture the finding aids created prior to 1987 into the GAIMS system. The dates of this series are based on the dates of holdings. These records were transferred by the Department of Lands and Survey, Dunedin District Office, DAAK, to the Hocken Library between 1976 and 1983. The grouping of these records into series was done by Hocken Library. Hocken Library was the approved repository for Archives New Zealand until 1993. The end date for series relationship with DAAK is taken to be 1983.
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	Minute Books

	The Minute Books document decisions made by the Waste Land Board, Land Board and Land Settlement Boards on the following:

	

		Administration of applications for crown land under various tenures (leases or licenses) including monitoring land use and condition.
	

		Lands to be surveyed 
	

		Sales of land by auction or ballot 
	

		Setting aside land for reserves or special purposes 
	

		Withdrawal of land from sale 
	

		Issue of Crown Grants  
	

		Certificates of Occupation of Crown Land 
	

		Issue of licenses for cutting timber, flax, quarries, sawmills, etc on Crown land.


	The format of the Minute Books recorded:

	

		Place of meeting
	

		Date of meeting
	

		Those present
	

		Confirmation of minutes by Chair of Board
	

		Précis of applications or submissions considered, which includes: Head Office and District Office file references, application number and title and name of applicant, details of associated correspondence and legal description (where applicable)
	

		Decision of Board on applications or submissions


	Associated Series

	The following series are essential in researching land and need to be used in conjunction with the Minute Books: 

	

		9341 - New Zealand Company and Otago Waste Land Board Registers
	

		9362 - Otago Land Applications Correspondence Registers
	

		9364 - Otago General Land Applications
	

		9375 - Otago Second General Series Land Applications
	

		9376 - Otago Land Application Registers
	

		9378 - Otago Goldfields Land Application Record Books (The Warden would be asked to report on applications for crown land in the Gold Fields Districts)
	

		9379 - Otago Goldfields Land Application Record Registers
	

		9393 - Otago Registers of Leases, Licences and Reserves
	

		9396 - Otago Sales Lists for Land sold or leased by Auction
	

		9398 - Otago Allotment Books


	Related records

	Land records in Accessions D84, D145, D201, D203, D231, D373 and D476, contain files relating to general land matters (including correspondence) and various types of land tenure. Series 9061 contains Otago Land Tenure files.

	Former archives reference

	The arrangement of these records into series was done by the Hocken Library, using the 'record group' finding aid system. These records were assigned series number AG220/29 by Hocken Library.
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