VPRS 11920 Register of Hire Purchase Agreements, Closer and Discharged Soldiers Settlement Acts

This series records hire purchase agreements made between the Closer Settlement Board (and later Commission) and settlers under the Closer Settlement and Discharged Soldiers Settlement Acts. Settlers could acquire tools and farm equipment and household necessities through these agreements. Details given in the register are the number of the agreement, the date of the entry in the register, the Correspondence Number and/or the Discharged Soldiers Lease Number, the articles included in the agreement, remarks and the date of discharge of the agreement.Under Section 5 of the Closer Settlement Act 1918 (with provisions applicable to closer and dicharged soldier settlers) the Board was able to use the Closer Settlements Fund for the purchase of plant and equipment, seeds and live stock and other such things as were seen as necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of the Act. These purchases could then be resold by the Board under hire purchase agreement to settlers who required them.本系列档案记录了定居促进委员会（Closer Settlement Board，后改制为委员会）与依据《定居促进法》与《退役士兵定居法》（Closer Settlement and Discharged Soldiers Settlement Acts）的定居者之间签订的租购协议（hire purchase agreement）。定居者可通过此类协议获取农具、农用器械及家用生活必需品。登记册中记载的详情包括协议编号、登记入册日期、函件编号及/或退役士兵租赁编号、协议所含物品、备注以及协议解除日期。依据《1918年定居促进法》（Closer Settlement Act 1918）第5条（其条款适用于定居者与退役士兵定居者），该委员会可动用定居促进基金（Closer Settlements Fund），采购农用设备、种子、牲畜及其他被认定为实现该法案宗旨所必需的物资。此后该委员会可通过租购协议将所购物资转售给有需求的定居者。