The portion of this series held in the custody of National Archives consists of 13 volumes.  The contents are details either of leases or applications in respect of mining or pastoral leases.

Various volumes and registers as follows:

1. Ledger of monies received for land in the Hundreds, Northern Territory. (Converted to E1623)

2. Register of selections from Purchase Orders in Northern Territory towns (beginning with Palmerston, then Southport and so on) from 1870 onward. (Converted to E1642 although this volume may have mistakenly been transferred into this accession from AA1969/393)

3. Register of Pastoral Leases, new and paid, starts PL1541 - PL2277  1881 onward. (Converted to E1617)

4. Register PL from No.1, 1893 onward. (Converted to E1588)

5. Register of miscellaneous fees paid for sale of goats, pigs, unbranded cattle, etc, 1903 onward. Also Mineral Lease applications under the Act of 1903. (Converted to E1660)

6. Lands Office Register dated 3 February 1886. Pastoral Leases extant in 1890. (Converted to E1620)

7. Index to pastoral and mineral applications and leases, Northern Territory, 1864-1884. (Converted to E1622)

8. Schedules of abandoned and existing leases from warden, Arltunga. Department of Mines, Northern Territory, Gold Leases (south of parallel 19), lease No. 2001 to 2045, 1903-1909. (Converted to E1664)

9. Applications for Mineral Leases, 1888-1911. (Converted to E1662)

10. Pastoral Rents, 1880-1885. (Converted to E1648)

11. Coal and Oil Permits and Mineral Leases No. 1 to 206, 1885-1916. (Converted to E1661)

12. Pastoral Leases No. 1896 to 2259, 1897-1915. (Converted to E1588)

13. Miscellaneous leases (Town Lands, Agricultural Leases, etc, including lease of A J Gunn at Bathurst Island, 1899). (Converted to E1659)

14. Northern Territory Gold Leases No. 79 to 613, 1895-1898. (Converted to E1665)

15. Northern Territory Mineral Rents, 1884-1893. (Converted to E1663)