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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(SOUTHERN PROVINCE.)
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Excellency’s Command,
S. E. GRIMSTONE, Acting Secretary.
VOL. I.] WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1847. [No. 4.
NOTICE.
Secretary’s Office, Wellington,
9th October, 1847.
IT having been brought under the notice of the LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR that many persons have recently made and are still making illegal arrangements with the Native Race, for the renting, use, or occupation of lands in various directions, by which innumerable difficulties are likely to be thrown in the way of amicably adjusting any questions connected with Land, and the general tranquillity of the Colony is liable to be seriously endangered:
His EXCELLENCY has been pleased to direct it to be notified for general information, that unless all persons so offending do at once forbear from such arrangements, they will be proceeded against under the Native Land Purchase Ordinance, Session 7, No. 19, of which His Excellency has directed the republication of the following extract:—
Clause 1.— “If any person shall, after the passing of this Ordinance, purchase, or by writing or otherwise agree to purchase any Estate or Interest in Land from any person of the Native Race, or shall by writing or otherwise agree with any such person for the purchase of the right of cutting Timber or other Trees, or of the right of Mining, or of the right of Pasturage, or for the use or occupation of Land:
“And also, if any person who shall not hold a License from the Government for that purpose shall, after the passing of this Ordinance, be found using or occupying any Land not comprised within a Grant from the Crown, either by depasturing any sheep or cattle thereon, or by residing thereon, or by erecting any house or building thereon, or by clearing, enclosing, or cultivating any part thereof, or who shall be found without such License aforesaid to have cut Timber or other Trees thereon, or to have gotten any Mineral therefrom:
“Every such person shall, upon conviction of any of the Offences hereinbefore mentioned, forfeit and pay any Sum not less than Five Pounds, nor more than One Hundred Pounds, to be recovered in a summary way:
“Provided that no person shall be convicted of any of the offences aforesaid, except on the Information or Complaint of the Surveyor General, or of some other Officer duly authorised in that behalf by His Excellency the Governor.”
By His Excellency’s Command,
S. E. GRIMSTONE,
Acting Secretary.
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⚖️ Warning Against Illegal Land Arrangements with Natives
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement9 October 1847
Land, Natives, Illegal Arrangements, Warning, Native Land Purchase Ordinance
- S. E. Grimstone, Acting Secretary