New Munster Gazette – 1852 – No. 2

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✨ Government Notices and Land Purchase Terms



NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PROVINCE OF NEW MUNSTER.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto 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,
ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary.

VOL. V.] WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1852. [No. 2.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1852.

In reference to the Despatch from Earl Grey, and the Terms of Purchase of Lands in the New Zealand Company’s Settlements, published in the Government Gazette of the 13th instant, His Excellency has been pleased to direct the publication of the following documents for further information :-

  1. Extracts from despatches shewing the opinion of the Law Advisers of the Crown in England, (alluded to in the 2nd paragraph of Earl Grey’s despatch of the 5th August, 1851,) as to the Terms of Purchase in force in the Company’s Settlements at the time of the surrender of its Charter, and consequently established by the recent Act of the 14th and 15th Victoria, c. 86.

  2. Despatches from Earl Grey to Governor Grey of the 31st May 1851, relating to the definition by his Excellency of the boundaries of the different Settlements established by the New Zealand Company.

  3. The 51st clause of the Act of the 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 382, entitled “An Act to facilitate the execution of Conveyances and other Instruments by or on behalf of the New Zealand Company in New Zealand.”—being the clause referred to in the xth section of the recent Act of the 14th and 15th Victoria, c. 86.

By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.

Extracts from enclosures to Mr. Hawes’ letters to Mr. Attorney General, and to Mr. Solicitor General, of the 12th of August 1850—and of their reply to Earl Grey.

Earl Grey is desirous of obtaining advice on the following points :-

1st. Whether in your opinion, the terms of Purchase of August 1849, constituted...



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🏛️ Publication of Documents on Land Purchase Terms

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 January 1852
Land Purchase, New Zealand Company, Settlements, Despatch, Terms
  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Extracts from Despatches on Land Purchase Terms

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Legal Opinion, Land Purchase, New Zealand Company, Settlements, Despatch
  • Earl Grey
  • Mr. Hawes
  • Mr. Attorney General
  • Mr. Solicitor General