✨ Land Claim Confirmations Proclamation
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
OF WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1842.
Published by Authority.
VOL. II.] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1842. [No. 34.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency WILLIAM HOBSON, Esq.
Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, and
Governor and Commander in Chief in and
over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies, and Vice Ad-
miral of the same, &c. &c.
W HEREAS, by an Ordinance enacted by
the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council
thereof, Session I, No. 2, reciting that Her Ma-
jesty had been pleased to declare her gracious in-
tention to recognize Claims to Land which may
have been obtained, on equitable terms, from the
Chiefs, or other individuals of the Aboriginal
Tribes, inhabiting New Zealand, the Governor of
New Zealand is empowered to appoint Commis-
sioners to hear, examine, and report upon such
Claims. And whereas it is enacted by the said
Ordinance, that the Commissioners, so to be ap-
pointed shall, in examining such Claims, inquire
into and set forth the consideration paid for
Land so claimed, and the date and other cir-
cumstances attending the purchase thereof; and
that, on being satisfied that the person making
such Claim is entitled to any Grant of Land,
according to the said declaration of Her Gracious
Majesty, the said Commissioners shall report
the same, and the Grounds thereof to the said
Governor accordingly.
And whereas, by an Ordinance enacted by the
Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council, Session 2,
No. 14, it is enacted, That whenever it shall be
so reported that any person is entitled to a
Grant of Land in respect of his alleged pur-
chase, such person shall, on the Report being
confirmed by His Excellency the Governor, be
entitled to a Grant from the Crown.
And Whereas, the Commissioners appointed
to investigate Claims to Land have reported that
the following persons have made purchases of
Land, and that such persons are entitled to a
Grant of Land in respect thereof.
Now, therefore, I, the Governor, do hereby
Proclaim and Declare that I have confirmed the
Reports of the Commissioners, in the following
cases, in which grants of Land have been recom-
mended to be made.
Given under my Hand, at Government
House, Auckland, this twenty-fourth
day of August, in the year of Our
Lord 1842.
W. HOBSON,
GOVERNOR.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !
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🗺️ Proclamation confirming entitlement to land grants based on prior purchases.
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey24 August 1842
Proclamation, Land Claims, Commissioners, Land Grants, Aboriginal Tribes, Auckland
- William Hobson, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief
- Willoughby Shortland