✨ Land Exchange Policy
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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.
By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. IV.] AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1844. [No. 10.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 26th March, 1844.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct the publication, for
general information, of the following Letter
from Lord Stanley on the subject of exchanging
Land.By Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
Downing-street,
16th January, 1843.
SIR—With reference to your Despatch, No.
20, of March last, I have to acquaint you that
Her Majesty's Government have resolved to
allow to settlers generally the opportunity of
exchanging their lands in the more remote posi-
tions for grants nearer to the Town of Auck-
land.
You are therefore authorised to allow to all
Claimants, who have established their titles to
land, the option of taking land in exchange for
it in the unoccupied portions of the District in
which Auckland is situated:—especial refer-
ence being of course had to the proportionate
values which have been established in the
Colony for Town, Suburban.and Country allot-
ments.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed) STANLEY.PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency ROBERT FITZROY,
Esquire, Captain in Her Majesty's Royal
Navy, and Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice Admiral of the same, &c.,
&c., &c.
IN order that all Claimants to Land may
be—as much as possible—on an equality
with respect to opportunities of making Ex-
changes of Land with the Government—the
following Regulations are made public, and
will be strictly observed.REGULATIONS
RESPECTING THE EXCHANGE OF LAND.
-
No further exchange of Land will be made
by the Government previous to the last week of
next June. -
There will be no restriction as to the quan-
tity of Land, whether Town, Suburban, or
Country, given by the Government in exchange
for an equivalent value—or as much more as may
be offered—in money, or in other Land not yet
Granted by the Crown, but the claim to which
has been recommended to the Governor for a
Grant. -
Before a Crown Grant will be issued, the
Land tendered in exchange for Crown Land
must be Surveyed by Government; and, if
found less in quantity than the amount stated,
the party tendering will be required to make
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🗺️ Publication of Despatch Authorizing Land Exchanges Near Auckland
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey26 March 1844
Land exchange, Settlers, Auckland, Remote land, Crown Grants, Downing-street
- ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
- STANLEY
🗺️ Proclamation and Regulations for Exchanging Crown Land
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey26 March 1844
Land exchange, Regulations, Crown Grant, Surveying, Claimants, Proclamation
- ROBERT FITZROY, Esquire, Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same