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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereupon
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, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1844. [No. 17.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 19th June, 1844.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified, that from and after the first
day of July next, until assistance is given by
the Home Government—or an extensive reduc-
tion of the Colonial Establishment is effected—
part only of Salaries payable by the Local
Government will be paid punctually; but that
the respective remainders will be paid as soon
after the end of this year, as the circumstances
of the Colony will allow.
Also, that Salaries or Wages not exceeding
the rate of £80 per annum, will be paid in full;
and that of Salaries above the said amount per
annum, at the rate of £80 will be paid in full—
but that of the difference between the said sum
and the whole Salary, at the rate of only one-
half will be paid.
By Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
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 reference
being of course had to the proportionate values
which have been established in the Colony for
Town, Suburban, and Country allotments.
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 Exchanges of
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💰 Notice regarding partial payment of Colonial Government salaries
💰 Finance & Revenue19 June 1844
Salary payment, partial payment, £80 limit, Colonial Establishment
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
🗺️ Publication of Lord Stanley's letter on land exchange options for settlers
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey26 March 1844
Land exchange, Auckland, settler grants, remote land, Lord Stanley
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
- STANLEY
🗺️ Proclamation concerning opportunities for Land Claimants to exchange land
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyProclamation, Land Claimants, Land Exchange, Governor
- 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