New Zealand Gazette – 1857 – No. 27

Page 161

✨ Military Rules, Native Appointments, Land Claims



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 161

Extract from the War Office Regulations of
1848, page 232, par. 27.
"If a Soldier shall have purchased his dis-
charge, or receive a free discharge at his
own request, or being enlisted for limited
service, shall have claimed his discharge
after the expiration of the first period thereof,
such soldier shall, if he re-enlist within six
months, be permitted to reckon his former
service, provided he shall be recommended
for such indulgence by his commanding
Officer, on account of good conduct, at the
expiration of one year after his re-engage-
ment."
(True extract.)

FRED. R. STACK,
Major of Brigade.

Treasury,
Auckland, October 12th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to authorise the Native Secre-
tary, the Assistant Native Secretary, at Auck-
land, and the Assistant Native Secretary at
New Plymouth, to grant Licenses for the sale
of Arms to Aboriginal Natives.
Forms of application for Licenses can be
obtained at the Native Secretary's Department
at Auckland or New Plymouth.

E. W. STAFFORD,
In the absence of Mr. Richmond.

Treasury,
Auckland, October 12th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
MOKENA KOHERE, of Rangitukia and Te
Kawakawa;
POPATA KAURI, of Waiapu;
HAMUERA TAMANUITERA, of Tuparoa,
to be Native Assessors.

E. W. STAFFORD,
In the absence of Mr. Richmond.

Treasury,
Auckland, October 12th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

TANETI, of Waipa,
to be a Native Assessor.

E. W. STAFFORD,
In the absence of Mr. Richmond.

New Zealand Company's
Land Claims' Commission,
Wellington, 21st Sept., 1857.
I, WILLIAM FOX, a Commissioner duly
appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No.
15, Session 11, of the Legislative Council
of the Islands of New Zealand, to hear and
decide claims to land by persons claiming title
from, through, or under the New Zealand Com-
pany, report that the Claims of the undermen-
tioned persons having been duly referred to me,
I do hereby decide that the said persons to
be respectively entitled to the Crown Grants
set opposite their names.

WILLIAM FOX,
Commissioner.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner's decision.
1117 1266 H. M. Secretary of State for War. Entitled to Grants of the following Sections in the City of Welling- ton, numbered 211, 226, and 233, and parts of the Sections numbered 84 and 85 in the said City.
1118 1229 George Henry Luxford. Entitled to Grants of the following Sections in the City of Wellington, numbered 1074, 1078, 1083, 1084, and 1093.
1241
1247
1119 1206 Thomas Wilmor McKenzie. Entitled to a Grant of part of Section num- bered 136, in the City of Wellington.
1120 1153 Simon Dryden. Entitled to a Grant of part of Section num- bered 179, in the City of Wellington.
1121 1270 Ann Elizabeth Burgess. Entitled to a Grant of part of Section num- bered 36, Porirua Dis- trict.
1122 1256 James Taylor. Entitled to a Grant of part of Section num- bered 36, in the Pori- rua District.
1123 1259 Thomas Ballardie Taylor. Entitled to a Grant of Section numbered 175, in the Town of Wanga- nui.


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🛡️ Extract from War Office Regulations regarding soldier re-enlistment terms.

🛡️ Defence & Military
Soldier discharge, re-enlistment, service reckoning, military conduct
  • FRED. R. STACK, Major of Brigade

🪶 Authorisation for Native Secretaries to grant Arms Sale Licenses to Aboriginal Natives.

🪶 Māori Affairs
12 October 1857
Arms sales, Licenses, Aboriginal Natives, Native Secretary, Auckland, New Plymouth
  • E. W. STAFFORD
  • Mr. Richmond

🪶 Appointment of Mokena Kohere, Popata Kauri, and Hamuera Tamanuiterra as Native Assessors.

🪶 Māori Affairs
12 October 1857
Native Assessors, Appointment, Rangitukia, Waiapu, Tuparoa
  • MOKENA KOHERE, Appointed Native Assessor
  • POPATA KAURI, Appointed Native Assessor
  • HAMUERA TAMANUITERA, Appointed Native Assessor

  • E. W. STAFFORD
  • Mr. Richmond

🪶 Appointment of Taneti as a Native Assessor.

🪶 Māori Affairs
12 October 1857
Native Assessor, Appointment, Waipa
  • TANETI, Appointed Native Assessor

  • E. W. STAFFORD
  • Mr. Richmond

🗺️ New Zealand Company Land Claims Commission decisions regarding Crown Grants in Wellington and Wanganui.

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
21 September 1857
Land Claims, Crown Grants, Wellington City, Porirua District, Wanganui
7 names identified
  • H. M. Secretary of State for War, Entitled to Crown Grants
  • George Henry Luxford, Entitled to Crown Grants
  • Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, Entitled to Crown Grant
  • Simon Dryden, Entitled to Crown Grant
  • Ann Elizabeth Burgess, Entitled to Crown Grant
  • James Taylor, Entitled to Crown Grant
  • Thomas Ballardie Taylor, Entitled to Crown Grant

  • WILLIAM FOX, Commissioner