✨ Appointments and Patents
Numb. 4. 23
The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1862.
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Warrant appointing Commissioners under
the "Land for Compensation (Nelson and
Marlborough) Act, 1860."
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependen-
cies, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS it is enacted by the "Land
for Compensation (Nelson and Marl-
borough) Act, 1860," that it shall be lawful
for the Governor to appoint a Commissioner or
Commissioners not exceeding three in number,
to investigate and report upon the validity of
the claims of certain persons in the said Act
described or referred to: Now I, George Grey,
the Governor aforesaid of the said Colony,
in pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority, do hereby appoint
STEPHEN LUNN MULLER, of Marlborough,
Esquire,
SAMUEL KINGDON, of Nelson, Esquire, and
THOMAS JOHN THOMPSON, of Nelson afore-
said, Esquire,
to be Commissioners under the said Act to
have and exercise all the powers and duties by
the said Act conferred and imposed upon such
Commissioners.
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Given under my hand, at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, this
eighth day of January, in
the year of Our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-
two.
G. GREY.
Letters Patent to John Probert for Invention
for Preparation of Flax, &c.
His Excellency SIR GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependen-
cies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same, &c., &c.
To all to whom these presents shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS John Probert, of the city
of Auckland, in the Province of
Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand,
settler, has, by his petition, humbly represented
to me that he is in possession of an Invention
for the preparation of the fibre of the Phor-
mium Tenax, and other plants, for manufactur-
ing purposes; that he is the true and first
inventor thereof, and that the same is not in
use by any other person or persons, to the best
of his knowledge and belief, and he therefore
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🗺️ Warrant appointing Commissioners under the Land for Compensation Act
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey8 January 1862
Land claims, Compensation, Nelson, Marlborough, Commissioners, Warrant
- Stephen Lunn Muller (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner under the Act
- Samuel Kingdon (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner under the Act
- Thomas John Thompson (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner under the Act
- Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
🌾 Letters Patent for Invention for Preparation of Flax
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesLetters Patent, Invention, Flax, Phormium Tenax, Auckland
- John Probert, Inventor seeking Letters Patent
- Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief