Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 18

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✨ Land and Partnership Notices



NOTICE

withheld from selection till the Small Farm Block at the latter place should be defined, will be open for selection as Rural Land from and after the 14th inst., and Compensation Scrip will be admissible therein.

William Fox,
Chief Land Commissioner.
Wellington, 3rd Sept, 1857.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that the Partnership formerly carried on between us as Firewood Dealers at Wellington, under the firm of W. Mitchell, Brothers, & Co., has this first day of August, 1857 been dissolved by mutual consent, and that by the like consent all debts due from or to our late Firm will be paid and received by the Undersigned Eli Allen, and that our said Business will in future be carried on upon the sole credit and account of the Undersigned James Mitchell, Joseph Mitchell, Henry Mitchell, and the said Eli Allen, under the Firm of Mitchells & Allen.

Dated this 1st day of August, 1857.

(Signed)
William Mitchell,
James Mitchell,
Joseph Mitchell,
Henry Mitchell,
Eli Allen

Witness to the several signatures of William Mitchell, James Mitchell, Joseph Mitchell, Henry Mitchell, and Eli Allen.

D. Cochran,
Clerk to Mr. John King,
Solicitor, Wellington.

Chief Land Commissioner’s Office,

Wellington, August 4th, 1857.

AWARD OF SCRIP.

I, WILLIAM FOX, Chief Land Commissioner of Wellington, duly appointed to hear and decide Claims to Land, by persons claiming title thereto, from, through, or under the New Zealand Company, do hereby decide in conformity with the Provisions of the Act of the Provincial Council, Sess. V., No. 2, that the persons whose names are hereunder written, are duly entitled to Government Scrip, the particulars whereof are set opposite their names.

Scrip. No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner’s Decision.
No. 1 1117 754 Augustus Keith Entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of seventy-five pounds (£75).
2 1118 1097 David Johnston Entitled to Government Scrip... to the amount of one hundred and seventy-five pounds (£175).


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🏛️ Election of Superintendent for Wellington Province (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
3 September 1857
Election, Superintendent, Wellington Province, Public Meeting, Polling

🗺️ Land Open for Selection

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 September 1857
Land selection, Rural Land, Small Farm Block, Compensation Scrip
  • William Fox, Chief Land Commissioner

🏭 Dissolution of Partnership

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
1 August 1857
Partnership dissolution, Firewood Dealers, Wellington
  • William Mitchell, Partner in dissolved partnership
  • James Mitchell, Partner in dissolved partnership
  • Joseph Mitchell, Partner in dissolved partnership
  • Henry Mitchell, Partner in dissolved partnership
  • Eli Allen, Partner in dissolved partnership

  • D. Cochran, Clerk to Mr. John King, Solicitor, Wellington

🗺️ Award of Scrip

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 August 1857
Land claims, Government Scrip, New Zealand Company
  • Augustus Keith, Entitled to Government Scrip
  • David Johnston, Entitled to Government Scrip

  • William Fox, Chief Land Commissioner of Wellington