Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 7

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✨ Crown Grants Notification

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Publisheᵈ by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may be addressed accordingly.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. VII.] WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1859. [No. 7.

CROWN GRANTS.

Crown Land’s Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 1859.

THE undersigned Deeds of Grant having been duly executed, are now ready for issue at the above office, on payment of the sum of Twenty Shillings on each Grant, under the provisions of the “Fees on Crown Grants Ordinance, Session VII., No. 2.

In cases where it is impossible for the party entitled to receive the Grant to attend in person to receive his Deed, it will be delivered to the bearer of an authority according to the subjoined Form, certified by a Magistrate, or by a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.

FORM OF AUTHORITY REFERRED TO.

I hereby authorise A.B., of ... to receive the Deed of Grant in my favor for ...

(Signature)

Witness,
(Signature of a Magistrate or of a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.)

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1859, No 7

The Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted) were shared with Parliament after 1865

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Notification of Ready Crown Grants

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated18 March 1859
KeywordsCrown Grants, Land Deeds, Wellington, Fees
👩‍💼 Officials

William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Authority Form for Crown Grant Collection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsAuthorization Form, Land Deeds, Magistrate, Solicitor

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