Turner’s Land Grant Act 1870

Public Act		1870 No 70
Date of assent		12 September 1870

	Title
	Preamble.
1	Short Title.
2	Selection may be made from confiscated lands in Province of Taranaki.
3	To be surveyed and plan delivered to Colonial Secretary.
4	Crown Grant to be issued.

An Act to provide for the Grant to Henry Ferdinand Turner of Four Hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Taranaki.

Preamble.

WHEREAS Henry Ferdinand Turner now a settler in the Province of Taranaki was formerly an officer in Her Majesty’s Forces and as such was engaged for many years in military service in the Colony of New Zealand And whereas the said Henry Ferdinand Turner left New Zealand with his regiment hut with the intention of retiring therefrom for the purpose of settling in New Zealand And whereas the said Henry Ferdinand Turner remained with his said regiment on active service so long as the same continued in New Zealand and immediately afterwards and as soon as could conveniently be done he sold out of Her Majesty’s Service for the purpose of settling in the Province of Taranaki or some other Province in which by the Land Laws there in force he might be entitled to a grant of land as a retired military officer but by reason of his so continuing with his regiment he was unable to prefer his claim to such grant till after the said Land Laws in the Province of Taranaki had ceased to be in force And whereas the said Henry Ferdinand Turner is desirous of settling in the Province of Taranaki and it is expedient that he should receive such grant of land as he would have been entitled to save as aforesaid

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows—

1 Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act shall be “Turner’s Land Grant Act 1870.”

2 Selection may be made from confiscated lands in Province of Taranaki.

Out of the confiscated lands in the Province of Taranaki the said Henry Ferdinand Turner shall be at liberty to select a block of four hundred acres such selection to be made subject to the approval as regards locality and form and all other circumstances of the Governor of the said Colony on the recommendation of the Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki and the Civil Commissioner thereof.

3 To be surveyed and plan delivered to Colonial Secretary.

The said Henry Ferdinand Turner shall with all convenient speed cause a survey to be made of the land so selected by him and shall deliver a plan showing the boundaries and relative position of the same to the Colonial Secretary.

4 Crown Grant to be issued.

Upon delivery to him of such plan as aforesaid and approved as aforesaid the said Colonial Secretary shall cause a grant from the Crown of the said land to be forthwith prepared and issued to the said Henry Ferdinand Turner.

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