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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

Copy of a Despatch from Governor Sir George Gipps to Lord John Russell

Copy of a Despatch from Governor Sir George Gipps to Lord John Russell.

Bay of Islands.Appointment of Land Claims Commissioners. Government House, Sydney, 9th October, 1840.

My Lord,—

I have the honour to report to your Lordship that, agreeably to the powers vested in me by the Act which was transmitted with my despatch to your Lordship of the 10th August last, No. 110, I have appointed the undermentioned gentlemen to be Commissioners for inquiring into claims to grants of land in New Zealand: Francis Fisher, Esq., Matthew Richmond, Esq., Edward Lee Godfrey, Esq. And I have further the honour to enclose to your Lordship a copy of the Commission under which these gentlemen have been appointed, and also a copy of the instructions which I have caused to be addressed to them.

Trusting these measures will meet your Lordship's approval,

I have, &c.,

George Gipps.