1 Penny per Acre Proclamation 1844 [1844] NZMaoriLLegMan 2 (10 October 1844)

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"1 Penny Per Acre" Proclamation 1844

Citation: Proclamation of 10 October, 1844
Date of Assent: 10 October, 1844

Commencement: Date of Proclamation

Repeal: Superseded by 1846, No 19

Amendments: –

Type of Legislation: Public

Subject: Alienation of Maori Land ToW/Principles of ToW reference

Relevant Sections: Entire Proclamation.

Preamble: ToW reference.

Commentary: The charge for purchasing land under a waiver of Crown pre-emption is changed from 10 shillings to 1 penny per acre. The reasons for this change are discussed in BPP NZ4: 1845 (369) 24 - 25.

As with 26 March, 1844 Proclamation the land transactions resulting from this proclamation were later to be declared void by Grey

(Land Claims Compensation Ordinance 1846). For some of the results of this Ordinance see Royal Commission on Surplus Lands 1948.

Cross Reference:

BPP NZ4: 1845 (369) 21 - 25 BPP NZ4: 1845 (378) 10 -11 AJHR (1891) Sess II G -1a pp.4 - 6 (Mackay's Unfinished Report Relating to Native Land Laws) AJHR (1948) G - 8 pp.66 - 67 (Royal Commission on Surplus Lands).