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Colonial Secretary's Office Auckland 4 July 1863, Sir, I Have the honor by direction of Mr. Domett, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4 ult. requesting under the circums tances of your relinquishment of the pay and emoluments of your office of Chief Land purchase Commissioner that such sum may be allowed you for your past service in lieu of pension, as the Government may feel justified in awarding. In reply I have to inform you that the Govt, fully recognize the value of public services which you have performed, but that in the absence of any legal provision for payment of compensation for those services, they are unable to comply with your request. The Government will however if you wish lay a copy of your letter before the House of Representatives or it is quite competent for you to have your claim brought before the House by some private member. I have the Honor to be Sir Your most obt. Servt. W. Gisborne. D. McLean Esq., Under Secretary. Chief Land Purchase Commissioner, Napier.
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3 pages written 4 Jul 1863 by William Gisborne in Auckland City to Sir Donald McLean in Napier City, Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers

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Key Value
Document date 4 July 1863
Document MCLEAN-1024692
Document title 3 pages written 4 Jul 1863 by William Gisborne in Auckland City to Sir Donald McLean in Napier City
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 3636/Gisborne, William, 1825-1898
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1863-07-04
Decade 1860s
Destination 71187/Napier City
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 52
Format Full Text
Generictitle 3 pages written 4 Jul 1863 by William Gisborne in Auckland City to Sir Donald McLean in Napier City
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 3636/Gisborne, William, 1825-1898
Origin 36935/Auckland City
Place 36935/Auckland City
Recipient 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 7 Official papers
Sortorder 0305-0125
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcorpname 480658/Te Kanae, Wiremu
Tapuhiitemcount 61
Tapuhiitemcount 2 3737
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Contains correspondence with regard to the purchase of Maori land in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa in particular, and in Porirua to a lesser extent; some of the correspondence relates to the addressing of Maori grievances arising from the sales; also contains some correspondence about the conditions of McLean's employment and his role as a provincial politicianIncludes minutes of meeting held at Takapuwahia (26 Sep 1861) concerning charges brought against W N Searancke by Te Kakakura Wi Parata over a Ngati Toa land dispute.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemiwihapu 3306/Ngati Toa
Tapuhiitemname 123228/Puaha, Rawiri Kingi, d 1858
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemplace 51813/Hawke's Bay Region
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0006
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 7 Official papers
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 199076/New Zealand - Politics and government
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 7 Official papers
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-003
Teipb 1
Teiref ms-1300-099
Year 1863

3 pages written 4 Jul 1863 by William Gisborne in Auckland City to Sir Donald McLean in Napier City Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers

3 pages written 4 Jul 1863 by William Gisborne in Auckland City to Sir Donald McLean in Napier City Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers

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