PROCLAMATION.
I, George Palmer, Captain in Her Brittanic Majesty's Navy, and at present commanding Her Majesty's ship Rosario, do hereby make known to all whom it may concern, that by virtue of an order from Commodore Rowley Lambert, C.8., A.D.C., commanding Her Majesty's ships in these seas, I have this day taken possession of the Bounty Islands, in the name and on behalf of Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c, and I do hereby declare the said Bounty Islands to be annexed to Her Majesty's colony of New Zealand.
Gob save the Queen !
Given under my hand, this ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, off the Bounty Islands. Geo. Palmer, Captain of H.M.S. Rosario.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 2680, 8 September 1870, Page 2
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137PROCLAMATION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 2680, 8 September 1870, Page 2
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