Appendix II.
Newfoundland.No.
To all to whom these Presents shall come, I, Anthony Musgrave, Esquire, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies, &c., &c.
Send Greeting:
Whereas
of desirous of permanently settling on the Land hereinafter mentioned: Know ye, that in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the Act of the Legislature of this Colony, passed in the 23rd year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled "An Act to amend an Act passed in the Seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, entitled 'An Act to make provision for the Disposal and Sale of ungranted and unoccupied Crown Lands, within the Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies, and for other purposes';" I, the said Governor, do hereby give to the said a License to Occupy all that Piece or Parcel of Land situate and being
To Have and to Hold the same, with all rights and all privileges thereto belonging, to the said Executors, Administrators and Assigns, for the term of Five Years from the date of these Presents: Provided always that if the said shall have settled on and occupied the said Land for the said term of Five Years, and have cultivated acres thereof, within the said term, and have conformed to the provisions of said Act, shall be entitled to a Grant in fee, under the Great Seal, for the said Land: but should he fail to comply with the conditions of this License and conform to the said Act, he shall forfeit all claim to the said Land and Grant aforesaid.
Given under my Hand and Seal at St. John's in Our Island of Newfoundland, this
day of
Anno Domini One Thousand Eight
Hundred and
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary.