Newfoundland.
No. 3214
VICTORIA, by the Grace of GOD of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith:
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
KNOW YE, that We, of Our Special Grace, Certain Knowledge, and Mere
Motion, have given and granted, and by these presents do, for Us, Our Heirs
and Successors, GIVE and GRANT unto John Clancey
of Caplin Bay - District of Ferryland in Our Island of Newfoundland Fisherman his Heirs and Assigns All that piece
and parcel of Land situate and being West of the main line of Road at Caplin Bay abutted and bounded as follows that is to say commencing at the South West corner of a bridge over the said main line the southern angle of William Johnstons land and running South fifty eight degrees West ten chains and thirty four links more or less, thence bounded by waste land South twenty seven degrees East five chains and sixty links more or less; thence by Matthew Whelans land North thirty eight degrees West eight chains and fifty two links more or less thence North sixty two degrees East two chains more or less to the aforesaid main line thence along the Western side of the same North fifteen degrees West two chains and ninety two links more or less to the place of commencement.
And being of the dimensions specified in the diagram delineated on the
other side hereof, and containing three acres three roods
more or less with appurtenances, except and reserved
nevertheless, out of this present Grant, to Us, Our Heirs and Successors,
all Gold and Silver and all Coals and other Mines and Minerals, in or under
the said piece or parcel of Land.
To Have and to Hold (except as before excepted) unto the said John Clancey his Heirs and Assigns for
ever he the said John Clancey paying onto Us, as the price and consideration of
the said Land, the Sum of One Dollar ninety Cents, at the time of ensealing and delivery
hereof.
Provided always, and this present Grant is upon the further condition,
that the said Lands shall be holden upon, under, and subject to such regulations
as are now in force, or which may at any time hereafter be made by Law for
the improvement and cultivation of Lands within Our said Island, and subject
to all such Regulations as are now in force, or which may at any time hereafter
be made by Law for making Roads, Sewers, Drains, Canals, Bridges, or other
Public Works or Improvements within our said Island, or any part thereof,
and for subjecting any Lands therein situate, or the owners or occupiers
of such Lands, to rates and assessments, or other duties or services for
the purposes aforesaid, or for any of them; And that the said John Clancey his Heirs and Assigns shall,
at all times, peaceably quit and deliver possession to Us, Our Heirs and
Successors, of all such parts of the Lands aforesaid as may be required for
the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, upon receiving such compensation (if
any) as by Law now in force, or hereafter to be made, in that respect, may
be provided.
Given under the Great Seal of Our aforesaid Island of Newfoundland,
in St. John's, in Our said Island, this twenty first
day of March in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and seventy one and
in the thirty fourth Year of our Reign.
Witness our trusty and well-beloved STEPHEN JOHN HILL, Esq.,
Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath,
Our Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over Our said
Island and its Dependencies, &c.
BY
HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND,
Sd Joseph Crowdy
for Colonial Secretary.
Received the Day and Year above written, from the within named Grantee,
the Sum of One dollar and ninety cents amount
of the Consideration Money of the Land herein granted.
$1. 90
Registered,
Volume, No. 17 Folio 123
Sd Hy Renouf
Surveyor-General.
[Attached survey information.]

Scale 4 chains to an inch
Sd Hy Renouf
H. M. Surveyor-General.
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