Newfoundland.
No. 3283
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 Walter Clancey
of Caplin Bay in Our Island of Newfoundland
Fisherman his Heirs and Assigns All that
piece and parcel of Land situate and being About one mile West of Rocky Pond Bridge abutted and bounded as follows that is to say commencing at a large Rock marked ^ and running by ungranted land North eighty five degrees West seven chains more or less - thence bounded by the same North four chains and ninety six links more or less: thence bounded by the same North fifty five degrees East five chains and sixty links more or less: thence bounded by the same South ten degrees East seven chains and four 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, and thirteen perches 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 Walter Clancey his Heirs and Assigns for ever
he the said Walter Clancey paying onto Us, as the price and consideration of the
said Land, the Sum of one Dollars 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 Walter 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 fourth day of July in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and seventy one and in the
thirty fifth 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 Jas L Noonan
actg 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. 18 Folio 72
[Unsigned]
Surveyor-General.
[Attached survey information.]

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