https://mariststudies.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=NZ18481205Seon 2026-05-02T18:58:52Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 https://mariststudies.org/w/index.php?title=NZ18481205Seon&diff=7519&oldid=prev 2023-11-01T22:54:21Z

<p>Created page with &quot;==5 December 1848 - Father Antoine Séon to Colonial Secretary, Auckland== &#039;&#039;&#039;Reference:&#039;&#039;&#039; [https://www.archives.govt.nz/ Archives NZ] , search for number R23520247 &#039;&#039;&#039;S...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==5 December 1848 - Father Antoine Séon to Colonial Secretary, Auckland== <br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Reference:&#039;&#039;&#039; [https://www.archives.govt.nz/ Archives NZ] , search for number R23520247<br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Subject:&#039;&#039;&#039; For permission to return powder to Government Enclosed: - 1848/2770<br /> <br /> <br /> Photograph of original document by Elizabeth Charlton IMG_3253.jpg<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> ;[Administrator’s writing over the top of the letter]:<br /> :5 Dec 1848, Rev A Séon <br /> :48/2770<br /> :For permission to return powder to Govt<br /> :48/2341 Enclosed<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> :St Patrick’s<br /> :Auckland<br /> :Dec 5th 1848<br /> <br /> :Sir<br /> ;[1]:Referring to my former application to your office of the 20th Oct. on which I was permitted to borrow a quantity of gunpowder from the Public Magazine I have now the honour to inform you that we have received of &#039;&#039;Deborah&#039;&#039; from Sydney 150 lbs to repay the quantity borrowed (viz 100 lbs) and we have to request that the Collector of Customs may be authorized to permit the powder to be landed and that I may transfer the quantity borrowed to the Ordnance Department and retain the remainder for blasting purposes on the North Shore.<br /> :I have the honor to be<br /> ::Sir<br /> :::Your obedient Servant<br /> ::::J.A.J. Séon <br /> <br /> <br /> ::To <br /> ::The Hon.<br /> ::The Colonial Secretary.<br /> <br /> <br /> ;[On the left-hand margin, written perpendicular to the main text]:<br /> :The permission to land the powder to be granted, and the applicant informed that the powder in question was not borrowed from the Colonial Govt. but it is supposed to have been obtained from the Ordnance Departt.<br /> ::By command A Sinclair<br /> ::Dec 5/48<br /> <br /> <br /> ::Father Seon Dec 6/48<br /> ::Licence Dec 7/48<br /> <br /> <br /> ;[Overleaf]:<br /> <br /> :Xxxxx<br /> :Police to inform xxxx that xxx xxxx xxx xxx granted<br /> ::A Sinclair Decr 7/48<br /> <br /> <br /> :Bl 48/1000<br /> <br /> :7 Decr 1848<br /> <br /> :The Collector of Customs<br /> :Noted and returned with the request. The usual letter of authority may xxxxxxx<br /> :Dec 7th 1848 [illegible signature]<br /> <br /> <br /> :Read and noted<br /> :Thos Beckham J.P.<br /> :Dec 7 1848</div>

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