New Zealand Parliament

Private Bill. Union Bank of Australia

Auckland: New Zealand Government, 1844. Folio. No Binding. 8pp. Copy of a "Draft Bill for facilitating proceedings by and against a certain Joint Stock Company called the Union Bank of Australia..." The bill was read for the first time on May 30 and the second on July 2, coming into force on January 1, 1845. The bill lays out the rights and liabilities of the Company and it's directors. With original hand-written annotations. Rare early legal document at the dawn of New Zealand's new administration. Good. Item #020760

Price: $170.00 NZD