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60/ 9th February, 1860 MEMORIAL, OR APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION 163 To His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight J.G.J Brushaber Commander of the Most distinguished order of St. Michael Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of Queensland, and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same &c., &c., &c. 1. - The Memorial of John George Frederick Brushaber of Warwick, Darling Downs respectfully sheweth, that your Memorialist is a native of* Williamstadt, Mecklenburger Scheyerin 2. - That your Memorialist is Thirty four years of age, and †a Carpenter by trade. 3. - That your Memorialist arrived in the Colony of New South Wales, by the ship Mapps in the year One Thousand and Eight Hundred and fifty five and has been resident therein since that date. 4. - That your Memorialist begs to refer to your Excellency to the annexed Certificate of character and of the correctness of the statements herin contained from respectable persons to whom your Memorialist has been known since his arrival‡ in the Colony.¶ 5. - That your Memorialist§ has purchased ground in this Colony and wishes to settle in it for the rest of this life ;and that on these grounds your Memorialist is desirous of availing himself|| of the privileges granted to Aliens by the Acts of Council, 11 Victoria, No. 39, and 17 Victoria, No. 8. 6. - That your Memorialist therefore respectfully requests that your Excellency may be pleased to grant to your Memorialist the privileges of a natural born British Subject, with such restrictions as to your Excellency may seem meet. And your Petitioner will ever pray. Signature John George Frederick Brushaber Date 3 February 1860
We, the undersigned, do hereby certify as to the correctness of the statements contained in the subjoined Memorial, that we have known the Memorialist¶ since his arrival in the colony, and believe him to be a person of respectable character. George Thum Geo. Kennedy
* Insert District or Town, and Country. † Profession, Trade, or Calling. ‡ Or her. § Here state the grounds on which the Certificate is desired. || Or herself. ¶ From his arrival in the Colony, or from the (specify date.)
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Queensland State Archives Colonial Secretary's Office Inwards Correspondence 01 Jan 1860 - 31 Dec 1860 S 5253 ITM846732 Dept No. 164 The legibility of this item may be reduced due to the following factors: Minimal Impression Faded Ink Iron Gall ink halo and lacing Discoloured paper Torn or creased pages
Digitised at Queensland State Archives, Brisbane, Australia
www.archives.qld.gov.au Queensland Government
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60/164 9th February, 1860. Attorny Genl. Reporting on 60/91- C. [illeg. initials] Condamine. Electoral Roll Comm Law Offices Brisbane 30th January 1860
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Sir,
With repect to the communication of the Clerk of Petty Sessions Condamine concerning the Collectors of the Electoral Roll and the management of the Lists prepared by them. I have the honor to submit as follows.
1st That the Electoral Rolls as prepared and handed in by the Collectors can only [underlined] be altered by the Magistrates in Petty Sessions and only then [underlined] in the manner specified on the 23rd section of the Electoral Law Amendment Act 1858. 22 Vic no. 20 by inserting or expunging
The Honble The Col. Secretary E
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expunging names after notice [underlined] given by the Claimmants or objecting parties. 2nd In the present case I would suggest that when the Lists are handed in to the Clerk of Petty Sessions that all disqualified Persons should be formally objected to by the Chief Constable on the manner prescribed by the Act and some proof of their disqualification should be given to the satisfaction of the Bench of the Pension Court and thus the List might be properly and legally corrected. I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedn Serv Ratcliffe Pring Attorney General
Answer in sense of Attorney Genl's letter. Feb. 1 ./60 GFB [?]
[in red] ['Bourke / Magistrates'][ illeg name] Magistrates R.J.A. Pomeringham [...] 7. February 1860