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                    [0] => A warrant was issued when the ownership of Crown land was being transferred into private hands under the Land Transfer System. These volumes contained details of the warrants issued.
                )

            [id] => 23477
            [idSort] => 23477
            [name] => Otago Land District - Warrant Books
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                            [0] => 29947
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            [authenticityNote] => 

	There were two warrant books labelled number 3. The 2nd volume 3 was originally numbered as volume 4, but then re-numbered to become part 2 of volume 3. The pages in volume 4 were originally numbered as part 2 of volume 4, but the first 20 pages were subsequently renumbered from 1 (the start of volume 4 instead). From folio 150 in volume, the original numbers and the new numbers were identical.
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                    [normalizedValue] => 1880-01-01T00:00:00.0Z
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                            [0] => exact
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                    [normalizedValue] => 1966-01-01T00:00:00.0Z
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                            [0] => approximate
                            [1] => yearOnly
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                            [name] => Volumes
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            [history] => 

	The information recorded in the warrant books included:

	   -   number of application

	   -   the law under which the application was made

	   -   legal description of the land

	   -   area of the land

	   -   name, occupation and residence of applicant

	   -   details of payments and fees

	   -   nature of interest

	   -   date from which the applicant was entitled

	   -   any trusts, reservations and restrictions affecting the land

	   -   the resulting certificate of title reference number

	With the passing of the Land Transfer Act Amendment Act 1880, the system of Crown land administration changed. A system of warrants was introduced to authorise the issue of a certificate of title. This essentially replaced Crown grants and became the means of vesting land ownership from the Crown to individual. The warrants were in turn replaced by Section 116 Certificates when the Land Transfer Act 1952 was introduced. However, Crown grants continued to be issued in special circumstances. 

	 
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                            [name] => Dunedin repository
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            [ricClassification] => CHRONOLOGICAL
            [ricClassificationDescription] => Chronological by date of approval of warrant. The earliest entries were numerical by application number.
            [seriesAccessContacts] => 

	Ask Reference Desk Archivist about access
            [seriesRestrictionReason] => 

	Some volumes are restricted, under Public Records Act 2005, section 49(1), because of their fragile condition and they require preservation treatment.
            [setSpec] => series
        )

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