LOST PROVINCIAL SEALS
4 SOUTHLAND AND WESTLAND. An article on provincial seals in “New Zealand Centennial News” men- ! lions that the seals of Westland and Southland have been lost. Not even an ' impression of the Southland seal lias been found. In the case of Westland, the search for an impression failed until a member of the staff of the National Historical Committee conceived the idea of inspecting early Westland deeds in that repository of New Zealand history, the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department. The first deed, incidentally, was the original agreement on the part of the West Coast Maoris to sell the whole of Westland for £3OO. One after the other the faded parchments were scanned without result, until the very last of them yielded a good impression. Expert photography under powerful lights had a good result. The seal had two kiwis on a shield surmounted by fern fronds.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1939, Page 11
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152LOST PROVINCIAL SEALS Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1939, Page 11
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