Document [manuscript]. 1866.

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Document [manuscript]. 1866.

Extract from the journals of the New Zealand House of Representatives thanking Sir William Wiseman and his men for their services on the occasion of Sir William's retirement from the command of the Australian Naval Station.

1 p.

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