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1A & 2A (1803-1823)	Volume D (1833-1847)	Volumes 1 to 7 (1849-1860)	Volumes 10 to 16 (1863-1869)
Volumes 19 to 20 & 28 (1870-1883)	Volumes 107 & 108 (1930-1940)	Occupations Licenses (1867-1889)	Special Grants (1751-1930)

GRANTS INDEX LICENSES OF OCCUPATION
NOTE: Licenses of Occupation were issued for a five year period, at the end of this time a grant in fee was issued to the occupier if the conditions of the license had been complied with. The registers in which these Grants were recorded - Free Grants, Volume 1 and Free Grants Volume 2 - were distroyed in the Great Fire of 1892.
The list of Licenses on the following pages are arranged under headings which represent sections of the Geographical Index of Grants.
				NOTE: Entries in the following format refer to entries entered in pen at a later date. They were not typed entries on the original pages. [*..................................] The entry of (sic) Identifies an entry that may appear to be be incorrect but was transcribed as it was typed on the original pages.
The following sections can be found by scrolling down the page.
St. Johns	Conception Bay	Trinity Bay	Bonavista Bay	Notre Dame Bay	Southern Shore & St. Mary's Bay	Placentia Bay	Hermitage Bay
	Register					Area
Number	Vol.	Fol.	Date	Surname	Given	Acres	R.	P.	Plan	Location or Other Information
				SAINT JOHN'S SECTION
52	1	50	March 19, 1870	Hutchings	Monier	50	0	0		Topsail Road, see Grants V.6 F.50 & V.26 F.43
175	2	100	August 10, 1883	Rendell	George T.	50	0	0		Near Torbay Road, Granted V.32 F.175
177	2	102	December 14, 1883	Ruby	Samuel	50	0	0		Goulds Back Line
184	2	110	April 4, 1888	Heale	John	50	0	0		S. side of Sugar Loaf Pond
185	2	111	April 4, 1888	Heale	John Locke	50	0	0		East End of Sugar Loaf Pond
189	2	113	December 4, 1889	Woodfine	Thomas	20	0	0		Robin's Pond, Indian Meal Road, Torbay
				CONCEPTION BAY SECTION
49	1	27	March 12, 1869	Fogwill	Samuel	49	3	28		Heart's Content Road, Carbonear, C.B.
93	2	21	May 13, 1874	Halley	James	14	0	0		N. Side of Main Road, E. of Topsail, C.B.
				TRINITY BAY SECTION
74	1	71	May 23, 1872	Smith	William	27	1	23		Apsy Brook, Random Isld., Smith Sd., T.B.
76	2	2	July 30, 1873	Smith	Moses	35	0	0		Elliott's Cove, Random Sound, T.B.
77	1	3	July 30, 1873	Cooper	John	43	0	0		S. Side of Smith's Sound, T.B.
78	2	5	December 31, 1873	Hollett	James	3	2	25		Rantem, T.B.
79	2	6	January 5, 1874	Noseworthy	Stephen	5	2	10		Rantem, T.B.
80	2	7	January 6, 1874	Smith	Abraham	2	1	7		Rantem, T.B.
81	2	8	January 9, 1874	Newhook	William	3	3	17		Rantem, T.B.
82	2	9	January 12, 1874	Reid	James	1	3	0		Rantem, T.B.
83	2	10	January 12, 1874	Reid	Solomon	5	0	0		Rantem, T.B.
84	2	11	January 12, 1874	Reid	John	4	1	0		Rantem, T.B.
85	2	13	March 2, 1874	Short	Samuel	20	0	0		Deep Bight, Random Sound, T.B.
86	2	14	March 2, 1874	Pilley	Alfred	7	3	4		Random Sound, T.B., Cancelled
87	2	15	March 2, 1874	Pilley	Job	7	2	3		Bar Point, Rd. Isld., see Grant V.20 F.111
88	2	16	March 2, 1874	Tilley	Joseph	18	0	30		Lower Shoal Hr., Random Sound, T.B.
90	2	18	March 2, 1874	Short	Nicholas & John	50	0	0		Tolt Pt., Random Sd., see Grant V.59 F.151
91	2	19	April 29, 1874	Reid	Charles, Richard & George	148	0	0		Foster's Pt., Rd. Sd., see Grant V.69 F.122
92	2	20	February 16, 1874	King	Philip	28	2	26		Lady Cove, Random Island
94	2	22	November 12, 1874	Mash	Joseph	24	0	0		Deep Bight, Random Sound
95	2	23	December 22, 1874	Read	James	10	2	8		Long Point, Random Sound
96	2	24	December 14, 1874	Evans	Charles	16	0	0		Foster's Point, Random Sound
99	2	27	October 2, 1875	Tilley	Joseph	32	2	0		Peaton's Point, Random Sound
125	2	53	November 9, 1875	Ady	Isaac, Henry & Edward	200	0	0		Lee Bight, Random Sound
174	2	101	August 10, 1883	Weedon	Ezra	29	0	0		Musquash Pond, Heart's Content
186	2	112	October 31, 1888	Tilly	Walter	50	0	0		Lower Shoal Harbor River, Random Sound
				BONAVISTA BAY SECTION
6	1	2	December 21, 1867	Fisher	Joseph	7	0	21		Cape Shore, Bonaviista
14	1	6	February 26, 1868	Walsh	Dannis (sic)	14	1	27		Catalina Road, Bonavista, B.B.
7	1	8	December 21, 1867	Wiseman	John	28	0	13		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
13	1	9	December 21, 1867	Burton	William	30	1	21		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
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10	1	10	December 21, 1867	Olford	George	26	0	0		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
5	1	11	December 21, 1867	Romain	Benjamin	7	0	26		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
4	1	12	December 21, 1867	Ryan	James	12	0	0		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
9	1	13	December 21, 1867	Holloway	Thomas Jr.	6	0	0		Vey's Point, Musgravetown, Goose bay
8	1	14	December 21, 1867	Holloway	Thomas	8	1	32		Vey's Point, Musgravetown, Goose bay
12	1	15	December 21, 1867	Keats	John	8	2	10		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
2	1	16	December 21, 1867	Reader	Cabel	26	2	36		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
3	1	17	December 21, 1867	Olford	John Jr.	16	1	13		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
20	1	18	May 14, 1868	Saint	Thomas	21	1	14		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
19	1	19	May 22, 1868	Reader	James Sr.	37	1	23		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
22	1	20	May 25, 1868	Holloway	Job	5	0	0		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay
28	1	21	June 25, 1868	Bishop	James	16	1	0		Norton's Cove, (Brookfield), N. Side of Bay
27	1	22	June 16, 1868	Bishop	Thomas	15	3	0		Norton's Cove, (Brookfield), N. Side of Bay
25	1	23	July 6, 1868	Bishop	William	15	1	0		Norton's Cove, (Brookfield), N. Side of Bay
24	1	24	May 7, 1868	Saint	John	4	2	0		Musgrave Town, Goose Bay, see F.49
23	1	25	May 7, 1868	Holloway	James Sr.	2	0	32		N.W. Brook, Musgravetown, Goose Bay
26	1	26	July 24, 1868	Bishop	Edward	16	3	0		Norton's Cove, (Brookfield), N. Side of Bay
47	1	28	July 18, 1868	Handcock	John Jr.	6	0	16		Musgravetown, Cancelled & Replaced by Free Grant
46	1	29	June 1868	Olford	Joseph	35	2	0		Deep Cove, Musgravetown, replaced by Free Grant V.1 F.1 [*F.8]
38	1	30	July 1868	Olford	Hezekiah	13	0	16		Musgravetown, replaced by Free Grant to Gideon Way, V.1 F.56
29	1	31	June 1868	Ryan	Thomas Jr.	11	2	22		Victoria Town, Southward (Southern) Bay
42	1	32	July 1868	Penny	Edward	12	1	9		Musgravetown, Goose Bay
30	1	33	June 1868	Ryan	James Sr.	20	1	4		Victoria Town, Southward (Southern) Bay
31	1	34	June 1868	Ryan	William Jr.	10	3	25		Victoria Town, Southward (Southern) Bay
32	1	35	June 1868	Ryan	John Sr.	15	1	30		Victoria Town, Southward (Southern) Bay
33	1	36	June 1868	Ryan	James Jr.	11	0	11		Victoria Town, Southward (Southern) Bay
34	1	37	June 1868	Ryan	John Jr.	11	1	28		Victoria Town, Southward (Southern) Bay
35	1	38	June 1868	Dominy	John	13	2	25		Musgravetown, replaced by Free Grant V.1 F.9
36	1	40	June 1868	Settle	Samuel	13	1	7		Musgravetown, Goose bay
37	1	41	June 1868	Olford	James	34	1	37		Musgravetown, replaced by Free Grant V.1 F.12
38	1	42	July 1868	Handcock	John	18	0	7		Musgravetown, Goose Bay, Cancelled
50	1	43	January 1869	Reader	Robert Sr.	23	1	24		N. W. Cove, Musgravetown, replaced by Free Grant V.1 F.3
40	1	44	July 1868	McCormick	James	11	2	32		Victoria Town, Southward (Southern) Bay
41	1	45	July 1868	Handcock	Richard	18	0	0		Old Dock Point, Brooklyn, Goose Bay
43	1	46	July 1868	Reader	Thomas	25	3	36		N. W. Cove, Musgravetown, replaced by Free Grant V.1 F.10
44	1	47	July 1868	Handcock	Bernard	10	1	16		Musgravetown, Cancelled & Replaced by Free Grant
45	1	48	July 1868	Matthews	William Jr.	26	2	21		Musgravetown, Goose Bay, replace by Free Grant V.1 F.1
48	1	49	January 1868	Saint	John	5	1	6		Musgravetown, includes License No. 24 replaced by Free Grant V.1 F.6
54	1	51	October 25, 1875	Smallwood	David	198	0	0		Two Lots, Gambo Brook
55	1	52	October 25, 1875	Smallwood	David	25	0	0		Near Gambo
158	2	25	April 4, 1878	Handcock	James	12	2	37		Power's Cove, Brooklyn, Goose Bay
100	2	28	October 22, 1875	Hollohan	Thomas	20	2	16	375	Lander's Cove, Sweet Bay, part covered by Grant V.43 F.51
102	2	30	October 22, 1875	Fry	George	26	2	0		South Side of Southern Bay
103	2	31	June 16, 1875	Greening	Thomas	5	1	31		Brooklyn, returned & cancelled Sept./75 (sic)
106	2	34	October 22, 1875	Robert & Prince	George & Edward	13	0	16		Seal Cove (Princeton) Southern Bay
107	2	35	October 22, 1875	Prince	William & Edward	17	3	2		South Side of Southern Bay
108	2	36	March 22, 1875	Prince	Samuel, John & William	13	3	12		Seal Cove (Princeton) Southern Bay
113	2	41	June 16, 1875	White	John	17	1	27		Seal Cove (Princeton) Southern Bay
114	2	42	November 15, 1877	Matchem	Mary, in trust for her sons	9	0	17		Mosquito Cove, Musgravetown, Goose Bay
118	2	46	April 2, 1878	Ash	William	26	0	24	361	Old Dock, Portland, Goose Bay
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121	2	49	November 9, 1875	Holloway	Isreal (sic)	15	3	22		S.W. Brook, Musgravetown, License not issued
122	2	50	March 30, 1878	Lane	Samuel	10	1	8		White Rock Cove, Goose Bay
128	2	56	November 9, 1875	Quinton	Mary & Sarah	14	1	24		N.side of Southward (Southern) Bay
129	2	57	November 9, 1875	Quinton	John	15	1	37		N.side of Southward (Southern) Bay
130	2	58	March 23, 1876	Walker	Mark	20	2	32	375	Little Harbor, Sweet Bay Harbor
131	2	59	March 23, 1876	Joy	John	15	3	12		Crane's Cove, S.W. Arm Sweet Bay
132	2	60	March 23, 1876	Mullowney	Thomas of William	12	2	16	375	South Side of Sweet Bay Harbor
133	2	61	March 23, 1876	Mullowney	John of Thomas	8	3	8	375	South Side of Sweet Bay Harbor
134	2	62	March 23, 1876	Mullowney	William of Andrew	16	0	20	375	Sweet Bay, replaced by Free Grant V.2 F.45
135	2	63	March 23, 1876	Mullowney	John, William & Thomas	18	3	0	375	Sweet Bay Harbor
136	2	64	March 23, 1876	Mullowney	Andrew & Thomas	21	2	19	375	Lander's Cove, Sweet Bay, part covered by Grant V.43 F.51
137	2	65	March 23, 1876	Walker	Samuel	11	2	4	375	South Side, Sweet Bay Harbor
138	2	66	March 23, 1876	Dooley	Daniel	27	3	16	375	South Side of Sweet Bay Harbor
139	2	67	March 23, 1876	Neal	Michael	9	0	5	375	Nut Head Cove, Sweet Bay, replaced by Free Grant V.2 F.48
140	2	68	March 23, 1876	Neal	John	9	3	17	375	Nut Head Cove, Sweet Bay, replaced by Free Grant V.2 F.51
141	2	69	March 23, 1876	Gould	Christopher	17	3	0		South Side Southward (Southern) Bay
142	2	70	March 23, 1876	Gould	James	18	2	6		Southward (Southern) Bay
143	2	71	March 23, 1876	Kelly	James. Samuel, & Maurice	15	3	8	375	South Side of Sweet Bay Harbor
144	2	72	March 23, 1876	Brennan	William	4	0	36		Indian Arm (Summerville)
145	2	73	March 23, 1876	Brennan	John	8	3	16		Indian Arm (Summerville)
146	2	74	March 23, 1876	Greening	Moses	3	3	24		Indian Arm (Summerville)
148	2	76	April 27, 1876	Quinton	James	10	1	6		Southward (Southern) Bay, License not issued
149	2	77	April 27, 1876	Quinton	Charles Jr.	12	3	31		Southward (Southern) Bay, License not issued
150	2	78	April 27, 1876	Prince	John of Samuel	8	1	20		S.side of Southward (Southern) Bay
152	2	80	May 26, 1876	Prince	James	8	2	19		S.side of Southward (Southern) Bay
153	2	81	May 26, 1876	Yetman	Henry	15	0	3		S.side of Southward (Southern) Bay
155	2	83	November 19, 1877	Pomeroy	John	17	1	4		N. side of Southward Bay (Charleston)
156	2	84	April 2, 1878	Reader	Henry	16	1	0	361	Portland, Goose Bay
157	2	85	April 2, 1878	Ivamy	Elias	13	1	24	361	Portland, Goose Bay
159	2	86	January 19, 1879	Joe	Nuel	31	2	0		Clay Cove, Gambo, Freshwater Bay
160	2	87	July 17, 1879	Ivany	John	20	2	20	361	Portland, Goose Bay
161	2	88	July 17, 1879	Harris	Roger	12	0	0		S.W. Brook, Goose Bay
162	2	89	October 28, 1879	Yetman	Joseph	11	1	24	361	Jamestown, Goose Bay
163	2	90	October 28, 1879	Taylor	Jabez	13	1	24		Jamestown, Goose Bay Cancelled, replaced by V.62 F.122
164	2	91	February 11, 1880	Ash	William Jr.	12	1	13		S. Side of Goose Bay, see Grant V.32 F.37
165	2	92	March 15, 1880	Wheeler	John Jr.	10	2	27	361	Jamestown, Goose Bay, Free Grant 1889
166	2	93	March 16, 1880	Wheeler	Henry	9	1	24	361	Jamestown, Goose Bay
169	2	94	June 20, 1881	Handcock	Philip	15	3	0	361	White rock Cove, Goose Bay
168	2	95	June 20, 1881	Curtis	William	18	2	0	361	White rock Cove, Goose Bay
170	2	96	June 20, 1881	Ivany	Alfred	9	0	26		Brooklyn, Goose Bay
170	2	97	June 20, 1881	Haines	Eliezer (sic)	16	0	13		James Cove, Goose Bay
167	2	98	June 20, 1881	Pike	Samuel	14	2	28	361	White Rock Cove, Goose Bay
142	2	99	May 1, 1882	Saint	Samuel	50	0	0		N.W. Arm, Clode Sound
176	2	103	December 14, 1883	Penny	William, Benjamin & George	20	0	0		South Side of Salvage Bay
178	2	104	February 22, 1884	Prince	Edward	17	3	2		South Side of Southern Bay
				NOTRE DAME BAY SECTION
98	2	26	December 12, 1874	Francis	Charles	50	0	0		Francis Point, W. Side of Gander Bay
126	2	54	October 22, 1875	Nurse	John M.	200	0	0		South Side Norris Arm, N.D.B.
127	2	55	October 22, 1875	McDougall	John	200	0	0		Gander River, N.D.B.
179	2	105	October 17, 1884	Evans	William, Edward, Solomon, Henry & Jabez	34	1	20		Waterman's Cove, Northern Arm Exploits Bay, N.D.B.
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180	2	107	January 21, 1886	Handcock	James	50	0	0		Peter's Arm. Exploits Bay, N.D.B.
182	2	108	January 10. 1887	Batstone	Jane	21	1	32		Bear Cove (Silverton) Western Arm, Green Bay, N.D.B.
183	2	109	September 8, 1887	Freak	James	22	0	32		Burnt Bay (Lewisporte)
				SOUTHERN SHORE & ST. MARY'S BAY SECTION
1	1	1	December 10, 1867	Byrne	Michael	8	2	16		Bauld Head, Fermeuse
15	1	3	February 22, 1868	Croak	Patrick	50	0	0		S.E. Mountain, Rd. from Colinet to Placentia
16	1	4	February 25, 1868	Croak	Alphonsus L.	25	0	0		Colinet, on Road to Placentia
17	1	5	February 26, 1868	Croak	Thomas	25	0	0		S.E. Mountain, Rd. between Colinet to Placentia
18	1	7	March 18, 1868	Carew	Matthew	21	2	38		St. Catherine's, Salmonier, Free Grant 1 F.53
75	2	1	October 2, 1872	Carew	Matthew	43	3	19		East Side of Estuary Salmonier River
117	2	45	Nivember (sic) 9, 1875	Mahoney	Patrick	10	0	0		Mussel Pond (O'Donel) (sic) St. Mary's Bay
151	2	79	May 26, 1879	Johnston	James & Edward	10	0	0		Ferryland, Southern Shore
154	2	82	October 18, 1876	Carew	Matthew	50	0	0		Salmonier Road near Salmonier Arm
				PLACENTIA BAY SECTION
56	1	53	February 16, 1871	Lamb	John	32	0	0		South East Arm, Placentia
						FORTUNE BAY SECTION
147	2	75	April 13, 1876	Heath	Robert	49	3	37		Grand Bank, on Road to Fortune
181	2	106	September 10, 1885	Haddon	Henry J.	49	2	28		Main Road near Fortune
				HERMITAGE BAY SECTION
57	1	54	April 1, 1872	Lewis	Maurice	37	2	0		Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir (Lot No. 1)
58	1	55	April 1, 1872	Bernard	Joseph	33	2	0		Lot No. 2, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
59	1	56	April 1, 1872	Matthews	John	30	0	0		Lot No. 4, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
60	1	57	April 1, 1872	Gedore (sic)	Nicholas	30	0	0		Lot No. 5, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
61	1	58	April 1, 1872	John	Bernard	30	0	0		Lot No. 7, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
62	1	59	April 1, 1872	Bambo (sic)	Daniel	30	0	0		Lot No. 8, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
63	1	60	April 1, 1872	Barrington	John	30	0	0		Lot No. 9, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
64	1	61	April 1, 1872	Brazil	Joseph	30	0	0		Lot No. 10, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
65	1	62	April 1, 1872	John	Lewis	30	0	0		Lot No. 11, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
66	1	63	April 1, 1872	Lewis	Benjamin	30	0	0		Lot No. 12, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
67	1	64	April 1, 1872	Mitchell	John	30	0	0		Lot No. 13, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
68	1	65	April 1, 1872	Powlett	Edward	30	0	0		Lot No. 14, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
69	1	66	April 1, 1872	Lewis	Noel	30	0	0		Lot No. 15, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
70	1	67	April 1, 1872	Burke	John	30	0	0		Lot No. 16, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
71	1	68	April 1, 1872	Stride	Peter	29	0	0		Lot No. 17, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
72	1	69	April 1, 1872	McDonald	John	28	0	0		Lot No. 18, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir
73	1	70	April 1, 1872	John	Peter	27	2	0		Lot No. 19, Conne Arm, Bay D'Espoir

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