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New Zealand.
Tricesimo Octavo
Victoriæ Reginæ.
No. LXXVIII.
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Analysis.
| Title. | |
| Preamble. | |
| 1. | Short Title. |
| 2. | Governor may issue Crown grants absolute. |
| 3. | Also other Crown grants with restrictions. |
| 4. | Vesting of legal estate. |
| Schedules. |
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An Act to empower the Governor to carry out certain Title. engagements for Grants of Land situate in Whakataki, near Castle Point, in the Province of Wellington.
[31st August, 1874.]
Whereas in or about the month of January, one thousand Preamble.
eight hundred and fifty-five, the Native owners of a certain block of land situate near to Castle Point, within the Province of Wellington, and now known as the Whakataki Reserve, did sell and dispose of the same to Her Majesty the Queen for the sum of two hundred pounds on the terms that the said block of land should be reserved from sale by public auction for a certain period of time during which time any of the original Native owner thereof should have the prior right of purchasing back each for himself in fee-simple, and at the fixed price of ten shillings per acre, any portion of the said block: And whereas several of the aforesaid original owners have purchased back certain portions of the said block of land, and it is just and proper that Crown grants for such portions should without any delay be issued to the respective purchasers thereof accordingly:
And whereas in consideration of his loyalty and the good services he continuously rendered to the Government of the colony, His Excellency Sir George Grey, the then Governor of New Zealand, did make a free gift of another portion of the above-mentioned block of land to the Native chief Te Wiremu Te Potangaroa, now deceased, and it is expedient that the said land should be assured to the children and the grandchildren of the above-named chief Te Potangaroa:
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And whereas further, upon the twentieth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, Doctor Isaac Earl Featherston, the then Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, did make a promise to the original owners of the aforesaid Whakataki Reserve, that it should be given back to them for their support and maintenance, and it is expedient to give effect to such promise:
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
| 1. | Short Title. The Short Title of this Act shall be "The Whakataki Grants Act, 1874." |
| 2. | Governor may issue Crown grants absolute. It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, at any time after the passing of this Act, to execute Crown grants for the several pieces of land mentioned in the First Schedule hereto in favour of the several persons enumerated in the second column of the said Schedule, and set opposite the numbers of the lots of the said pieces of land respectively, in fee-simple absolute, without any restrictions whatever. |
| 3. | Also other Crown grants with restrictions It shall also be lawful for the Governor similarly to execute Crown grants for the two pieces of land mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto in favour of the several persons enumerated in the second column of the said Schedule, and set opposite the number of the lots of the said pieces of land respectively, subject to the conditions and restrictions that the respective grantees of the said two pieces of land shall not have the power to sell or make any other disposition of the said land without the consent in writing of the Governor first obtained in that behalf, except that they may lease the same for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, in possession and not in reversion, without fine premium or foregift, and without agreement or covenant for renewal or for purchase at a future time. |
| 4. | Vesting of legal estate. The legal estate in the lands comprised within the First and Second Schedules hereto shall vest and be deemed to have vested in the respective grantees on the days therein set forth respectively. |
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Schedules. Schedules.
| Boundaries of the Land. | Grantees. | Vesting of Legal Estate. |
| Whakataki Reserve.
Lot No. 1, containing by admeasurement 105 acres, more or less, being the section numbered 371 on the plan of the Whareama Block, in the East Coast District, bounded towards the North-east by Lots Nos. 2 and 10 in the Whakataki Reserve, 5000 links; towards the South-east by Lots Nos. 2 and 3, and across the Whakataki River, 2107 links; towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 366 and 370, Whareama Block, 5000 links; and towards the North-west by Lot No. 10, and by other part of the Whakataki Reserve, 2107 links. |
Wiremu Paraone. | 23rd March, 1858.page 341 |
| Lot No. 2, containing by admeasurement 52 acres 2 roods 2 perches, more or less, being the lot numbered 2 on the plan of the Whakataki Reserve in the East Coast District, bounded towards the North-east by Lot No. 10, Whakataki Reserve, 3140 links; towards the East by Lot No. 10, 670 links; towards the South by the Whakataki River; towards the South-west by Section No. 371, Whareama Block, 1886 links; and towards the Northwest by Section No. 371, Whareama Block 560 links; and by Lot No. 10, Whakataki Reserve, 1225 links. | Hori Karaka. Pane Taroro. |
23rd March, 1858. |
| Lot No. 4, containing by admeasurement 21 acres, more or less, being part of the section numbered 372 on the plan of the Whareama Block in the East Coast District, bounded towards the North-west by the Whakataki River; towards the South-east by Section No. 370, Whareama Block, 2000 links, and by Sections Nos. 370 and 761, Whareama Block, 900 links; and towards the South-west by Lot No. 5, Whakataki Reserve, 900 links. | Mere Kingi Mere Te Ahirakau Hori Karaka Hunia Kingi Mihi Matina |
23rd March, 1858. |
| Lot No. 5, containing by admeasurement 43 acres, more or less, being the lot numbered 5 on the plan of the Whakataki Reserve in the East Coast District, bounded towards the North by Lot No. 10, Whakataki Reserve, and across the Whakataki River, 1303 links; towards the North-east by Section No. 372 Whareama Block, 900 links, and by the Whakataki River; towards the South-east by Section No. 761, Whareama Block, 2887 links; towards the South-west by Section No. 761, Whareama Block, 667 links and 2050 links; and towards the North-west by other part of the Whakataki Reserve, 489 links. | Hona Whanamutu | 23rd March, 1858. |
| Lot No. 6, containing by admeasurement 52 acres 2 roods, more or less, being the lot numbered 6 on the plan of the Whakataki Reserve in the East Coast District, bounded towards the North by the Motuopana Stream; towards the South-east by Lot No. 10 Whakataki Reserve, 4957 links; towards the South by the Taupari Stream; and towards the South-west, West, and North-west by the Tinui River. | Takarei Ngakarohe Mihi Keita |
23rd March, 1858. |
| Whakataki Reserve.
Lot No. 3, containing by admeasurement 52 acres 1 rood, more or less, being the lot numbered 3 on the plan of the Whakataki Reserve, in the East Coast District; bounded |
Hami Potangaroa Pane Potangaroa Matenga Potangaroa |
24th March, 1862.
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| Boundaries of the Land. | Grantees. | Vesting of Legal Estate. |
| towards the North and North-east by the Whakataki River; towards the East by high watermark of the ocean; towards the South-west by Section No. 366, Whareama Block, 4352 links; and towards the North-west by Section No. 371, Whareama Block, 1000 links. | ||
| Lot No. 10, containing by admeasurement 6298 acres, more or less, being the lot numbered 10 on the plan of the Whakataki Reserve, in the East Coast District; bounded towards the North by Section No. 719, Whareama Block, 1870 links, by Sections Nos. 719, 720, and 721, 12833 links, and by the Taupari Stream: towards the North-east by Sections Nos. 721, 722, and 723, Whareama Block, 12067 links; by Sections Nos. 723 and 724, 7103 links; and by Section No. 373, 740 links: towards the East by high watermark of the ocean: towards the South-east by Lot No. 2, Whakataki Reserve, 1225 links; by Section No. 371, Whareama Block, 400 links; by Section No. 373, Whareama Block, 4000 links; and by the Whakataki River: towards the South by Sections Nos. 374 and 375, Whareama Block, 6000 links; by Section No. 374, 2112 links, and by Sections Nos. 374 and 797, 2998 links, and by the Whahapo Stream: towards the South-west by Lot No. 2, Whakataki Reserve, 3140 links; by Section No. 371, Whareama Block, 3114 links; by Section No. 373, 2200 links; by Section No. 797, 2010 links, and by the Whakataki River: towards the West by Lot No. 2, Whakataki Reserve, 670 links: and towards the North-west by Sections Nos. 718 and 719, Whareama Block, 6332 links; by Section No. 373, Whareama Block, 3000 links; by Lot No. 6, Whakataki Reserve, 4957 links, and by the Tinui River. | Wiremu Paraone Wirihana Te Oioi Tahana Patuwai Hariata Karanama Maraea Te Ngaru Hami Potangaroa Tapatu Matina Reta Paora Kingi Paora Hori Karaka Ihaia Whakamairu Henare Pikari Wata Paraone Iriama Whakarato Mihi Keita Pane Taroro Meri Te Ahirakau Mihi Ngarori Arapata Te Haruru Hapeta Whakamairu |
24th March, 1862. |