Onewhero Grant Empowering Act 1879
Onewhero Grant Empowering Act 1879
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Onewhero Grant Empowering Act 1879
Onewhero Grant Empowering Act 1879
Local Act |
1879 No 7 |
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Date of assent |
19 December 1879 |
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An Act to empower the Governor to issue Grants to certain Native Trustees.
Preamble.
WHEREAS the Ngatiamaru, Ngatikahu, and Ngatikaitutai hapus of the Ngatipou tribe of aboriginal natives were the original owners of the land described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter called “the said land”
): And whereas the said Natives, having been in rebellion against the authority of Her Majesty the Queen, have returned to their allegiance, and have expressed a desire that they should be allowed to settle on their said lands: And whereas the Governor hath permitted the said Natives to enter upon the possession of the said land, and hath promised that the said land shall be granted to them as hereinafter mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that legal effect should be given to the promise aforesaid:
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 is “The Onewhero Grant Empowering Act, 1879.”
2 Power to Governor to grant land.
It shall be lawful for the Governor to grant to Patoromu Titoko, Meri Titoko, Timata Titoko, Parauri Titoko, Purena Kamehana, Hori te Kanawa, Mere Paora te Karekare, Tuhira, Te Waru te Taiki, Roka Ihaka te Taiki, Tauwhara te Tatau, Te Katipa Tauwhara, Karira Kauahi, Kaweahau, Poukou te Tatau, Paroa te Ahiwera, and Te Retí Ngataki, of Onewhero, aboriginal natives, and their heirs for ever, the said land, in trust for the Ngatiamaru, Ngatikahu, and Ngatikaitutai hapus of the Ngatipou tribe of aboriginal natives: Provided that the Crown grant of the said land shall contain a condition or proviso that the said land thereby granted shall be absolutely inalienable by gift, sale, lease, or mortgage.
Schedule
All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement four thousand three hundred and fourteen (4,314) acres, more or less, situated in the Parish of Onewhero, in the Onewhero Survey District, and being Allotment number ninety-nine (99). Bounded towards the West and North by a road line, forty-seven thousand nine hundred (47900) links; towards the South-east by lines, Allotment number thirteen (13), Allotment number fifty-one (51), and again by Allotment number thirteen (13), and by a road line, twenty-six thousand six hundred and eleven (26611) links; and towards the South-west by Allotment number sixty-five (65), and the Tawhatawha Stream, seventeen thousand two hundred and forty-five (17245) links: save and excepting one surrounded space, being Allotments numbers sixty-seven (67) and sixty-eight (68) of the Parish of Onewhero aforesaid, containing eighty (80) acres, and six (6) roads, each one hundred (100) links wide, which intersect the area hereby granted: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Auckland.
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Onewhero Grant Empowering Act 1879
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