Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two
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Translation.
Napier,
June 13th, 1870.
1870. 13 June. Hawke's Bay.
Whereas
by an Order of His Excellency the Governor in Council date the twelfth day of January 1867 it was declared that from that date the District designated theMohaka-Waikare No.2.
"Mohaka Waikare District" the boundaries whereof are defined and described in the Schedule hereunder written, should be a district within the provisions of "The New Zealand Settlements Act 1863-65" and did thereby reserve and take the lands within the said district, not being the property or held under grant from the Crown for the the purposes of Settlement, and did further declare with the advice and consent aforesaid that no land of any loyal inhabitant within the said district would be retained by the Government and further, that all rebel inhabitants of the said district who came in within a reasonable time and made submission to the Queen, would receive a sufficient quantity of land within the said district for their maintenance.