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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

[No. 61.]

No. 61.

[Extract from New Zealand Gazette.]

Lands brought under Operation of "The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856." Office of Minister for Native Affairs, Auckland, 26th May, 1859.

The following reports by Josiah Flight, Esq., one of the Commissioners of Native Reserves for the Province of Taranaki, are published for general information.

C. W. Richmond.

Report by Josiah Flight, Esq., of the Province of Taranaki, under "The New Zealand Native
Reserves Act, 1856."

Reserve No. 2 (150 Acres).

The Natives whose names are given below, having the sole right to 150 acres of this reserve, and they being desirous of bringing the same under the operation of the said Act, have executed a conveyance of the said land in favour of Her Majesty. The reporter has therefore the honour to recommend that such portion of the reserve as is delineated on the plan drawn in the margin of the deed of conveyance sent herewith should be brought under the operation of the said Act.

Names of the Natives:

Ngarongomate. Ko Hare.
Na Te Reo. Tamati Wiremu.
Waka. Taituha.
Wituri. Poharama.
Keremenita. Hoera Parepare.
Neratini. Manihera Kipa.
Manihera. Na Hone Wetere.

I have, &c.,

Josiah Flight.

New Plymouth, 14th March, 1859.

Report by Josiah Flight, Esq., of the Province of Taranaki, under "The New Zealand Native
Reserves Act, 1856."

Reserve No. 9 (Fitzroy Block).

The Natives whose names are given below, having the right to Reserve No. 9, situate in, the Town of New Plymouth, Fitzroy District, and being desirous of bringing the same under the operation of the said Act, have executed a conveyance in favour of Her Majesty. The reporter has therefore the honour to recommend that the said reserve, as the same is delineated in the plan drawn in the margin of the deed of conveyance sent herewith, should be brought under the operation of the said Act.

Names of the Natives:

Poharama, his x mark. Hoera Parepare.
Herihana. More.
Ko Meri Ripo, her x mark. Taniora, his x mark.
Piripi. Mori.

Josiah Flight.

Extract from minutes of the Executive Council of the 12th April, 1859.—"The Council recommend that the reports be adopted; and they are adopted accordingly."—F. G Steward, Clerk of, Executive Council.