(Enclosure in No. 273.)
Transfer from Peter Monro to Henry
Hopkins.
1845. 26 July.Hokianga District.This Deed made the Twenty-sixth day of July in the Year One
thousand eight hundred and forty-five Between Peter Monro late of Hokianga but now
of Auckland both in the Te Mata.Henry Hopkins. territory of New Zealand Storekeeper of the first part Henry Hopkins of
Hobart Town Van Dieman's Land Merchant of the second part and Thomas Edward Cowry
of Auckland aforesaid Solicitor of the third part Whereas by Crown Grant dated the
Twenty-second day of October last under the hand of Robert Fitzroy Esquire then
Governor and Commander in Chief of the said Territory and its dependencies and
under the seal thereof Her Majesty Queen Victoria did grant unto the said Peter
Monro his heirs and assigns All that allotment or parcel of land in the said
Territory said to contain six hundred acres more or less situated on the Hokianga
River and called "Mata" hereinafter more particularly described And Whereas the
said Henry Hopkins hath contracted with the said Peter Monro for the absolute sale
to him of the said six hundred acres for the sum of Six hundred pounds and hath
requested that the same may be conveyed to him, in manner hereinafter contained
which the said Peter Monro hath consented to Now this deed witnesseth that for and
in consideration of the said sum of Six hundred pounds paid to the said Peter
Monro by the said Henry Hopkins (the Receipt for £600. receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) he the said Peter Monro
doth-hereby convey and assure unto the said Henry Hopkins his heirs and assigns
for ever All that allotment Boundaries. [600 acres.] or parcel of land in the said Territory said to contain Six hundred acres
more or less situated in the Hokianga River and called "Mata" and of which the
boundaries are as follows On the South by a Creek called Pupuwai on the North by a
Creek called Ohopianui on the Back or West by a Forest of Timber called Rawitiroa
and on the front or East by the River Hokianga with all the rights and
appurtenances whatsoever thereto belonging and also the hereinbefore mentioned
Crown Grant of the Twenty-second of October last To hold the said piece or parcel,
of land hereby conveyed with the appurtenances unto the said Henry Hopkins his
heirs and assigns for ever Subject nevertheless to such uses and upon such trusts
and for such intents and purposes as the said Henry Hopkins shall by any deed or
writing direct limit or appoint and in default of such direction limitation or
appointment to the use of said Henry Hopkins and his assigns during his natural
life and from and after the determination of that estate by any means then to the
use of the said Thomas Edward Cowry during the natural life of the said Henry
Hopkins upon trust for the said Henry Hopkins and his assigns to the intent as the
said Henry Hopkins doth hereby declare that no widow whom he may leave shall be
entitled to dower out of the said premises or any part thereof, and after the
expiration or sooner determination of the several estates hereinbefore limited
then to the use of the said Henry Hopkins his heirs and assigns for ever and to no
other use trust intent or purpose whatsoever. In Witness whereof the said parties
hereto have hereunto subscribed their names.
Peter Monro.
Thos. E. Cowry.
Signed by the said Peter Monro and Thomas.
Edward Cowry in the
presence of— D. McDonald, Store Keeper, Auckland. W. R. Gundry, Chemist,
Auckland.
No. 171.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed and Transfer.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
6th December, 1878.