Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims

(Enclosure No. 1.) — No. 187.—Pre-emption Certificate

(Enclosure No. 1.)
No. 187.—Pre-emption Certificate.

800 Acres in favour of Elizabeth Smithson and William Smithson. Auckland, New Zealand, 11th March, 1845.

I certify that His Excellency the Governor has consented—on behalf of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen—to waive the right of pre-emption over not more than Eight Hundred Acres of Land.

Boundaries. [800 acres.] Situated at Mahurangi being part of the Wai Werawera, bounded on the East by the Waiwerawera River: on the West by the Government boundary line, and on the North and South by land belonging to the Natives.

By Command of His Excellency.
Andrew Sinclair,
Colonial Secy.

Copied and Registered.
C. H. McIntosh,
Secy. to the Land Commission.