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

(3.) The Locality and Extent claimed

(3.) The Locality and Extent claimed.

The total area originally estimated to have been comprised in all the claims cannot be accurately ascertained. In many cases the extent of the claim was not stated. In some the contents were page 626estimated in round numbers by millions of acres, or by degrees of latitude and longitude, or by the expression "as far as a cannon shot will reach." So far as can be estimated, however, after excluding the last-mentioned classes, the particulars as given in the return show a total of 10,322,453 acres.