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New Zealand: Acts affecting Native Lands, 1886, 1888-91 and 1894-95

1895, No. 1. An Act to authorise the free Grant of certain Lands in the Waihou Survey District to the original Native Owners of the Hikutaia No. 1 Block of Land, in final Settlement of all Claims of the said Natives to any Part of the Lands within the said Block

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New Zealand. Analysis.

Title
Preamble.
1.Short Title.
2.Governor may make free grant of land to Natives in settlement of dispute.
3.Grant to be in full satisfaction of all claims. Schedule.

1895, No. 1. An Act to authorise the free Grant of certain Lands in the Waihou Survey District to the original Native Owners of the Hikutaia No. 1 Block of Land, in final Settlement of all Claims of the said Natives to any Part of the Lands within the said Block.Title.

[27th July, 1895.
Whereas a dispute of long standing has existed between thePreamble. Native owners of the block of land known as "Hikutaia No. 1" and the grantee of land adjacent thereto held under grant, known as "McCaskill's grant," from the Crown: And whereas, owing to former defective surveys and the complete absence of the original boundary marks, it was found impossible to reinstate the original boundaries:

And whereas the Chief Surveyor of Auckland and the Native Agent of the district, having met all the parties concerned in the dispute, have reported that the original Native owners of the said block have consented to accept a free grant in fee-simple of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto in full settlement of all matters in dispute as aforesaid, and also in full satisfaction of all claims of any kind whatsoever which they may have over any of the lands comprised in McCaskill's grant from the Crown:

And whereas it is expedient to carry out the terms of such settlement, and to that end statutory provision is necessary:

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1.The Short Title of this Act is "The Hikutaia No. 1 BlockShort Title. Boundary Act, 1895."
2.
The Governor is hereby authorised to issue a warrant for aGovernor may make free grant of land to Natives in settlement of dispute. free grant unto the following persons as tenants in common of the land named in the Schedule hereto, to hold the same without power of alienation by sale, lease, or mortgage in any way whatsoever except to the Crown:—
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Matiu te Pamahue; Te Herewini te Rangai; Rawiri te Wakaiti; Ngahuia Ngakaho; Marara Hikori; Hone te Huiraukura; Te Raki-raki; Wiremu Tangatapo; Mata te Kura; Tamati Paetai; Hakepene Hura; Akeake Mikaere; Ngapuhoro Paitaki; Hatara Ngatai; Pokai te Aperahama; Hera Paremataiti; Paranihia Whakahau; Heta Tawhiri; Rangihoro Paetai; Te Amo Paetai; Hanateiha Pahau; Miriama Konehu; Mene Paetai.
3.Grant to be in full satisfaction of all claims. The grant of the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be, and shall be held to be, a full satisfaction of all claims of any kind whatsoever which the original Native owners have, or claim to have, over any of the lands comprised in McCaskill's grant from the Crown as aforesaid.

Schedule.
Land District of Auckland. Schedule.

Section 4, Block IV., Waihou Survey District, containing 50 acres 2 roods, more or less.

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