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He ture hei whakamana i Te Kawana ki te whakaoti i etahi tikanga mo nga karaati whenua e takoto ana ki Rangiwhakaoma i te Porowini o Poneke. (30 o Akuhata, 1874.).
An Act to empower the Governor to carry out certain engagements for Grants of Land situate in Whakataki, near Castle Point, in the Province of Wellington
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
An Act to empower the Governor to carry out certain Title. engagements for Grants of Land situate in Whakataki, near Castle Point, in the Province of Wellington.
And whereas in consideration of his loyalty and the good services he continuously rendered to the Government of the colony, His Excellency Sir George Grey, the then Governor of New Zealand, did make a free gift of another portion of the above-mentioned block of land to the Native chief Te Wiremu Te Potangaroa, now deceased, and it is expedient that the said land should be assured to the children and the grandchildren of the above-named chief Te Potangaroa:
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And whereas further, upon the twentieth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, Doctor Isaac Earl Featherston, the then Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, did make a promise to the original owners of the aforesaid Whakataki Reserve, that it should be given back to them for their support and maintenance, and it is expedient to give effect to such promise:
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
| 1. | Short Title. The Short Title of this Act shall be "The Whakataki Grants Act, 1874." |
| 2. | Governor may issue Crown grants absolute. It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, at any time after the passing of this Act, to execute Crown grants for the several pieces of land mentioned in the First Schedule hereto in favour of the several persons enumerated in the second column of the said Schedule, and set opposite the numbers of the lots of the said pieces of land respectively, in fee-simple absolute, without any restrictions whatever. |
| 3. | Also other Crown grants with restrictions It shall also be lawful for the Governor similarly to execute Crown grants for the two pieces of land mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto in favour of the several persons enumerated in the second column of the said Schedule, and set opposite the number of the lots of the said pieces of land respectively, subject to the conditions and restrictions that the respective grantees of the said two pieces of land shall not have the power to sell or make any other disposition of the said land without the consent in writing of the Governor first obtained in that behalf, except that they may lease the same for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, in possession and not in reversion, without fine premium or foregift, and without agreement or covenant for renewal or for purchase at a future time. |
| 4. | Vesting of legal estate. The legal estate in the lands comprised within the First and Second Schedules hereto shall vest and be deemed to have vested in the respective grantees on the days therein set forth respectively. |