Tuakau Block (Re-conveyance), Lower Waikaio District.
1867. 7 January.Lower Waikato District.This Deed is made the seventh day of January one thousand
eight hundred and sixty seven Between The Superintendent of the Province of
Auckland of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part
Whereas by Crown Grant bearing date the Tuakau. Eighth day of July one thousand eight hundred and sixty five the land
hereinafter Reconveyance from Superintendent of Auckland. mentioned and described was granted by Her Majesty unto the said
Superintendent And Whereas by an Act of the Superintendent and Provincial
Council of the Provinec of Auckland entitled "The Tuakau Block Surrender Act
1866" it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the
Province of Auckland by Deed under his hand and the Seal of the Province to
reconvey and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen the said lands Now this Deed
Witnesseth that in pursuance of the said Act and in consideration of the
premises He the said Superintendent of the Province of Auckland Doth hereby
convey assure and surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria All that parcel of
land in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand containing by
admeasurement (10,920) Ten thousand nine hundred and twenty acres more or less
situate on the Waikato River and known Boundaries. [10,920 acres.] as the Tuakau Block Bounded towards the South by the Waikato River
towards the West by the South eastern boundary of lot number eighteen of the
Parish of Pukekohe by a part of the boundary of lot nine of the Parish of
Pukekohe by the Eastern Southern and Western boundaries of lot number Forty
three of the Parish of Pukekohe and by a part of the Eastern boundary of lot
number Nine of the Parish of Pukekohe towards the North by the Western boundary
of lot number thirty six of the Parish of Pukekohe by the South western boundary
of lot number thirty five of the Parish of Pukekohe by the Western and Southern
boundaries of lot number thirty four of the Parish of Pukekohe by the abuttal of
the Pukekohe Road one hundred links wide by the Southern and Eastern boundaries
of lot number Thirty three of the Parish of Pukekohe and by part of the Eastern
boundary of lot number Thirty two of the Parish of Pukekohe towards the East by
a part of the Western boundary of lot number Forty one in the Parish of
Maungatawhiri by the Western boundary of lot number Forty in the Parish of
Maungatawhiri by a road (820) Eight hundred and twenty links (240) Two hundred
and forty links and (220) Two hundred and twenty links by the abuttal of the
Tuakau and Pokeno road one hundred links wide by the Western boundary of lot
number Ten of the Parish of Maungatawhiri by the abuttal of the Bluff road one
hundred links wide and by the Western boundaries of lots numbers sixty seven
sixty six and sixty five of Parish of Maungatawhiri to the Waikato River at the
junction of the Wairere Creek as the same is delineated on the Plan drawn on the
margin hereof and therein colored Red Together with all the rights and
appurtenances thereto belonging In Witness Whereof The Superintendent of the
Province of Auckland hath hereunto set his hand and seal and the seal of the
Province of Auckland the day and year first above written.
Fredk. Whitaker.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by Frederick Whitaker Superintendent of
the Province of Auckland and sealed with the seal of the Province of Auckland,
in the presence of—
Joseph Browne, Cf. Clerk, Superintendent's Office.
January 7th, 1867.
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The seal of the Province of Auckland attached on the eighth day of
January; 1867, by me—
R. B. Lusk,
Keeper of the said Seal.
In presence of—
Joseph Browne, Cf. Clerk, Superintendent's Office.
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Registration. Tuesday, 8 January, 1867.—Recd. for Registn. at 3.45 p.m.
(l.s.)
Jas. H. Crawford,Registrar
A True Copy of Original Deed and Endorsement.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
April 19th, 1875.