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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

Extract from Commissioner's Report

Extract from Commissioner's Report.

Robert Lawson, the claimant and the original purchaser in conjunction with Henry Commissioner's report. Davis, has sworn to the transfer of said Henry Davis's share to him in 1838, and to his having sold and transferred the whole of the land above described in June 1841 to James Johnson.…. The Commissioner therefore respectfully recommends that a Grant for the above-described Land should be issued to James Johnson, his heirs and assigns, for ever. Excepting 100 feet from high-water mark.

Edward L. Godfrey,
Commissioner.

Auckland, 8th April, 1843.

A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed, Transfer, and Report. no. 351.O.L.C.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 6th August, 1879.