Extract From Commissioner's Report.
1844. 2 May.Grant to issue in favour of Edward Lord, for 305 acres.The purchase having been made for and on account of the
claimants (Edward Lord, of Sydney) has been proved by W. S. Grahame; the execution
of the deed, and the payment by Tirarau. This purchase not having been fully
completed until after the Proclamation dated the 14th January, 1840, forbidding
the acquirement of lands from the Natives of New Zealand after that date, a
compensation for the outlay made by the claimants of one acre for every pound
sterling is respectfully recommended, being a grant for 305 acres of any land to
be issued to Edward Lord, his heirs and assigns for ever.
Edward L. Godfrey,
Commissioner.
No. 140.O.L.C. A True Copy of Original Deed and Extract.
Wellington, 20th November, 1878.