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native chiefs Te Rau, Wiremu. Tenawe, Wiremu Haungohi, Ruatara, and others.

Consideration—1 horse, 10 blankets, £17 cash, 50 fgs tobacco.

Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs Whangaroa, Wiremu Haungoha, Wiremu Brother, Hare Tangohe, Taniwhi.

Case No. 73—Pre-emption certificate, No. 190—Adam Chisholm.

1000 acres. One thousand acres of land commencing at a place called Maungatahi, on the river Manukau, running thence through Waihouhai to Te Pukepukē, to a stake erected by the chiefs, striking thence in a straight line to a place called Whakarau, and thence to Ohiwairoa, on the Manukau river, being bounded on one side by the aforesaid river.

Consideration—Cutter "Oripia."

Case No. 74—Pre-emption certificate, No. 192—Charles Robinson.

600 acres. Six hundred acres of land, situated in the district of Wahu, bounded on the east by government land, on the south by Manukau harbour, on the north and west by native lands.

Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs Kawau, Keene, Te Hira.

Consideration—£10.

Case No. 75—Pre-emption certificate, No. 121—George Hart.

800 acres. Eight hundred acres of land situated at Papakura, and called Kowahu, being immediately outside the government line, and bounded by the land of the native chief Te Rau.

Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs Pepena, and others.

Consideration—1 horse, 2 saddles, 1 bridle, and £6 in money.

Case No. 76—Pre-emption certificate, No. 88—Alice Porter.

600 acres. Six hundred acres of land, situated at Manukau, commencing at the creek Otetore, from thence to Titirangi, from thence along the Auckland road to a stake, thence to a stake bearing east by north, thence to the creek Otorou, and thence along the Manukau coast to the starting point.

Alleged to have been purchased from the native chief Keene.

Consideration—£15 cash.

Case No. 77—Pre-emption certificate, No. 89—W. F. Porter.

1200 acres. One thousand two hundred acres of land, situated west of the Wahu on the Manukau.

Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs Kawau, Te Rangi.

Consideration—Cutter "Oripia."

Case No. 78—Pre-emption certificate, No. 158—R. F. Porter.

900 acres. Nine hundred acres of land, situated near Titirangi, bounded on the east by a line from a stake in the Auckland road to the Mangurewa creek, on the south by land in possession of Mr. W. Porter, called Oripia, on the west by a line from One Where Whero, to the Wairoa creek, and on the north by land proposed to be purchased in favor of Mr. Porter.

Case No. 79—Pre-emption certificate, No. 159—W. F. Porter.

800 acres. Eight hundred acres of land situated near the Wahu creek, bounded on the east by a line from a stake in the Auckland road to the Mangurewa creek, on the south by land in possession of Te Kawau, on the west by land in possession of Te Kawau, and on the north by the Wahu creek.

Case No. 80—Pre-emption certificate, No. 160—Eliza Gaden.

600 acres. Six hundred acres of land situated at the Wahu creek, bounded on the east by the land of Te Kawau, on the south by the same, on the west by the Wairoa creek, and a line from thence to One Where Whero, and on the north by the Wahu creek.

Case No. 81—Pre-emption certificate, No. 161—William Porter.

800 acres. Eight hundred acres of land situated near the Wahu creek, bounded on the east by a line from a stake in the Auckland road to the Mangurewa creek, on the south by land in possession of Te Kawau, on the west by a line from One Where Whero to the Wairoa creek, and on the north by land in possession of Te Kawau.

Alleged to have been purchased from the native chief Kawau.

Consideration—2 cloaks, 1 goldwatch, 1 double-barrelled pistol, 1 bag flour, 1 bag sugar, 6 shirts, 6 pairs trousers, 5 coats, 10 blankets, £50 in money.

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