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Consideration-various articles of merchan- western shore of the said Bay or Harbour of
dise, value not stated.
Nature of conveyance-not stated.
Case No. 270.-ALEXANDER FRAZER, of Syd- Wanga Nui Atera or Port Nicholson, until the
ney, cooper, and THOMAS FRAZER. of Kapiti, point where the said Rimarup range strikes the
Cook's Straits, New Zealand, claimants
sea in Cook's Straits, outside the western head-
All that piece or parcel of land, including the land of the said Bay or Harbour of Wanga
whaling station, called Long Point, situate at Nui Atera or Port Nicholson, is the western
Kapiti, Cook's Straits, New Zealand, (Con- boundary of the said lands, tenements, woods,
tents not stated.)
bays, harbours, rivers, streams, and creeks.
Alleged to have been purchased about eight From the said point where the Rimarup range of
years ago, from certain native Chief's not mountains strikes the sea in Cook's Straits, in a
named, by Mr. Thomas Wright, who sold direct line to the aforesaid point, where the
to the claimants.
Turakiria range strikes the sea in the said
Consideration-in the first instance not stated Cook's Straits, is the Southern boundary of the
but the claimants allege that, at the time of said lands, tenements, woods, bays, harbours,'
their purchase, they paid the natives various rivers, streams and creeks. Also the said Bay,
goods to the amount of about £30 sterling.
harbour and district of Wanga Nui Atera or
Nature of conveyance-not stated.
Port Nicholson, including the island of Maka-
Case No. 287.-THOMAS BARKER, of Sydney, roa and the island of Matui, which islands are
master-mariner, claimant.
both situate in the said harbour of Wanga Nui
2, Two acres, more or less, situate on the Atera, or Port Nicholson, as well as all other
west side of the Harbour at Port Nicholson, and lands, tenements, woods, bays, harbours, rivers,
immediately adjoining the native Pah Hewipote; streams, and creeks situate within the aforesaid
bounded on the east by the sea; on the north boundaries.
by the native chapel; and on the north-west by Alleged to have been purchased by claimant
a fresh water creek.
from the native Chiefs, Matangi Epuri,
Alleged to have been purchased from the na- Bonacawa, Rongatua, Kariwa, Raihaia,
tive chief Richard Davies and his children, Kawia, Tuaaga, Etioko, Tuigatoro, Tuati,
on the 11th and 12th November, 1839.
Wakanidi, Ernan, Atnawera, Ewaieh, Wa-
Consideration to the natives-£70 sterling.
repori.
Nature of conveyance-a Deed dated 12th Consideration given to the natives, a quantity
November, 1839.
of merchandise, value not stated.
Case No. 374.- WILLIAM WAKEFIELD, on be- Nature of conveyance-a deed dated twenty-
half of the New Zealand Company, claimant.
seventh day of September, 1839.
The whole of the Bay, Harbour and District of Case No. 374. (a)--WILLIAM WAKEFIELD, on
Wanga Nui Atera, commonly called Port Ni- behalf of the New Zealand Company, claimant.
cholson, situate on the north eastern side of The whole of the lands, islands, tenements,
Cook's Straits. The summit of the range of woods, bays, harbours, rivers, streams and
mountains known by the name of Turakiria, creeks, which were then in possession of the
from the point where the said range strikes the sellers, or to which they then laid any claim, or
sea, in Cook's Straits, outside of the eastern in which they had any rights or interests, on the
headland of the said Bay and Harbour of Wangi Southern as well as on the Northern shore of
Nui Atera, or Port Nicholson, along the summit Cook's Straits, comprising all those lands, islands,
of the said range, called Turakiria, at the dis- tenements, woods, bays, harbours, rivers, streams
tance of about twelve English miles, more or less, and creeks, situate on the Southern shore of the
from the low water mark on the eastern shore said Cook's Straits, which are bounded on the
of the said Bay or Harbour of Wanga Nui Atera, south by the parallel of the forty-third degree of
or Port Nicholson, until the foot of the high south latitude, and on the west, north and east,
range of mountains called Tararua, situste about by the sea, including Taitap, Wanganui, Onata-
forty English miles, more or less, from the sandy ria or Cape Farewell, Pakawao, Takaka, Taonuti,
beach at the north eastern extremity of the said Motuaka, Waimea, Okata, Okapunka, Kiana and
Bay or Harbour of Wanga Nui Atera, or Port Horano, the Overri or Pelorus River, Admiralty
Nicholson, is the Eastern boundaries of the said Bay, and the several islands of Montungarna,
lands, tenements, woods, bays, harbours, rivers, Kararru, Kakaho, Nguaiah, situate therein. Oma-
streams and creeks. From the point where the hanga or Port Gore, Totaraenua, Queen Char-
said eastern boundary strikes the foot of the lotte's Sound, Wangapui or Port Underwood in
aforesaid Tararna range of mountains, along the Cloudy Bay, the River and district of Wairoa,
foot of the said Tararua lange, until the point Paramirowiti, Kapaiatia, To Koraka or Cape
where the range of mountains, called Rimarup, Campbell, Waipapa, Mangamanu, Kaikora, Aitia
strikes the foot of the said Tararua range, is the Peketa, Te Kia-kia, Onut and Te Whanga, and
North eastern boundary of the said lands, tene- also comprising all those lands, tenements,
ments, woods, bays, harbours, and creeks. From the point where the said Rimarup range of moun- woods, bays, harbours, rivers, streams and
tains strikes the foot of the Tararua range, along creeks, situate on the northern shore of the said
the summit of the said Rimarup range of moun- Cook's Straits, which are bouuded on the north-
tains, at a distance of about twelve English miles, east by a direct line drawn from the southern
more or less from the low water mark on the head of the river or harbour of Mokao, situate on
the west coast, in the latitude of about thirty-
eight degrees South, to Tehakahore, situate in
the East coast, in the latitude of about forty-one