Land Vesting Orders




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

unatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order
that such hereditaments, or any part thereof, or
interest therein, as shall to the Governor in Council
be shown to belong to such infant, lunatic, or other
person under legal disability, shall be vested in
trustees, as the Governor in Council shall think fit:
And whereas by virtue of a Crown Grant bearing
date the sixth day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in George Grey Tookey, Alfred
Tookey, Elizabeth Tookey, Daniel Tookey, and John
Tookey, of the District of Hauraki, in the Province of
Auckland, in the Colony of Zew Zealand, half-castes:
And whereas the said George Grey Tookey, Alfred
Tookey, Elizabeth Tookey, Daniel Tookey, and John
Tookey are infants under the age of twenty-one
years:
Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, in exercise and in pursuance of the powers
and authorities vested in him by the said Act, doth
hereby order that the lands described in the Schedule
hereto shall be and remain vested in Daniel Tookey,
of Tookey's Flat, near Shortland, Settler, as Trustee
within the meaning and for the purposes of the said
Act, for the said George Grey Tookey, Alfred
Tookey, Elizabeth Tookey, Daniel Tookey, and John
Tookey, their heirs and assigns.

SCHEDULE.
All that parcel of land in our Province of Auckland,
in our Colony of New Zealand, containing by ad-
measurement three (3) acres, one (1) rood, and seven-
teen (17) perches, more or less, situate at Short-
land, in the District of Hauraki, Queen's County,
being called or known by the name of "Te Kopoko,'
and numbered one thousand two hundred and eighty-
one (1,281); bounded towards the North-east by
the Huikaretu, A. No. 2 Block, six hundred and
fifty-seven (657) links; towards the South-east by
the Huikaretu, B. Block, seven hundred and forty-
three (743) links; towards the South-west by Hui-
karetu, A. No. 1 Block, three hundred and twenty-
nine (329) links; and towards the West by the Tani-
wha, C. Block, forty-five (45) links and two hundred
and eighty-five (285) links, and the Pukerahui Block
one hundred and sixty-three (163) links, one hundred
and thirty-nine (139) links, and one hundred and
forty-nine (149) links, subject to so much of the
said piece or parcel of land as is marked on the plan
drawn hereon as a road, and thereon distinguished by
being coloured brown, being declared to be dedicated
to public uses for ever as a road or highway for all
purposes whatsoever, of the width marked on the said
plan, with full power to all persons or bodies who
may at any time have the care and management of
such road or or highway, to employ all usual, necessary,
and incidental means for forming, using, maintaining,
improving, and altering the same as and for a public
road or highway, and for constructing or carrying out
any improvements or works whatsoever for public
uses for ever.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

title to or interest in any hereditaments shall accrue
to any Maoris who, or any of whom, shall be infants,
lunatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order
that such hereditaments, or any part thereof, or
interest therein, as shall to the Governor in Council
be shown to belong to such infant, lunatic, or other
person under legal disability, shall be vested in
trustees, as the Governor in Council shall think fit:
And whereas by virtue of a Crown Grant bearing
date the eighth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, the parcel of land and here-
ditaments described in the Schedule hereto, became
vested in Hori Ngakapa Whanaunga, Eruere Maihi,
Hone Tari, and Pita Wata, of the District of Hauraki,
in the Province of Auckland, aboriginal natives of
New Zealand: And whereas the said Eruera Maihi,
Hone Tari, and Pita Wata, are infants under the age
of twenty-one years:
Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, in exercise and in pursuance of the powers
and authorities vested in him by the said Act, doth
hereby order that the lands described in the Schedule
hereto, shall be and remain vested in Hori Ngakapa,
Whanaunga, of Hauraki, an aboriginal native of
New Zealand, as Trustee within the meaning and for
the purposes of the said Act, for the said Eruera
Maihi, Hone Tari, and Pita Wata, their heirs and
assigns.

SCHEDULE.
All that parcel of land in our Province of Auck-
land, in our Colony of New Zealand, containing by
admeasurement five (5) acres two (2) roods and
twenty-seven (27) perches, more or less, situate at
Shortland, in the District of Hauraki, Queen's
County, being called or known by the name of
Tawhitirahi No. 2, and numbered one thousand six
hundred and five (1,605); bounded towards the North-
east by the Kauaeranga Creek and a branch of it;
towards the South-east by a line one thousand one
hundred and seventy-five (1,175) links; towards the
South-west by the Hauraki Gulf; and towards the
North-west by a line one thousand three hundred
(1,300) links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-sixth day of September, 1870.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Court of Appeal Act,
1862," and "The Court of Appeal Act Amend-
ment Act, 1870," it is enacted that the Court shall
hold its sittings at such times and places as shall be
from time to time fixed by the Governor in Council
and proclaimed in the Government Gazette thirty
days at least before the time so fixed respectively:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, doth hereby fix that a sitting of the
Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held
within the Supreme Court House in the City of
Wellington and Province of Wellington upon the
ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.



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🗺️ Vesting of Land Title for Tookey Infants in Trustee (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land vesting, Crown Grant, Hauraki, Shortland, Trustee, Infants, Half-castes
6 names identified
  • George Grey Tookey, Infant beneficiary of vested land
  • Alfred Tookey, Infant beneficiary of vested land
  • Elizabeth Tookey, Infant beneficiary of vested land
  • Daniel Tookey, Infant beneficiary of vested land
  • John Tookey, Infant beneficiary of vested land
  • Daniel Tookey, Appointed Trustee for beneficiaries

  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Vesting of Maori Land Title for Natives in Trustee

🪶 Māori Affairs
Land vesting, Crown Grant, Hauraki, Shortland, Trustee, Maori, Natives, Tawhitirahi No. 2
  • Hori Ngakapa Whanaunga, Appointed Trustee for beneficiaries
  • Eruere Maihi, Infant beneficiary of vested land
  • Hone Tari, Infant beneficiary of vested land
  • Pita Wata, Infant beneficiary of vested land

  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

⚖️ Fixing date and location for Court of Appeal sitting

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
26 September 1870
Court of Appeal, Sitting, Wellington, Proclamation, Order in Council
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council