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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

"The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856."

"The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856."

I, Thomas Henry Smith, a person duly appointed in that behalf under the provisions of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856," do hereby report that I have ascertained the assent of the aboriginal inhabitants and proprietors of a certain piece or parcel of land described in the schedule hereunder written, and in a deed of cession of the same to Her Majesty the Queen, bearing date the 26th day of April, 1859, to the grant by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand of the aforesaid piece or parcel of land to the Bishop of the Church of England in New Zealand and his successors, pursuant to the provisions of the said Act, in trust for the site of a church and burial-place and for the endowment of a school in connection with the Church of England.

Witness my hand this 20th day of May, 1859.

Thos. H. Smith.