Extract from Commissioner's Report.
1844. 10 March.The right of Nopera Panakareao to alienate this land has been
contested by the chief Commissioner's report. Pororua, his tribe living thereon. In consequence of the violence of this
dispute, the examination of this Claim was not proceeded with. The Claimant having
stated his desire to cede any title he may possess to this purchase to the
Government for a compensation in land, at the rate of seven shillings and
eightpence per acre, upon the amount of his expenditure of £220 . 7 . 0, the
Commissioner therefore respectfully recommends that a Grant for 575 acres should
be issued to Samuel H. Ford, his heirs and assigns for ever, excepting 100 feet
from high-water mark, upon his surrendering the original deeds of purchase for the
above described land to the Government.
Edward L. Godfrey,
Commissioner.
Robt. FitzRoy.Governor's award.
A True Copy of Original Deeds, Translations, and Commissioner's Report.No. 300d.O.L.C.
Wellington, 25th April, 1879.