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Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims

Awahou Block (Land in), etc., Manawatu, Otaki District. — Report of Land Claims Commissioner

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Awahou Block (Land in), etc., Manawatu, Otaki District.
Report of Land Claims Commissioner.

In the Court of Claims.
In the Matter of the Claims of the Half-caste Children of Thomas U. Cook, of 1862. 17 November.Otaki District.Awahou, Etc. Manawatu. Children of T. U. Cook.

The annexed copies of original documents recorded in the Land Purchase Department show clearly this claim, and that the land has been freely given up by the Natives of Manawatu for the children of T. U. Cook.

These are the pieces of land so given up: One on the north bank of the Manawatu River, containing 197 acres, which is named as a reserve for Cook's children in the cession of the Awahou Block to the Crown; the others, containing respectively 122 acres and 229 acres, on the south bank of the Manawatu.

The first-named piece will be granted to Cook in trust for his children under the provisions of "The Land Claims Settlement Extension Act, 1858."

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It is hereby accordingly directed that a grant be issued to Thomas U. Cook, of Manawatu, for (122) one hundred and twenty-two acres and (229) two hundred and [351 acres.] twenty-nine acres respectively (more or less), on the south bank of the Manawatu River, in trust for the half-caste children of the said T. U. Cook.
Auckland, 17th November, 1862.

(l.s.) F. D. Bell, L.C.C.

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