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1. That on the 2nd day of October, 1873,1 made application to purchase all that allotment of land, No. 166, of the Parish of Pepepe, District of Waikato. 2. That such application was made by me for and on behalf of myself, Thomas Eussell, James Williamson, James Tannock Mackelvie, and William Aitken, in equal shares, and the purchase money thereof was paid by the said several persons in equal proportions—that is to say, every one of the said persons paid one-fifth part of the said purchase money. 3. That the said allotment of land has not, nor has any part of it, been alienated or in any other manner dealt with since the said 2nd day of October, 1873, the date of the said purchase; and the said allotment of land is now the property of me the said Frederick Whitaker, Thomas Russell, James Williamson, James Tannock Mackelvie, and William Aitken, free from incunibrances in equal shares. 4. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled " The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866." Fbedebick Whitakeb. Declared at Auckland, the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, before me — W. S. Hitbst, Justice of the Peace.

Enclosure 2 in No. 31. Declaration by Commissioneb of Ceown Lands, Auckland. I, Daniel Austin Tole, Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province of Auckland, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows : — 1. That a Crown grant has been issued in favour of Frederick Whitaker, Thomas Russell, James "Williamson, James Tannock Mackelvie, and William Aitken, for Lot No. 166, of the Parish of Pepepe, in the District of Waikato. 2. That in the habendum clause of the said Crown grant, the words "as tenants in common and not as joint tenants " were inadvertently omitted to be inserted therein. 3. That the said allotment of land has not been alienated or dealt with since the date of the first purchase—viz., the 2nd day of October, 1873. 4. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled " The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866." D. A. Tole. Declared at Auckland, the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, before me — Readeb G. Wood, Justice of the Peace.

By Authority: Geobge Didsbubt, Government Printer, "Wellington,—lB76. 2—C. 4a.