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1948 NEW ZEALAND

REPORT OF ROYAL COMMISSION APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO AND REPORT UPON CLAIMS PREFERRED BY CERTAIN MAORI CLAIMANTS CONCERNING THE MOKAU (MANGINANGINA) BLOCK

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Command of His Excellency

Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Claims preferred by certain Maori Claimants concerning the Mohau (Manginangina) Block George the Sixth by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith: To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Sir Michael Myers, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and to Our Trusty and Well-beloved Kanaka Tajstgiawha Reedy, of Ruatoria, Farmer, and Albert Moeller Samuel, of Auckland, Retired: Greeting : Whereas by a certain deed of cession bearing date the 28th day of January, 1859, certain Chiefs and people of the Ngati-Whiu Tribe who thereunto subscribed their names, did thereby, on behalf of themselves, their relatives and descendants, and in consideration of the payment of the sum therein mentioned, cede to Her Majesty the piece of their land situated at Waimate North, in the Bay of Islands District, and named Mokau, the boundaries whereof were set forth in the said deed and in a map thereunto attached: