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A PROCLAMATION Declaring the abandonment of the Waitara Purchase. By His Excellency Sir George Gkey> Knight Commauder of the , Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Command er-in- Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand ana its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c. WHEREAS an engagement for the purchase of a certain tract of land at the Waitara, commonly known as Teira's block, was entered into by the Government, of New. Zealand in the year One thousand eight hundred aud fifty-nine, but the said purchase has never been completed: And whereas circumstances connected with the said purchase unknown to the Government at the time of the sale of the said land have lately transpired which make it advisable that the said purchase should not be further proceeded with: Now, ; therefore, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, dcfth hereby declare that the purchase of the said block of land is abandoned, and all claim to the same on the part of the Government is henceforth renounced. ■ Given under my hand, at New Plymouth, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand this eleventh day of May, in the year of. our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. G. Gee*. By His Excellency's command, Alfred Domett. God Save the Queen !

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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume III, Issue 5, 1 June 1863, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume III, Issue 5, 1 June 1863, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume III, Issue 5, 1 June 1863, Page 5

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