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116. Under this Act a small portion only of the Whanganui-o-Rotu (approximately what could have been the then Native and official idea of the extent of the Ahuriri Harbour) was by Crown grant vested in the Superintendent of the Hawke's Bay Province. The text of this Crown grant is as follows, and the plan that formed part of it is attached to this report as Appendix C.

Gtoivti Grants R.6.A. Grant under the Public Reserves Act, 1854 VICTORIA by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, To all to whom these presents shall come : Greeting. KNOW YE that for good consideration Us thereunto moving We for Us Our Heirs and Successors Do hereby Grant unto His Honor Thomas Henry Fitzgerald of Napier Superintendent of Our Province of Hawke's Bay and his Successors Superintendents of the said Province ALL that parcel of land be the same above or below highwater mark in the Province of Hawke's Bay aforesaid in Our Colony of New Zealand situate in the Harbor of Napier and bounded towards the North by a line commencing at a point on the seaward face of Meanee Quay in the town of Napier opposite to the Southeasternmost angle of Alfred Street thence running Eastward along the seaward face of Meanee Quay aforesaid and along the seaward boundaries of a Native Reserve and of a Government Reserve and again along the seaward face of Meanee Quay to the Government Reserve at the Western head of Port Napier thence along the seaward boundary of the said Reserve to its easternmost point thence across the mouth of the harbor to the Westernmost point of the Government Reserve at the Eastern head thence along the seaward boundaries of the said Reserve and of the Town Sections numbered respectively five hundred and eighteen five hundred and seventeen and five hundred and sixteen and of the Custom House Reserve thence across the seaward termination of a public road or street and along the seaward boundaries of the Town Sections numbered respectively five hundred and fifteen and five hundred and fourteen thence across the seaward termination of a public road or street and along the seaward boundaries of the Town Sections numbered respectively five hundred and thirteen the same being an Educational Reserve and five hundred and twelve thence along the seaward face of Waghorne Street to the Western angle of the Town Section numbered five hundred thence along the seaward boundaries of the said Section of a Government Reserve and of the Town Sections numbered respectively four hundred and ninety nine four hundred and ninety eight and four hundred and ninety five four hundred and ninety three four hundred and ninety one four hundred and eighty nine and four hundred and eighty seven thence across the seaward termination of a public road or street and along the seaward boundaries of the Town Sections numbered respectively four hundred and eighty five four hundred and eighty three and four hundred and eighty one to the Northeastern angle of the Section last named thence across Waghorne Street and along the Eastern boundary of the Town Section numbered four hundred and eighty thence along the Southern side of the Hardinge road to the Northeasternmost angle of the Town Section numbered four hundred and seventy thence along the Eastern boundary of the Section last named and the seaward boundary of the Town Section numbered four hundred and sixty nine the same being an Educational Reserve thence across Waghorne Street and along the seaward boundaries of the Town Section numbered four hundred and sixty eight thence across a public street or road and along the seaward boundaries of the Town Sections numbered respectively four hundred and sixty seven and four hundred and sixty six thence across Waghorne Street and along the seaward boundaries of the Town Section numbered four hundred and fifty seven thence along the Hardinge road to the Battery Reserve thence along the seaward boundaries of the said Battery Reserve to the commencement of the Battery Road TOWARDS the East by the Battery Road aforesaid from the Point last named to Battery Point thence by the Hyderabad Road to its junction with the Havelock Road thence by the Wellesley Road to a point opposite to the Southwesternmost angle of the Government Reserve at the Southern extremity of the Town of Napier TOWARDS the South by a line bearing South Eighty five degrees West a distance of Two miles and Sixteen chains or thereabouts to a point due South of the point of commencement And towards the West by a line bearing due North a distance of one mile and twelve chains or thereabouts to the Point on Meanee Quay first above named

Entered on Record this Oth day of January, 1861. (Sgd.) W. Gisborne, For the, Colonial Secretary and Registrar. K. No. 6A, Folio 81.

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