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Code of the Rules of Ancient Maori custom and modern Maori usage

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  • Description

    Compiled by Judge J.A. Wilson, Native Land Court, Wellington, 19 December 1910.

    Part 1 -- Historical introduction, ancient Maori custom; commission to inquire into ancient Maori custom, 1846 and 1861: the advent of the Pakeha; the effects of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Native Land act of 1862.

    Part 2 -- "take" with reference to Judges Maning, McDonald, Barton, Butler, O'Brien, von Sturmer, Mackay, Palmer, Seth-Smith, Fenton, Scannell, Gudgeon, and Mair; occupation and possession abandoned incidence of title after ownership ascertained, surveys, roads, incorporations, statutes of limitations.

  • Other Id

    2228 (Presto content ID)

    MS-1148 (Reference Number)

    22516 (DBTextworks system ID)

    81/89 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Code of the Rules of Ancient Maori custom and modern Maori usage
  • Primary Maker

     Judge John Wilson

  • Date
    1910
  • Physical Description

    4 x volumes

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Provenance Details
    Provenance: Purchased from Peter Webb Galleries, 1981.
  • Public Access Text

    Typed transcript available (94 leaves).

  • Last Update
    04 Nov 2022
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