William Benbow, Arowhenua, Freehold; Sect 6613
of 20 acres
on the South Bank of Temuka; Geraldine
district
Grant by Purchase
under Land Regulations of 1st April, 1856
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 considerations Us thereunto
moving We for Us our Heirs and Successors do hereby Grant unto William
Benbow of Temuka, in the Province of Canterbury New
Zealand Labourer his Heirs and Assigns all that Paecel of Land in
the Province of Canterbury in our Colony of New Zealand contining by
admeasurement Twenty Acres more or less situate in the Timaru
District commencing at a point on the Western side of the roads
forming - the Western boundary of Section 5283 one chain North of the
Nowthern corner of Section 5581 thence Northwesterly along the said roads
a distance of five chains and running back Southwesterly in a rectangular
block a distance of fourty chains and numbered 6613 on the Map of the
Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury setting out and describing
the rural lands in the Timaru District
aforesaid
As the same is delineated on the
plan drawn on the Margin hereof WITH all the Rights and Appurtenances
thereto belonging: To Hold unto the said William
Benbow..........................................his Heirs and Assigns for
ever IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused this Our Grant to be sealed with
the Seal of our Colony of New Zealand.
G. Grey
Witness our Trusty and Well-loved
Sir George Grey H> C. B. Govenor and Commander-In-Cheif in and over the
Colony of New Zealand, at Wellington, this Thirtieth day of August
in the twenty eighth year of Our Reign: and in the year of our Lord
One Thousand eight hundred and sixty four
G Grey
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