Finlayson v Auckland District Land Registrar - (1904) 24 NZLR 341

Native Land — Inalienable Land — Partition — Power of Native Land Court — "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," Sections 53 and 117 — "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," Sections 5, 13, and 31 — "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896," Section 27 — "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897," Section 2 — Alienation of Native Land — Order of Native Land Court partitioning Land inalienable by Law — Transfer of Part of Partitioned Land to Purchaser — Certificate by Commissioner that Alienation in Accordance with Law — Tender of Transfer for Registration — Refusal of Land Registrar to register — Duties of Land Registrar.