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Copy of deeds relating to property in Niue:
1. 2 documents in vernacular language, identified as letters and papers relating to the London Missionary Society's Mission at Niue. Note on cover reads 'to be returned to LMS Station, Niue, in the care of the successor to the late Rev J. W. Cullen' (signed by J. Williams). Documents dated 1897. Includes plan of land referred to in documentation.
2. Plan of Govt. Res. And Mission Land, Alofi Village, Niue. Surveyed for Minister of Customs by H. D. M. Haszard, District Surveyor, Dec 16 1903
[These papers have been badly water damaged]
Transfer of properties from A.B.C.F.M. to LMS in the Gilbert Islands and Nauru:
3. Release of property from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the London Missionary Society, of rights and titles to mission houses, lands, churches and school houses held by lease or fee simple throughout the Gilbert Islands, including Banaba or Ocean Island and Nauru, 14 Sep 1917
Papers and plans of Loyalty Island properties:
4. 2 plans dated 1864 and 1865 relating to land and property in Lifou [Lifu], Loyalty Islands, being sold by R. M. Macfarlane (Concession of Mr Macfarlane), with accompanying paperwork, which includes a contract of sale, 1866, and a document dating from Dec 1887, bearing the name of M. Layard, Consul d'Angleterre. All material in French.
Copy of deeds relating to property in the Cook Islands:
5. Copies of title deeds relating to properties belonging to the London Missionary Society at Atiu; Rarotonga; Rakaanga; Mauke; Tauhunu, Manihiki; Omoka, Penhryns Island;Tukao, Manihiki; Pukapuka; Aitutaki; Mangaia. Original deeds date from 1840s-1890s. n.d. Also includes bundle of letters and notes, some in vernacular language, detailing properties in the Cook Islands and deeds associated with them.
6. Photocopied set of documents at 5.
7. Papers relating to Vivian Tomb, Tahiti. Includes F. Vernier's letter to Maire de la ville de Papeete, 6 Jul 1906, certificate of ownership, Rev Thompson, 22 Sep 1906, and extract of the Plan du Cimetiere (Cemetery Plan), 1906. All documents in French.
8. Feoffment of a piece of land at Matauta, called Papa, 6 May 1840. Between Galuvao, Aliivaa and Manigoa, Chiefs of Samoa and George Pratt, missionary of Matauta.
9. Transfer of two pieces of land in the district of Falealili, on the island of Upolu, Samoa, by Rev Thomas Powell to the Trustees of the London Missionary Society, 2 Nov 1885
10. Conveyance of mission house and other property at Papeete, Tahiti, George Pritchard to the Trustees of the London Missionary Society, 15 Jan 1845
11. Conveyance of two parcels of land at Matautu, island of Savaii, Navigator's Group. Rev George Pratt to John K Welch and others, Trustees of the London Missionary Society, 21 Nov 1881. Additional conveyance, 29 Nov 1881 [items have been badly water damaged in the past]
12. Deed of Gift of Tahiti property from the Trustees of the London Missionary Society to the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society, 30 Nov 1926. Includes typescript copy. Note with the document explains that it was left by the Bishop of Polynesia. Also includes copy of extract from minutes of Me G. E. A. Thuret, Notaire a Papeete, Tahiti, and copy correspondence from the Pastor of the Bethel Congregation at Papeete, to the LMS, regarding the deterioration of the building known as Bethel Church in Tahiti, 1951-1952
13. 2 sets of schedules for properties in Samoa. Both undated. Handwritten copy appears to date from c1900. Printed forms appear to be later in date, c1920
14. T. C. T. Potts, deceased (died 8 Dec 1944). Estate accounts for the period 8 Dec 1944-1 Jul 1946
15. Copies of leases of Mission premises at Nauru, 1906-1912. n.d. All documents in German
16. The London Missionary Society Corporation to the Incorporated Kwato Extension Association, Counterpart Lease of lands, hereditaments and premises in the Kwato District of the Territory of Papua, Commonwealth of Australia, 26 Mar 1920. Also includes Covenant between the Incorporated Kwato Extension Association with the London Missionary Society Corporation, 23 May 1929, and signed copy of receipt for Kwato Documents received from the Assistant Treasurer of the London Missionary Society, 20 Oct 1933
17. List of deeds for land held by the London Missionary Society, Papua, pre 1928. Superseded by 1928 list
18. Memorandum of agreement between Eirubeida and John Robinson for the London Missionary Society, regarding lease of land in the district of Anabar, island of Nauru, 15 Jan 1951
19. London Missionary Society Corporation to the Trustees for 'Lodge Calliope'. Lease of buildings and land at Maluafou, Tuamasaga District, Samoa, 14 Apr 1929
20. Lease and use agreements and plans relating to book shop at Fagatogo, Tutuila, American Samoa. Includes copy of Lease Agreement between the Government of American Samoa and the London Missionary Society, 5 Oct 1956, with plans, and note regarding the property and agreement, Apr 1957
21. Transfer of property from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the LMS in the Gilbert Islands and Nauru, 28 Aug 1917. Includes plots of land and buildings in province of Orro; Anakawidua situated in the north-west part of the Buada lagoon; Boraboran situated in the province of Ewa; Agabwe, situated in the province of Anibare and Aratsi situated in the province of Menen.
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