Land Sales and Pensioner Selections




RETURN of Land sold at the Survey Office under the Regulations of 4th March, 1853—the surveys of which have been approved—from 1st to 30th April, 1855.

Under the Regulations of 9th March, 1853.

Locality No. of Acres Name Amount
A. R. P. £ s. d.
Mahurangi 176 0 0 Benjamin Newell 80 0 0
Matakana 22 0 0 James Taylor, balance of claim 10 0 3
Ditto 110 0 0 Ditto 50 0 0
Ditto 68 0 0 Ditto 40 0 0
Waitemata 158 0 0 W. H. Blake 62 2 0
Wangarei 176 0 0 Duncan McKenzie 80 0 0
Ditto 110 0 0 Murdoch McKenzie 50 0 0
Weiti 68 0 0 Alexander Shepherd 40 0 0
Weiti 22 0 0 A. H. Russell 10 0 0
Hunua 310 0 0 Wm. Bates 50 0 0
Ditto 110 0 0 Wm. Kew 50 0 0
Mangatoitoi 1977 0 0 J. Dilworth 969 10 0
Mahurangi 177 0 0 Wm. McDonald 79 13 0
Hunua 230 0 0 Thomas Pollock 105 10 0
Mahurangi 110 0 0 Terence Kennedy 50 0 0
Waitemata 220 0 0 P. Dugan 100 0 0
Wangaroa 110 0 0 Duncan McArthur 50 0 0
Ditto 88 0 0 Thomas Phillips 40 0 0
Weiti 440 0 0 Joseph Day 200 0 0
Mahurangi 88 0 0 A. W. Hansard 40 0 0
Ditto 68 0 0 W. B. Montgomery 40 0 0
Ditto 68 0 0 R. H. Wynyard 40 0 0
Waiheke 105 0 0 G. E. Elliott 47 5 0
Ditto 88 0 0 Alexander Crummell 40 0 0
Pakuranga 88 0 0 John Adam Sims 40 0 0
Ditto 110 0 0 Henry Figg 50 0 0
Wahu 410 0 0 Edward Bull and Lucy Reading 50 0 0
Pukekohe 360 0 0 John Williamson 162 0 0

Total: £2,664 0 3

PENSIONER SELECTIONS.

Locality Sec. Lot Conts. Purchase Money Proportion of purchase money Name Amount
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Panmure 1 63 3 0 10 0 0 Two-thirds Patrick Murphy 6 13 4
Waitemata 1 63 5 0 10 0 0 One-third Ditto, 3rd instalment 3 6 8
Howick 10 30 5 0 10 10 0 Do. John Goonan 3 10 0
Pakuranga 10 30 5 0 10 10 0 Do. William Kerr 3 6 0
Ditto 28 4 3 30 10 2 1½ Do. James Donelly 3 7 4½
Ditto 9 12 3 0 10 10 0 Do. John Brailey 2 10 0
Ditto 11 0 1 6 2 2 0 In full. John Brailey 2 2 0
Ditto 25 5 5 0 10 10 0 Two-thirds Nicholas Codd, 2nd & 3rd inst 7 0 0

Total: £31 15 4½

C. W. LIGAR,
Surveyor-General,



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🗺️ Return of Land Sold at Survey Office

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land sales, Survey Office, Mahurangi, Matakana, Waitemata, Wangarei, Weiti, Hunua, Mangatoitoi, Waiheke, Pakuranga, Wahu, Pukekohe
27 names identified
  • Benjamin Newell, Purchased land in Mahurangi
  • James Taylor, Purchased land in Matakana
  • W. H. Blake, Purchased land in Waitemata
  • Duncan McKenzie, Purchased land in Wangarei
  • Murdoch McKenzie, Purchased land in Wangarei
  • Alexander Shepherd, Purchased land in Weiti
  • A. H. Russell, Purchased land in Weiti
  • Wm. Bates, Purchased land in Hunua
  • Wm. Kew, Purchased land in Hunua
  • J. Dilworth, Purchased land in Mangatoitoi
  • Wm. McDonald, Purchased land in Mahurangi
  • Thomas Pollock, Purchased land in Hunua
  • Terence Kennedy, Purchased land in Mahurangi
  • P. Dugan, Purchased land in Waitemata
  • Duncan McArthur, Purchased land in Wangaroa
  • Thomas Phillips, Purchased land in Wangaroa
  • Joseph Day, Purchased land in Weiti
  • A. W. Hansard, Purchased land in Mahurangi
  • W. B. Montgomery, Purchased land in Mahurangi
  • R. H. Wynyard, Purchased land in Mahurangi
  • G. E. Elliott, Purchased land in Waiheke
  • Alexander Crummell, Purchased land in Waiheke
  • John Adam Sims, Purchased land in Pakuranga
  • Henry Figg, Purchased land in Pakuranga
  • Edward Bull, Purchased land in Wahu
  • Lucy Reading, Purchased land in Wahu
  • John Williamson, Purchased land in Pukekohe

🗺️ Pensioner Selections

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Pensioner selections, Panmure, Waitemata, Howick, Pakuranga
6 names identified
  • Patrick Murphy, Pensioner selection in Panmure and Waitemata
  • John Goonan, Pensioner selection in Howick
  • William Kerr, Pensioner selection in Pakuranga
  • James Donelly, Pensioner selection in Pakuranga
  • John Brailey, Pensioner selection in Pakuranga
  • Nicholas Codd, Pensioner selection in Pakuranga

  • C. W. Ligar, Surveyor-General