Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 29

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✨ Māori Land Reserves



Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
23rd October, 1855.

In answer to an application dated 23rd inst. last, to be furnished by the General Government with a Return showing the Lands reserved on account of the Maories, the following Return has been received and is now published for general information.

W. M. Brown,
Superintendent.

RETURN of RESERVES made on account of the Maories by the General Government, in the Province of Auckland, and of Reserves which the Natives have themselves made when they sold the Land adjoining.

Situation. Extent. Special purpose or General object. Title. Trustees. Present use, and whether yielding rent or not.
City of Auckland 2 0 14 Native Hostelry Crown Grant A. Sinclair, W. Swainson, and A. Shepherd Occupied by Natives, no rent
Suburbs do. 4 1 4 Ditto Ditto Rent £3 per annum
Mangerei Village 475 0 0 Native Village Ditto, in favour of Te Whero None Occupied by Natives, no rent
Onehunga 2 0 9 Native Hostelry Not Granted [Where Ditto Ditto
Village of Waiuku 1 3 0 Ditto Ditto
Parish of Pakuranga, being Lots Nos. 32 and 33 260 0 0 Native purposes only Native Ditto Occupied by Natives, no rent
Papakura, Old Pub, and Land around it 1800 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto In possession of Natives, no rent
Maraetai 6500 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Native Chief, Isaac’s Settlement 640 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Tuhimata 600 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Karaka 80 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Manukau, North side 1000 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
West Coast Waitakere 600 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Ditto: Piha 100 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Waiuku Block, Puhiatahi 700 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Ditto: Pakumahoe 1000 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Ditto: Amanaga Purupuru 2 1 5 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Ditto: Purapuru 300 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Ditto: Akaka 283 1 14 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Ditto: Codlin’s reserve 500 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Waingarei 100 0 0 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Waiuku Block Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto

The pieces of Land marked thus are the only ones which can properly be called reserves. The other pieces were kept back by Natives when they sold the adjoining Land to the Crown.

CHARLES W. LIGAR,
Surveyor General.



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🗺️ Return of Māori Land Reserves in Auckland Province

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
23 October 1855
Māori reserves, Land titles, Auckland Province, Crown Grants, Trustees
  • A. Sinclair, Trustee for Native Hostelry in City of Auckland
  • W. Swainson, Trustee for Native Hostelry in City of Auckland
  • A. Shepherd, Trustee for Native Hostelry in City of Auckland
  • Te Whero, Named in Crown Grant for Mangerei Village

  • W. M. Brown, Superintendent
  • Charles W. Ligar, Surveyor General