Land Transactions and Assessments




RETURN showing the Lands; Applications received for Unagricultural land to go to Auction at 5s. an acre; and Assessments paid on Runs at the Crown Land Office, Napier, for the period from the 1st April to the 30th April, 1863, inclusive.

Date. No. of Application. Name. District. Area of Land purchased. Amount. Rate per Acre. Area of Unagricultural Land to go to Auction at 5s. an acre. Amount. Rate per Acre. Naval & Military Settlers’ Land Orders. Remarks.
1863 A. R. P. £ s. d. A. R. P. £ s. d. A. R. P.
April 1 1334 Whitmore & Neill Ahuriri 210 0 0 47 5 0 4s. 6d.
7 1335 Andrew Lafl Town Section No. 103, Clive 1 0 0 4 13 6 £20 Dep. forf’d. 16th Mar. 1863 And 6s. 6d. balance of New Zealand Gov. Scrip.
9 1337 A. M’Lean Rural Sec. No. 38 Kereru Bush 20 0 0 40 0 0 40s.
9 1338 Niel Walker Rural Section 39, Kereru Bush 20 0 0 40 0 0 40s.
9 1339 C. Lambert Ruataniwha 80 0 0 40 0 0 10s.
9 1340 C. Lambert Ruataniwha 600 0 0 15 0 0 6d
10 1341 E. Tuke Rural Section No. 12, Kereru Bush 20 0 0 40 0 0 40s.
10 1342 John Hughes Tautane 40 0 0 20 0 0 10s.
11 1343 James Watt Rur. Secs. 8, 9, 10, 11, Kereru Bush 62 0 0 124 0 0 40s.
13 1344 E. Tuke Rural Section No. 6, Kereru Bush 14 0 0 28 0 0 40s.
16 1345 W. Jarvis Town Section 50, Clive 1 0 0 5 0 0 £20
20 1346 G. S. Whitme Western Side of Harbor 265 0 0
22 1347 H. W. P. Sm Rural Section No. 4, Kereru Bush 20 0 0 40 0 0 40s.
23 1348 S. G. Brandon J. N. Wilson Rural Section No. 3, Kereru Bush 20 0 0 40 0 0 40s.
24 1349 W. R. Miller Ahuriri 677 0 0 152 6 6 4s. 6d. Deposit forfeited 16th March, 1863
24 1350 J. G. Kinross Rur. Secs. 13, 14, 41, Kereru Bush 60 0 0 120 0 0 40s.
25 1351 J. N. William Rural Section 40, Kereru Bush 20 0 0 40 0 0 40s.
27 1352 Thos. Mason Maraekakaho 100 0 0 2 10 0 6d
28 1353 C. Lambert Ruataniwha 40 0 0 20 0 0 10s.
1308 2 0 801 5 0 700 0 0 17 10 0 265 0 0

Assessments on Runs.

Curtis & Curtis Mohaka, 9916acs. at ¼d. for 1862 20 13 2
April 13 John Parson Pukititiri, 5729acs. 11 18 9
16 Whitmore & M’Neill Ahuriri (late Hill’s run) 3200acs. 6 13 4
30 Whitmore & M’Neill “ (late Imrie’s run) 10,000ac.” 20 16 8
30 Whitmore & M’Neill “ (late Williams’ run) 8916 at ¼d.” 8 5 9
30 Whitmore & M’Neill “ (late Towgood & Cambell’s run) 11,332 acres at ¼d.” 23 12 2
30 Whitmore & M’Neill “ (late Leadam’s run) 4,000acs. for 12 months, 3,756 acres for 6 months at ¼d.” 12 4 11
30 Whitmore & M’Neill “ (late Benton’s run) 980acs.” 2 0 10
30 M. Hutchinson “ ...acs. at ¼d.” 30 0 7
30 M. H. W. Dyson “ ...acs. at ¼d.” 38 4 6
975 15 8
Deduct Salary of Receiver of Land Revenue 6 5 0
Total 969 10 8

Crown Land Office, Napier,
4th May, 1863.

H. S. TIFFEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.



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🗺️ Land Applications and Assessments at Napier Crown Land Office

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 May 1863
Land applications, Auctions, Assessments, Napier, Crown Land Office, Unagricultural land, Naval & Military Settlers’ Land Orders
21 names identified
  • Whitmore, Applied for land at Ahuriri
  • Neill, Applied for land at Ahuriri
  • Andrew Lafl, Applied for Town Section No. 103, Clive
  • A. M’Lean, Applied for Rural Sec. No. 38 Kereru Bush
  • Niel Walker, Applied for Rural Section 39, Kereru Bush
  • C. Lambert, Applied for land at Ruataniwha
  • E. Tuke, Applied for Rural Section No. 12, Kereru Bush
  • John Hughes, Applied for land at Tautane
  • James Watt, Applied for Rur. Secs. 8, 9, 10, 11, Kereru Bush
  • W. Jarvis, Applied for Town Section 50, Clive
  • G. S. Whitme, Applied for Western Side of Harbor
  • H. W. P. Sm, Applied for Rural Section No. 4, Kereru Bush
  • S. G. Brandon, Applied for Rural Section No. 3, Kereru Bush
  • J. N. Wilson, Applied for Rural Section No. 3, Kereru Bush
  • W. R. Miller, Applied for land at Ahuriri
  • J. G. Kinross, Applied for Rur. Secs. 13, 14, 41, Kereru Bush
  • J. N. William, Applied for Rural Section 40, Kereru Bush
  • Thos. Mason, Applied for land at Maraekakaho
  • John Parson, Assessed for Pukititiri
  • M. Hutchinson, Assessed for Ahuriri
  • M. H. W. Dyson, Assessed for Ahuriri

  • H. S. Tiffen, Commissioner of Crown Lands