Legal and Land Notices




Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 10th August, 1869.

THE following application for a Pastoral Lease has been received in accordance with "The Marlborough Waste Lands Act, 1867."

John Davies .

District—Kaituna Valley.

Boundaries—On the North by a line seventy two (72) chains from the North-east corner of Section No. 1 to the dividing range, on the East by the dividing range, on the South partly by Crown Land and partly by W. Brownlee’s application to the South-east corner of Section No. 2, on the West by Sections No. 2 and 1 to the starting point.

Estimated Extent—842 acres.

Deposit paid—£2.

JAMES BALFOUR WE MYSS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Provincial Treasury,
Blenheim, 14th August.

AN Auctioneers’ License available to the 31st December, 1869, has been issued to

Mr. ARTHUR BEAUCHAMP,
of Picton, Merchant.

CYRUS G. OULTER,
Provincial Treasurer.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

NELSON DISTRICT.

Between Arthur Beauchamp, James M’Beth and William Welford, Plaintiffs;

and

Godwin George Hood, Defendant,

WHEREAS by a writ of Fieri Facias issued in this action, and directed to me, I am commanded of the real and personal estate of the above named defendant to be caused to be made the sum of ninety-two pounds ten shillings and six pence, together with interest upon the said sum at the rate of eight pounds for every hundred pounds by the year, from the first day of May, 1869, together with two pounds (£2) for the said writ, besides sheriff’s poundage, officer’s fees, and expenses of the said execution.

Now, I hereby GIVE NOTICE that I shall cause to be sold by public auction by Mr. HENRY DODSON, at his Auction Mart, in the town of Blenheim, in the Province of Marlborough, on Saturday, the twenty-eighth day of August, 1869, at the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon, unless the said debt or sum of ninety-two pounds ten shillings and six pence and interest as aforesaid, be sooner paid, together with the said sum of two pounds, besides Sheriff’s poundage, officers’ fees, and expenses of the said execution, ALL THE ESTATE, right, title, and interest of the said GODWIN GEORGE HOOD, of in and to all that parcel of land, containing 535 acres more or less, situated at Okiwa, in Queen Charlotte Sound, in the Province of Marlborough, the boundary of which said parcel of land commences at a point marked A in the plan annexed to the memorial of the judgement in this action, and runs on the following bearings with the magnetic meridian, 0° for 9500 links; 50¼° for 7200 links; 134° for 1500 links; 45½° for 3000 links; 314° for 2400 links; thence the boundary is formed of an arm of Queen Charlotte Sound running in a south-westerly direction to a white pine tree standing alone at the mouth of a blind creek; thence 7400 links in a line running about north and south so as to include the buildings and tramway occupied by ALEXANDER DUNCAN, to a point in the southern boundary of a piece of land of which this is a portion, late the joint property of JAMES M’BETH and AUGUSTUS ADOLPHUS ALEXANDER HOOD; then easterly 90° for 3900 links to the starting point, save and except 100 links from high-water-mark, and also excepting any necessary roads required for public purposes. And also all the estate, right, title, and interest of the said GODWIN GEORGE HOOD of, in, and to all that parcel of land situated at Otanarua Bay, in the District of Queen Charlotte Sound aforesaid, containing by admeasurement 136 acres, be the same more or less, being sections numbered respectively 29, 30, and 31 on the plan of the said district, bounded on the northward by high-water-mark of Otanarua Bay; on the eastward by section numbered 32 on the plan of the said district, 4220 links, on the southward partly by a public road 4790 links and partly by section numbered 28 on the said plan, 950 links; and on the westward by section numbered 28 on the said plan, 2770 links, and 1275 links. And also all the estate, right, title, and interest of the said GODWIN GEORGE HOOD of, in, and to all that parcel of land situated at Otanarua Bay



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1869, No 185





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🗺️ Application for Pastoral Lease

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 August 1869
Pastoral Lease, Kaituna Valley, Marlborough
  • John Davies, Applicant for Pastoral Lease
  • W. Brownlee, Adjacent land applicant

  • James Balfour Wemyss, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🏘️ Issuance of Auctioneers' License

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
14 August 1869
Auctioneers' License, Picton, Marlborough
  • Arthur Beauchamp (Mr), Issued Auctioneers' License

  • Cyrus G. Oulter, Provincial Treasurer

⚖️ Notice of Sale by Sheriff

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Sheriff's Sale, Blenheim, Marlborough, Debt Recovery
8 names identified
  • Arthur Beauchamp, Plaintiff
  • James M'Beth, Plaintiff
  • William Welford, Plaintiff
  • Godwin George Hood, Defendant
  • Henry Dodson (Mr), Auctioneer
  • Alexander Duncan, Occupier of buildings and tramway
  • James M'Beth, Joint property owner
  • Augustus Adolphus Alexander Hood, Joint property owner