Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1853 – No. 8

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Name of Claimant. No. of Claim. No. of Report. District. Commissioners' Decision.
Thomas Chaffer and William George 359 359 Opawa section No. 29, Aorere, and £150, compensation on one allotment.
Entitled to a Crown Grant for one hundred and fifty acres of land, being rural section numbered 39 on the plan of the district of Opawa.
And is further entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of one hundred and fifty pounds (£150), compensation on one allotment.
John Dollin Bassett 360 360 Wairau West Entitled to a Crown Grant for one hundred and fifty acres of land, being rural section numbered 52 on the plan of the district of Wairau West.
And is further entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of four hundred and fifty pounds (£450), being £150 in exchange for rural section No. 5, Aorere, and £300, compensation on two allotments.
John Kilvert 361 361 Wairau West Entitled to a Crown Grant for one hundred and fifty acres of land, being rural section numbered 78 on the plan of the district of Wairau West.
And is further entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of one hundred and fifty pounds (£150), compensation on one allotment.
George John Graham 362 362 Wairau West Entitled to a Crown Grant for one hundred and fifty acres of land, being rural section numbered 73 on the plan of the district of Wairau West.
And is further entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of four hundred and fifty pounds (£450), being £150 in exchange for rural section No. 6, Aorere, and £300, compensation on two allotments.
Thomas Hodgson 363 363 . . . Entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of three hundred pounds (£300), being £150 in exchange for rural section No. 28, Wakefield Downs, and £150, compensation on one allotment.
William Heath 364 364 Town of Nelson
Waimea South
Omaka		 Entitled to Crown Grants for one acre of land, being section numbered 210 on the plan of the town of Nelson ; for one hundred and fifty acres, being suburban section numbered 9 on the plan of the district of Waimea South ; and for one hundred and fifty acres, being rural section numbered 14 on the plan of the district of Omaka.
And is further entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of one hundred and fifty pounds (£150), compensation on one allotment.
John Edward Ross Pember 365 365 Town of Nelson Entitled to a Crown Grant for one acre of land, being section numbered 168 on the plan of the town of Nelson.
And is further entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of three hundred and fifty pounds (£350), being £200 in exchange for suburban section, No. 57, Waitohi Valley, and for rural section, No. 9, Aorere, and £150, compensation on one allotment.


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🗺️ Commissioners' decision on land claims under the New Zealand Company (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
15 November 1853
Land claims, New Zealand Company, Crown Grants, Government Scrip, Opawa, Wairau West, Nelson, Waimea South, Omaka
8 names identified
  • Thomas Chaffer, Claimant for land and compensation
  • William George, Claimant for land and compensation
  • John Dollin Bassett, Claimant for land and compensation
  • John Kilvert, Claimant for land and compensation
  • George John Graham, Claimant for land and compensation
  • Thomas Hodgson, Claimant for land and compensation
  • William Heath, Claimant for land and compensation
  • John Edward Ross Pember, Claimant for land and compensation