✨ Applications for depasturage licenses
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APPLICATIONS for DEPASTURAGE LICENSES, in accordance with the LAND REGULATIONS of the 1st of July, 1856, received by the Commissioner of Crown Lands during the Month of December, 1857.
T. Wilson . . District—Amuri.
Boundaries—On the South, by the river Hurunui; East, by Mr. Dampier's run; North, by the Snowy Peaks; West, by a large lake.
Estimated extent—Twenty thousand acres.
Deposit paid—£30.
W. R. Cator . . District—East Wairau.
Boundaries—Wairau river, sea coast from Wairau river mouth to range of hills, range of hills from coast to Massacre Hill.
Estimated extent—Seven thousand acres.
Deposit—£15.
E. M. Templer . . District—The Grey.
Boundaries—On the South, by the river Grey, commencing at a point opposite the junction of the Haura and Grey rivers, and following the course of the Grey upwards for twenty miles by three miles in breadth.
Extent—Thirty-five thousand acres.
Deposit—£50.
George & Henry Lee . . District—The Grey.
Boundaries—On the South, by the Ahaura or second easterly branch of the Mawhera or Grey; on the West, by the Grey; and running about six miles north of the third easterly branch of the Grey river.
Estimated extent—About Sixty thousand acres.
Deposit paid—£50.
J. S. Caverhill . . District—The Amuri.
Boundaries—On the North, by the Hope and Wai-au-ua rivers; on the East, by a line running due south for three and a-half miles, the line commencing about a mile below the junction of the Kakapo creek with the Wai-au-ua; on the South-west, by a line running up the Wai-au-ua and Kiwi creek.
Estimated extent—Twenty thousand acres.
Deposit paid—£30.
T. H. Harrison . . District—The Grey.
Boundaries—On the North, by the third easterly branch of the Mawhera or Grey; on the East, by a line drawn parallel to the Grey, commencing about ten miles along the third easterly branch of the Grey, from the point where it joins the Grey river, commencing at a point bush at the foot of the hills.
Estimated extent—Ten thousand acres.
Deposit paid—£15.
James Wilson . . District—Amuri.
Boundaries—On the South, by the Wai-au-ua or Young river, commencing at a point about 8 miles west of the end of the Hammer plain, and following the river up.
Extent—Ten thousand acres.
Deposit—£15.
John Gibson . . District—Wairau.
Boundaries—On the Eastward, by the eastern branch of the "Branch" river; on the Westward, by the eastern boundary of the run originally leased to Dr. Wilson, and transferred by him to Mr. Schroder; Southward, by the High Mountain Range.
Estimated extent—About five thousand acres.
Deposit paid—£15.
James Mackay, jun. . . District—The Mawhera or Grey.
Boundaries—On the Northward, by the tho river Grey or Mawhera, until its junction with the Mawhera-iti, and thence proceeding northward along the said river Mawhera-iti four miles; on the North-east, by a straight line five miles; on the South-east, in a straight line, returning southward five miles; thence westward four miles; and from thence south-east five miles; and having a frontage on the south of the river Ahaura of two and one-half miles.
Estimated extent—Twenty-four thousand acres.
Deposit paid—£50.
Sir Wm. Congreve . . Applies for a license over any portion (if any) of a certain run in the Amuri district, now in the occupation of Mr. Henry Young, that may be found on a re-survey thereof to exceed the amount he was entitled to at the time the license was issued authorizing his occupation of the same.
Deposit paid—£50.
ALFRED DOMETT, Commissioner.
Land Office, Nelson, 10th January, 1858.
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🗺️ Applications for depasturage licenses received by the Commissioner of Crown Lands
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey10 January 1858
Depasturage licenses, Crown Lands, Land Regulations, Nelson, Land applications
14 names identified
- T. Wilson, Applied for depasturage license
- W. R. Cator, Applied for depasturage license
- E. M. Templer, Applied for depasturage license
- George Lee, Applied for depasturage license
- Henry Lee, Applied for depasturage license
- J. S. Caverhill, Applied for depasturage license
- T. H. Harrison, Applied for depasturage license
- James Wilson, Applied for depasturage license
- John Gibson, Applied for depasturage license
- Wilson (Dr.), Previous lessee of run
- Schroder (Mr.), Transferee of run
- James Mackay, Applied for depasturage license
- Wm. Congreve (Sir), Applied for license over excess land
- Henry Young (Mr.), Occupier of run
- Alfred Domett, Commissioner
Nelson Provincial Gazette 1858, No 2