Land Claims Decisions




DISTRICT. No. of Report. No. of Claim. NAME OF CLAIMANT. COMMISSIONER’S DECISION
Lower Hutt. 87 95 James Nelson Burckhardt. Entitled to a Crown Grant of Eighty-seven acres or thereabouts, being part of the Sections numbered 17 and 21 in the Lower Hutt District, the boundaries whereof will be particularly defined by the Commissioner. Subject to a certain direction as to the issue of such Grant recorded in the Office of the Commissioner.

Wellington. | 38 | 82 | James Green. | Entitled to a Crown Grant of part of the Town Acre No. 172 on the plan of the Town of Wellington, the boundaries whereof will be particularly defined by the Commissioner.

Wellington and Karori. | 39 | 99 | George Buck. | Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Town Acre No. 564 on the plan of the town of Wellington. And also part of the Town Acre No. 400 on the same plan. And also Ten Acres, being part of the Section No. 36 in the Karori District. The boundaries of all which said pieces of land will be particularly defined by the Commissioner.

Petre. | 40 | 98 | Joseph Jones. | Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Town Section No. 10 on the plan of the Town of Petre, and also one half of the Town Section No. 11 on the same plan, the boundaries whereof will be particularly defined by the Commissioner.

Wellington. | 41 | 84 | William Waring Taylor. | Entitled to a Crown Grant of part of the Town Acre No. 203 on the plan of the Town of Wellington, having 52 feet frontage or thereabouts to Herbert street, the boundaries whereof will be particularly defined hereafter by the Commissioner.

Karori. | 42 | 94 | William Bicknell. | Entitled to a Crown Grant of Eight Acres, being part of the Country Section No. 32 in the Karori District, the boundaries whereof will be defined hereafter by the Commissioner. Subject to a certain direction as to the issue of such Grant, recorded in the office of the Commissioner.

Upper Hutt. | 43 | 105 | John Waterson. | Entitled to Crown Grants of Twenty-five Acres, being part of the Section No. 95 in the Upper Hutt District, and also of Thirty-seven Acres and half an Acre of unsurveyed Land adjoining the Upper Gorge of the Hutt Valley, the boundaries whereof will be particularly defined by the Commissioner.

Porirua. | 44 | 73 | Robert Burgess. | Entitled to Crown Grants of Fifteen Acres, being part of the Country Section No. 12 on the plan of the Porirua District (Kaiwarra Division). And also Fifty Acres, being part of the Country Section No. 1 on the plan of the Horokiwi Road District, the boundaries of which said pieces of land will be particularly defined hereafter by the Commissioner. Subject to a direction of the Commissioner.

Wellington. | 45 | 103 | James Blyth. | Entitled to Crown Grants of a piece of land being part of the Town Acre No. 203 on the plan of the town of Wellington. And also a piece of Land being part of the Town Acre No. 170 on the plan of Wellington. The boundaries of which said pieces of land will be particularly defined hereafter by the Commissioner.

Wanganui. | 46 | 104 | James Blyth. | Entitled to Crown Grants for One hundred and fifty Acres, being parts of the Sections numbered 3, 4, 5, and 6 on the left bank of the Wanganui River. Also Eight...



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF New Munster Gazette 1852, No 9A





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🗺️ Decisions on Land Claims by the New Zealand Company (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
5 April 1852
Land claims, Crown grants, New Zealand Company, Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua, Ohariu, Rangitiki, Karori, Petre, Wanganui
10 names identified
  • James Nelson Burckhardt, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Lower Hutt
  • James Green, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Wellington
  • George Buck, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Wellington and Karori
  • Joseph Jones, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Petre
  • William Waring Taylor, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Wellington
  • William Bicknell, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Karori
  • John Waterson, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Upper Hutt
  • Robert Burgess, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Porirua and Horokiwi Road District
  • James Blyth, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Wellington
  • James Blyth, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Wanganui