Crown Land Sales




Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, October 3, 1851.

HIS Excellency the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR has been pleased to direct the following Return to be pub-
lished for general information.

By His Excellency's command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.


NEW ZEALAND, PROVINCE OF NEW ULSTER.

A RETURN of all SALES of CROWN LANDS (exclusive of Sales by Public Auction) by Alexander Shepherd, Esq., Colonial Treasurer, during the period from the 1st July, to the 30th September, 1851.

Locality Sec Lot Contents Upset Price per Lot When offered by Auction Purchasers Amount £ s d
County of Eden,
Parish of Waitemata 43 34 0 2 0 12 10 0 7 Jan., 1850 James Burtt 12 10 0
Town of Auckland 29 33 0 1 0 31 5 0 Ditto Ditto 31 5 0
Ditto 29 34 0 1 17 35 12 6 Ditto Ditto 35 12 6
Ditto 30 9 0 1 11 31 17 6 26 June, 1851 Edmund Mahony 31 17 6
Ditto 30 14 0 0 33 20 0 0 13 Aug., 1850 James Gilbert 20 0 0
Ditto 33 15 0 0 20 52 10 0 Ditto Charles Madden 52 10 0
Suburbs of Auckland 3 13 5 0 0 126 0 0 7 Jan., 1850 Augustus B. Abraham 126 0 0
Ditto 3 14 0 3 18 103 10 0 Ditto Ditto 103 10 0
Ditto 4 1 6 1 0 94 0 7 3 Dec., 1849 F. E. Campbell (see note) 83 0 0
Village of Onehunga 33 15 0 1 26 19 13 4 18 Sept., 1849 Edwin Leathart 19 13 9
Parish of Panmure
County 43 105 0 0 105 0 0 7 Jan., 1850 Rev. Gideon Smales 105 0 0
Ditto 130 73 0 0 72 0 0 Ditto Ditto 72 0 0
Ditto 135 80 0 0 80 0 0 24 Sept., 1849 Richard Kerm Babe 80 0 0
Parish of Takapuna 2 13A 6 3 34 69 12 6 13 Aug., 1850 James Hammond 69 12 6
County 5 50 0 0 50 0 0 29 May, 1851 John Long Heyd’n 50 0 0

Selected by Enrolled Pensioners,

Parish of Waitemata.

Locality Sec Lot Contents Upset Price per Acre Proportion of the Purchase Money Purchasers Amount £ s d
Onehunga 41 5 0 0 5 0 0 One-third C. Beswick, 1st Instalment 8 6 8
Ditto 57 4 1 0 5 0 0 Ditto Michael Kelly 7 1 8
Panmure 3 18 3 1 28 4 0 0 Ditto James Taylor 4 11 6
Otahuhu 24 5 0 0 3 0 0 Ditto William Miller 5 0 0
Ditto 37 5 0 0 3 0 0 Ditto Henry Mitchel 5 0 0
Ditto 39 3 3 20 3 0 0 Ditto Henry Smith 3 17 6
Parish of Manurewa
Howick 7 7 5 0 0 2 2 0 Ditto Lachlan M’Innes 3 10 0
Ditto 8 8 5 0 0 2 2 0 Ditto Thomas Gamble 3 10 0
Ditto 10 12 5 0 0 2 2 0 Ditto John Casey 3 10 0
Ditto 5 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 Two-thirds T. Smith, 1st & 2d Instalment 7 0 0

Parish of Waitemata.

Locality Sec Lot Contents Upset Price per Acre Proportion of the Purchase Money Purchasers Amount £ s d
Onehunga 22 5 0 0 5 0 0 One-third Patrick Kelly, 2d Instalment 3 6 8
Ditto 25 5 0 0 5 0 0 Ditto Charles Moore 3 6 8
Ditto 56 5 0 0 5 0 0 Ditto Thos. O’Brien 7 2 6
Otahuhu 19 4 1 4 5 0 0 Ditto John M’Anulty 3 6 8
Ditto 20 2 2 0 5 0 0 Ditto Francis Callaghan 4 3 4
Ditto 17 5 0 0 3 0 0 Ditto John Arthur 5 0 0
Ditto 23 5 0 0 3 0 0 Ditto Arthur Milgrew 5 0 0
Ditto 33 5 0 0 3 0 0 Ditto Thomas Vallas 5 0 0
Ditto 34 5 0 0 3 0 0 Ditto Michael M’Mullen 5 0 0
Ditto 41 5 0 0 3 0 0 Ditto John Trimble 5 0 0
Panmure 7& 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 Ditto Edward M’Daniel 3 6 8
Ditto 3 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 Ditto Patrick Connell 1 6 8
Ditto 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 Ditto Thos. Masterson 1 13 4
Ditto 1 10 0 0 4 0 0 Ditto Andrew Burke 3 6 8
Ditto 11 4 2 0 4 0 0 Ditto Michael Murphy 3 5 8
Ditto 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 Ditto John Jones 2 13 4
Ditto 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 Two-thirds James Taylor 4 11 0
Parish of Manurewa 8&2 1 0 0 2 2 0 One-third B. Smith, 2d & 3d Instalment 5 6 8
Howick 27 1 0 0 2 2 0 Ditto John Barron, 2d Instalment 0 14 0
Ditto 26& 1 0 0 2 0 0 On account P. Searls 1 7 0
Ditto 216 2 0 0 2 2 0 One-third T. Taylor 0 7 1
Ditto 225 1 0 0 2 2 0 On account Jas. Robinson 0 14 0
Ditto 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 Ditto Daniel Mackey 0 10 0
Ditto 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 On account Wm. Cunningham 3 0 0
Ditto 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 One-third Michael Murphy 1 8 0
Ditto 299 1 0 0 2 2 0 Balance J. Nicholas 1 2 0
Ditto 3 1 5 0 2 0 0 Two-thirds Wm. Chandler, 2d & 3d Ditto 1 2 0
Ditto 10 1 10 0 2 2 0 One-third J. Culbert, 3d Instalment 7 0 0

Parish of Wai-te-mata

| Town &c. | | 51 | 3 0 0 | 4 0 0 | Ditto | Benj. Canton | 6 13 4 |
| Meiklejohn | | 6 | 0 0 0 | | Robert Grant | 5 0 0 |

Amounting to Nine Hundred and Seventy-six Pounds, Four Shillings and Eight-pence Sterling ........ £976 4 8

Note.—Balance of credit granted under the regulations respecting the retirement of Military Officers to settle in the Colony.

A. SHEPHERD,
Colonial Treasurer.




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🗺️ Return of Crown Land Sales

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 October 1851
Crown Land, Sales, New Ulster, Auckland, Eden County, Waitemata, Panmure, Takapuna, Onehunga, Otahuhu, Manurewa, Wai-te-mata
51 names identified
  • James Burtt, Purchased land in Parish of Waitemata
  • Edmund Mahony, Purchased land in Town of Auckland
  • James Gilbert, Purchased land in Town of Auckland
  • Charles Madden, Purchased land in Town of Auckland
  • Augustus B. Abraham, Purchased land in Suburbs of Auckland
  • F. E. Campbell, Purchased land in Suburbs of Auckland
  • Edwin Leathart, Purchased land in Village of Onehunga
  • Gideon Smales (Reverend), Purchased land in Parish of Panmure
  • Richard Kerm Babe, Purchased land in Parish of Panmure
  • James Hammond, Purchased land in Parish of Takapuna
  • John Long Heyd’n, Purchased land in County
  • C. Beswick, Purchased land in Onehunga
  • Michael Kelly, Purchased land in Onehunga
  • James Taylor, Purchased land in Panmure
  • William Miller, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • Henry Mitchel, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • Henry Smith, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • Lachlan M’Innes, Purchased land in Howick
  • Thomas Gamble, Purchased land in Howick
  • John Casey, Purchased land in Howick
  • T. Smith, Purchased land in Howick
  • Patrick Kelly, Purchased land in Onehunga
  • Charles Moore, Purchased land in Onehunga
  • Thos. O’Brien, Purchased land in Onehunga
  • John M’Anulty, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • Francis Callaghan, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • John Arthur, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • Arthur Milgrew, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • Thomas Vallas, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • Michael M’Mullen, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • John Trimble, Purchased land in Otahuhu
  • Edward M’Daniel, Purchased land in Panmure
  • Patrick Connell, Purchased land in Panmure
  • Thos. Masterson, Purchased land in Panmure
  • Andrew Burke, Purchased land in Panmure
  • Michael Murphy, Purchased land in Panmure
  • John Jones, Purchased land in Panmure
  • James Taylor, Purchased land in Panmure
  • B. Smith, Purchased land in Howick
  • John Barron, Purchased land in Howick
  • P. Searls, Purchased land in Howick
  • T. Taylor, Purchased land in Howick
  • Jas. Robinson, Purchased land in Howick
  • Daniel Mackey, Purchased land in Howick
  • Wm. Cunningham, Purchased land in Howick
  • Michael Murphy, Purchased land in Howick
  • J. Nicholas, Purchased land in Howick
  • Wm. Chandler, Purchased land in Howick
  • J. Culbert, Purchased land in Howick
  • Benj. Canton, Purchased land in Wai-te-mata
  • Robert Grant, Purchased land in Meiklejohn

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
  • Alexander Shepherd, Colonial Treasurer