(930)

Alleged to have been purchased by claimant
on the 4th January, 1840, from the native
-chief Kotapowa and others.
Consideration-a deposit of £2 sterling, and
a fowling piece.
Nature of conveyance-deed dated 4th of
January, 1840.

No. 216. EDWARD STITTARD, of Wangaroa,
claimant.
60, Sixty acres, more or less, called Pokuma,
Alleged to have been purchased by claimant
in 1839, from the native chief Hururoa.
Consideration-cash and goods amounting to
£30 sterling.
Nature of conveyance-not stated.

No. 223. The Rev. RICHARD TAYLOR, of
Waimate, claimant.
A tract called Kapawarua, extending from
the Reinga to Matapia, and thence to Muri
Motu.
Alleged to have been purchased by claimant
in November, 1839, from the native chief
Noble and others.
Consideration-cash and goods to the amount
of £312 sterling.
Nature of conveyance deed dated 20th
January, 1840.

No. 236. WILLIAM WALSH, and D. WALSH,
of the Thames, claimants.
One half of the island or peninsula of Wan-
ganui.
Alleged to have been purchased by Wil-
liam M'Leod, in 1836, from native chiefs
not named.
Consideration goods to the amount of £150
sterling.
Nature of conveyance-deed dated 8th De-
cember, 1836.

No. 243 d. WILLIAM WHITE, of Hokianga,
claimant.
500, Five hundred acres, more or less, at
Horea, Wangaroa, on the north side of the
harbour, extending about one mile along the
coast to a point called Rangitoto, and up the
harbour the same distance to a place called Ti-
tiki Orereato, and thence inland to a ridge of
hills extending towards the aforementioned
boundaries on the coast Rangitoto.
Alleged to have been purchased by claimant
in 1836, from the native chiefs Rewiri, Noa,
Ruka, and Epanaia.
Consideration-cash and goods amounting to
£32 2s. sterling.
Nature of conveyance-not stated.

No. 256 a.-WILLIAM BAKER, of Wangaroa,
claimant.
10,000, Ten thousand acres, at Papapukarou;
commencing at the Waitike, and running north-
west to a dry tree at Papapukarou; including
the small island of Waitike, and bearing north-
east to Komoe, the boundary of the heads of
Wangaroa; and from thence running up the
Wairaka, taking in the Totaru and Aporis
settlements.
Alleged to have been purchased by Mr. Henry
Snowden in 1839, from the native chiefs
Uduroa and Shongi.
Consideration-not stated.
Nature of conveyance-not stated.

No. 256 b. WILLIAM BAKER, of Wangaroa,
claimant.
15, Fifteen acres, more or less, a piece of
land called Waikoura.
Alleged to have been purchased by Henry
Snowden, in 1838, of the native chief
Uduroa.
Consideration-not stated.
Nature of conveyance-not stated.

No. 256 c. WILLIAM BAKER, of Wangaroa,
claimant.
15, Fifteen acres, more or less, a piece of
land called Waikoura.
Alleged to have been purchased by Henry
Snowden, in 1839, of the native chief
Uduroa.
Consideration-not stated.
Nature of conveyance-not stated.

No. 259. JAMES BERGHAN, of the Bay of
Islands, claimant.
1000, One thousand acres, more or less, si-
tuate at Monganui, and called Wyboomough;
bounded on the west by the road leading to
Wangaroa, and on all other sides by the river
Puttakaka.
Alleged to have been purchased by claimant
in 1837, from the native chiefs Warre,
Kouri, and Ekawa.
Consideration-cash, and goods; £11 5s. stg.
Nature of conveyance-instrument in writing,
dated September, 1837.

No. 259 a. JAMES BERGHAN, of the Bay of
Islands, claimant.
40, Forty acres, more or less, situate near the
Odudu river, Monganui, and called Tucka wera,
bounded on all sides by lands of the natives.
Alleged to have been purchased by claimant
in 1839, from the native chiefs Te Weedie,
Whittea, and others.
Consideration-cash and goods to the amount
of £9 10s. sterling.