New Zealand Gazette – 1856 – No. 22

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✨ Maori Flour Mill Returns



Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 16th June, 1856.

By His Excellency's command,
C. W. RICHMOND, Colonial Secretary.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the following Return should be published for general information.

LIST of FLOUR MILLS, the property of Maories, erected or in process of erection, according to the reports of Mr. Boyton, Inspector of Mills.

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District. Name of Mill. Date of commencement or completion. Date of last inspection. Size and No. of Stones. Remarks.
Waikato Tuakau Completed Nov., 1854 May, 1856 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. Good working mill; in good order.
Waikato Kohanga Commenced April, 1856 Nov., 1855 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. In course of erection.
Waikato Kaitotehe Oct., 1855 1 pr., 3 0 F.B. Dam now completed; small mill badly constructed.
Waikato Kirikiriroa Feb., 1853 1 pr., 3 0 F.B. Never worked; acted so badly when first built that the natives are [allowing it to decay.
Waikato Tireke Completed April, 1856 April, 1856 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. Very good mill.
Waikato Karakariki Commenced Feb., 1856 March, 1856 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. In course of erection.
Waikato Whatawhala Ditto 1 pr., 30 Scoria Undergoing slight alteration, otherwise in good working order.
Waipa Waihakari Completed Oct., 1855 Feb., 1856 1 pr., 3 0 F.B. Very good mill, in good working order.
Waipa Mangarewarewa Completed Jan., 1856 Ditto 1 pr., 4 0 Eng.granite Ditto
Waipa Mohoaonui Ditto 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. Undergoing slight alterations, otherwise in good working order.
Waipa Old Mill Oct., 1855 1 pr., 3 0 Scoria Lately repaired; old, but still capable of grinding.
Rangiawhia Pekapekarau Completed March, 1854 Ditto 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. Good mill, in good working order.
Rangiawhia Kihikihi Ditto 1 pr., 3 0 Scoria Very small mill; old, but still capable of grinding.
Rangiawhia Mangatea Commenced 1854 Ditto 1 pr., 3 3 F.B. In process of erection, has been some time standing for want of funds
Rangiawhia Maungatautari April, 1856 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. Undergoing slight repairs, otherwise in good order.
Rangiawhia Ditto Old Mill Ditto 1 pr., 210 Scoria Unfit for work, proposed to be rebuilt.
Rangiawhia Maungakawa Feb., 1853 1 pr., 30 Scoria This mill has been standing a long time unfinished.
Rangiawhia Otorokai Completed July, 1855 July, 1855 1 pr., 3 0 F.B. In very good working order.
Rangiawhia Patetere Ditto Ditto 1 pr., 3 6 F.B.
Rangiawhia Ohinemutu Ditto Ditto 1 pr., 2 9 F.B.
Rotorua Tengae Commenced July, 1855 Ditto 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. Timber preparing.
Rotorua Tauranga March, 1853 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. Has been standing a long time unfinished, the millwright having died
Rotorua Coromandel Commenced May, 1855 May, 1855 1 pr., 4 0 F.B. In course of erection.
Rotorua Wairoa June, 1854 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. A badly constructed mill, has lately undergone some alterations
Kawhia Mangapapa Completed April, 1855 Feb., 1856 2 pr,, 3 8 Scoria Badly arranged, and makes inferior work.
Kawhia Rangataiki Completed Nov., 1855 Ditto 1 pr., 3 6 F.B. Similar to the last, left by the millwright before it was quite finished.
Kawhia Mahoe March, 1856 In course of erection.
Kawhia Whaingaroa Waitetuna Ditto 1 pr., 3 0 Taranaki stones Small mill, badly arranged, the dressing machine of no service.

List of Mills about to be constructed—Waiuku, Tarawera, Aotea, Whaingaroa.

Native Secretary's Office,
June 3, 1856.

F. D. FENTON,
Native Secretary.



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🪶 Return of Maori-owned Flour Mills Inspected by Mr. Boyton

🪶 Māori Affairs
16 June 1856
Flour mills, Maori ownership, Mill inspection, Waikato, Waipa, Rotorua, Boyton
  • C. W. Richmond, Colonial Secretary
  • Mr. Boyton, Inspector of Mills
  • F. D. Fenton, Native Secretary