New Zealand Gazette – 1856 – No. 6

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✨ Land Claim Decisions



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WE, Matthew Richmond and John
Poynter, Commissioners duly ap-
pointed to hear and decide claims to Land by
persons claiming title thereto, from, through,
or under the New Zealand Company, do
hereby decide that the persons whose names are
hereunder written, and whose claims have been
referred to us by his Honor the Superin-
tendent, are duly entitled to the Crown Grants
for Land, or to the Government Scrip, the
particulars of which are set opposite their
respective names.

Name of Claimant. No. of Claim. No. of Report. Commissioners' decision.
Henry Alexander 504 504 Entitled to Crown Grants
Story for three acres of land,
being sections number-

ed 363, 610, and 608
| | | on the plan of the
| | | town of Nelson; for
| | | fif y acres of land, be-
| | | ing suburban section
| | | numbered 157 on the
| | | plan of the district of
| | | Waimea West; for one
| | | hundred and fifty acres
| | | of land, being rural
| | | section, numbered 77
| | | on the plan of the dis-
trict of Wakefield
| | | Downs; for one bun-
dred and fifty acres of
| | | land, being section
| | | numbered 66, on the
| | | plan of the district of
| | | Wairau West; for three
| | | roods, being sections
| | | numbered 1037, 741,
| | | and 739 on the plan of
| | | the town of Waitohi;
| | | and is further entitled
| | | to Compensation Scrip
| | | to the amount of four
| | | hundred and fifty
| | | pounds compensation
| | | on three allotments.
Merrick Lally | 503 | 503 | Entitled to Crown Grants
| | | for one acre of land,
| | | being section number-
ed 517, on the plan of
| | | the town of Nelson;
| | | for one quarter acre,
| | | being section number-
ed 475 on the plan of
| | | the town of Waitohi;
| | | for one hundred and
| | | fifty acres, being sec-
tion numbered 35 on
| | | the plan of the Wai-
| | | mea East district; and
| | | is further entitled to
| | | Scrip to the amount of
| | | three hundred pounds,
| | | being 150l. in lieu of
| | | section numbered 113,
| | | Takaka, and 150l.com-
| | | pensation on one allot-
ment.

M. RICHMOND,
JOHN POYNTER, } Commissioners.

Crown Lands Office, New Plymouth,
November 9, 1855.

I, WILLIAM HALSE, a Commissioner
, duly appointed by virtue of the Ordi-
nance No. 15, Session 11, of the Legislative
Council of the Islands of New Zealand, to
hear and decide claims to land by persons
claiming title thereto, from through, or under
the New Zealand Company, report that the
claims of the persons whose names appear in
the Schedule hereunder, having been duly
referred to me for investigation, I do hereby
decide that the said persons are respectively
entitled to the Government Scrip set against
their names in the said Schedu'e.

SCHEDULE REFERRED TO.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner's decision.
236 486 Edward Chilman Entitled to Government
Scrip for two hundred
& seventy-five pounds
(£275.)
237 487 Ditto Entitled to Government
Scrip for two hundred
& seventy-five pounds
(£275).
238 488 Ditto Entitled to Government
Scrip for two hundred
& seventy-five pounds
(£275).
239 489 Ditto Entitled to Government
Scrip for one hundred
and sixty-five pounds.
(£165.)
240 493 Ditto Entitled to Government
Scrip for thirty-seven
pounds ten shillings.
(£37 10s.)
241 494 Ditto Entitled to Government
Scrip for thirty-seven
pounds ten shillings.
(£37 10s.)
242 495 Ditto Entitled to Government
Scrip for thirty-seven
pounds ten shillings.
(£37 10s.)
243 491 Charles Bulkeley En itled to Government
Scrip for thirty-seven
pounds ten shillings.
(£37 10s.)
244 492 Ditto Entitled to Government
Scrip for thirty-seven
pounds ten shillings.
(£37 10s.)
245 496 James Evans Entitled to Government
Scrip for thirty-seven
pounds ten shillings.
(£37 10s.)
246 497 Ditto Entitled to Government
Scrip for thirty-seven
pounds ten shillings.
(£37 10s.)

WM. HALSE,
Commissioner.



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🗺️ Decision on New Zealand Company Land Claims and Entitlements

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Claims, New Zealand Company, Crown Grants, Scrip, Nelson, Waimea West
  • Henry Alexander Story, Entitled to Crown Grants/Scrip
  • Merrick Lally, Entitled to Crown Grants/Scrip

  • M. Richmond, Commissioner
  • John Poynter, Commissioner

🗺️ Commissioner's Report on Government Scrip Entitlements

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
9 November 1855
Land Claims, Government Scrip, New Plymouth, Claimant Schedule
  • Edward Chilman, Entitled to Government Scrip
  • Charles Bulkeley, Entitled to Government Scrip
  • James Evans, Entitled to Government Scrip

  • WM. HALSE, Commissioner