Land Claims and Bank Statement




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New Zealand Company's
Land Claims Commission,

Wellington, 29th Feb., 1856.

I, FRANCIS DILLON BELL, a Com-
missioner duly appointed by virtue of
the Ordinance No. 15, Session XI., of the Le-
gislative Council of the Islands of New Zea-
land, to hear and decide claims to land by
persons claiming title from, through, or under
the New Zealand Company, report that the
claims of the undermentioned persons having
been duly referred to me, I do hereby decide
the said persons to be respectively entitled to
the Crown Grants and Government Scrip set
opposite their names.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Claimant. Commissioner's Decision
999 1143 Josiah Tutchen Entitled to a Grant of the

Country Sections Nos.
24 and 25 Ohiro Dis-
trict. |
| 1000 | 1111 | Mary Taylor | Entitled to a Grant o[f]
part of the Section No
178 in the City of Wel-
lington. |
| 1001 | 1068 & 1135 | Richard Taylor | Entitled to a Grant of
part of the Country
Section No. 53 Po-
rirua Road district. |
| 1002 | 1069 & 1136 | George Taylor | Entitled to a Grant of
part of the Country
Section No. 53 in the
Porirua District, |
| 1003 | 1070 & 1133 | Henry Taylor | Entitled to a Grant of
part of the Country
Section No. 53 Porirua
District, |
| 1004 | 999 & 1099 | Daniel Wright | Entitled to a Grant of 20
acres, more or less, part
of the Country Section
No. 59 Karori District |
| 1005 | 1045 & 1065 | R. Porter Welch | Entitled to Grants of
parts of the Sections
Nos. 154 and 179 in
the City of Welling-
ton. |
| 1006 | 1105 | Samuel Woodward | Entitled to a Grant of 12
acres, more or less, part
of the Country Sec-
tion No. 3 Kaiwara
District. |
| 1007 | 1073 | George Wright | Entitled to a Grant of the
Country Section No.
12 A Right Bank of
Wanganui. |
| 1008 | 1086 | John Treweek | Entitled to a Grant of the
Block of land contain-
ing 1200 acres, more or
less, at Kaiiwi (Right
Bank of Wanganui) re-
ported to H. St Hill in
Report No. 659. |
| 1009 | 1145 | John Wilkins | Entitled to a Grant of the
Country Sections num-
bered 15 and 16 in the
Turakina District. |
| 1010 | 1128 | Louis Nathan | Entitled to a Grant of
the Section numbered
546 in the City of
Wellington. |

1011 399 George Hunter
Entitled to Government
Scrip to the amount of
fifteen hundred pounds
(£1500) in exchange
for fifteen hundred
acres of rural land
which he is entitled to
select under the Com-
missioner's Report No.
164, published in the
Government Gazette,
7th June, 1852.

F. D. BELL,
Commissioner.

Land Claims Office, New Plymouth,
8th March, 1856.

THE following Reports on claims to Go-
vernment Scrip under the New Zealand
Company's Land Claimants Ordinance, and
Commissioner's Decision which were published in the New Zealand
"Government Gazette," No. 12, 19th June,
1855, have been cancelled by authority, upon
the application of the claimant.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner's Decision.
155 458 John Lewthwaite. Gov. Scrip for £75.
156 459 do do
157 460 do do
158 461 do do
159 462 do do
160 463 do do

WM. HALSE,
Commissioner.

COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE.

TOTAL Amount of Notes in circulation at the
Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at
Auckland, on the 1st day of March
1856, being the close of the preceding four
weeks:-

5l. and upwards £6,410
Under 5l. 5,655

Total.......... 12,065

Total Amount of Coin held by the same
office on the same day :----
£ s.
Gold 4,355 10
Silver 13 10

Total.......... 4,369 0

I, Alexander Shepherd, the Colonial Trea-
surer do hereby certify that the above is a
true account, as required by the Ordinance,
No. 16. Sess. 8.

A. SHEPHERD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Dated at Auckland, this
20th day of March, 1856.



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🗺️ Land Claims Commission Decisions for Grants and Scrip

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
29 February 1856
Land Claims, Crown Grants, Government Scrip, Wellington, Ohiro, Porirua, Karori, Wanganui
13 names identified
  • Josiah Tutchen, Entitled to Country Sections
  • Mary Taylor, Entitled to City of Wellington Grant
  • Richard Taylor, Entitled to Porirua Road Grant
  • George Taylor, Entitled to Porirua District Grant
  • Henry Taylor, Entitled to Porirua District Grant
  • Daniel Wright, Entitled to Karori District Grant
  • R. Porter Welch, Entitled to Wellington City Grants
  • Samuel Woodward, Entitled to Kaiwara District Grant
  • George Wright, Entitled to Wanganui Land Grant
  • John Treweek, Entitled to Kaiiwi Land Grant
  • John Wilkins, Entitled to Turakina District Grant
  • Louis Nathan, Entitled to Wellington City Section
  • George Hunter, Entitled to Government Scrip

  • FRANCIS DILLON BELL, Commissioner

🗺️ Cancellation of Government Scrip Reports in New Plymouth

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
8 March 1856
Land Claims cancellation, Government Scrip, New Plymouth
6 names identified
  • John Lewthwaite, Cancellation of Gov. Scrip report
  • John Lewthwaite, Cancellation of Gov. Scrip report
  • John Lewthwaite, Cancellation of Gov. Scrip report
  • John Lewthwaite, Cancellation of Gov. Scrip report
  • John Lewthwaite, Cancellation of Gov. Scrip report
  • John Lewthwaite, Cancellation of Gov. Scrip report

  • WM. HALSE, Commissioner

💰 Colonial Bank of Issue Statement of Notes and Coin Holdings

💰 Finance & Revenue
20 March 1856
Bank of Issue, Notes in circulation, Coin holdings, Auckland, Financial statement
  • Alexander Shepherd, Colonial Treasurer