Court Sittings and Land Claims




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SUPREME COURT.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Sitting of
the Supreme Court for the despatch of
Criminal business, will be holden at the Court
House, Queen-street, Auckland, on Tuesday,
the first day of March next, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon; and that a Sitting for the despatch
of Civil business will be holden at the Court

House on Monday, the seventh day of March
next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon; at which
times and place all persons under Recognizance
to appear as prosecutors, defendants, or wit-
nesses, are required to give their attendance.
THOS. OUTHWAITE, Registrar.
Supreme Court Office,
Auckland, 4th February, 1859.

New Zealand Company's Land Claims Commission,
Wellington, 31st December, 1858.

I, WILLIAM FOX, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No. 15, Ses-
sion 11, of the Legislative Council of the Islands of New Zealand, 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 that the said persons are respectively entitled to the Crown Grants set opposite their
names.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner's decision.
1152 1343 Robert Richard Torrens Entitled to a grant of Section numbered 8, in the Lower Hutt district, and also of Section numbered 50 in the Porerua district.
1153 1278 John Russell Entitled to a grant of twenty acres more or less, part of Country Section numbered 39 in the Valley of the Hutt. Subject to a direction of the Commis- sioner.
1154 1279 Henry Russell Entitled to a grant of twenty acres more or less, part of Country Section numbered 39 in the Valley of the Hutt. Subject to a direction of the Commissioner.
1155 1280 Edward Russell Entitled to a grant of twenty acres more or less, part of Country Section numbered 39 in the Valley of the Hutt. Subject to a direction of the Commis- sioner.
1156 1281 Henry Russell

Edward Russell
John Russell
Samuel Weston and
Daniel Peck | Entitled to a grant of seven acres more or less, part of Country Section numbered 39 in the Valley of the Hutt. Subject to a direction of the Commis- sioner. |
| 1157 | 1282 | Samuel Weston | Entitled to a grant of twenty acres more or less, part of Country Section numbered 39 in the Valley of the Hutt. Subject to a direction of the Commis- sioner. |
| 1158 | 1283 | Daniel Peck | Entitled to a grant of twenty acres more or less, part of Country Section numbered 39 in the Valley of the Hutt. Subject to a direction of the Commis- sioner. |
| 1159 | 1300 | David Anderson | Entitled to a grant of part of Section numbered 179 in the City of Wellington. |
| 1160 | 1324 & 1325 | James Coutts Crawford | Entitled to grants for the Sections numbered 373, 676, 677, and 78, in the City of Wellington, and also for the Country Sections numbered 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Watt's Peninsula. |
| 1161 | 1359 | Francis Dillon Bell | Entitled to a grant of the Rural Section numbered 76 on the right bank of the Wanganui river. |
| 1162 | 1377 | Isaac Earl Featherston | Entitled to a grant of Section numbered 656 in the Town of Wellington. |
| 1163 | 1232 | Thomas Ballardie Taylor and William Hogg Watt | Entitled to a grant of two hundred acres of Rural land, being Sections numbered 157 and 158 on the Right Bank of the Wanganui River. |
| 1164 | 1233 | William Hogg Watt | Entitled to a grant of Sections numbered 47 and 59 in the Town of Wanganui. |
| 1165 | 1234 | John Wallace | Entitled to a grant of Sections numbered 241 and 244 in the Town of Wanganui. |
| 1166 | 1357 | Joseph Mitchell
Henry Mitchell and
Eli Allen | Entitled to grants of Rural Sections numbered 1 Upper Kaiwarra district and 10 Ohiro district. |

WILLIAM FOX,
Commissioner.



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⚖️ Supreme Court Sittings for Criminal and Civil Business in Auckland

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
4 February 1859
Supreme Court, Criminal business, Civil business, Court House, Auckland
  • THOS. OUTHWAITE, Registrar

🗺️ Decisions regarding New Zealand Company Land Claims

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
31 December 1858
Land Claims, Crown Grants, Lower Hutt, Porerua, Valley of the Hutt, Wellington, Wanganui
22 names identified
  • Robert Richard Torrens, Entitled to Crown Grants
  • John Russell, Entitled to 20 acres grant
  • Henry Russell, Entitled to 20 acres grant
  • Edward Russell, Entitled to 20 acres grant
  • Henry Russell, Entitled to 7 acres grant
  • Edward Russell, Entitled to 7 acres grant
  • John Russell, Entitled to 7 acres grant
  • Samuel Weston, Entitled to 7 acres grant
  • Daniel Peck, Entitled to 7 acres grant
  • Samuel Weston, Entitled to 20 acres grant
  • Daniel Peck, Entitled to 20 acres grant
  • David Anderson, Entitled to grant in Wellington
  • James Coutts Crawford, Entitled to multiple Wellington grants
  • Francis Dillon Bell, Entitled to Wanganui river grant
  • Isaac Earl Featherston, Entitled to Wellington Town grant
  • Thomas Ballardie Taylor, Entitled to Wanganui River land grant
  • William Hogg Watt, Entitled to Wanganui River land grant
  • William Hogg Watt, Entitled to Wanganui Town grants
  • John Wallace, Entitled to Wanganui Town grants
  • Joseph Mitchell, Entitled to Kaiwarra/Ohiro grants
  • Henry Mitchell, Entitled to Kaiwarra/Ohiro grants
  • Eli Allen, Entitled to Kaiwarra/Ohiro grants

  • WILLIAM FOX, Commissioner