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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

I, DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance, No. 15, Session XI.,
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 under-mentioned persons having been duly referred to me for investigation, I do hereby decide
that the said persons are respectively entitled to Crown Grants of the land set against their names in
the annexed Schedule.

New Zealand Company's Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1869.
DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.

No. of No. of
Report. Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner's Decision.
| 1467 | 1706 | William France ... | Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Rural Section No. 16,
Ohariu District. |
| 1468 | 1623 | James Henry St. Hill | ... Entitled to a Crown Grant of Sections No. 568, 569, and 872,
on the Plan of the City of Wellington. Also to a Grant
of 200 Acres of Rural Land in respect of two unselected
Land Orders, Nos. 712 and 1,083. Subject, nevertheless,
as to the selection of the said Land Orders, to the pro-
visions of Clause II., "Land Orders and Scrip Act, 1858."
Also subject to a direction of the Commissioner. |
| 1469 | 1707 | Barbara Hutchinson | ... Entitled to a Crown Grant of Section No. 337 on the Plan of
the City of Wellington, formerly reported in favour of
John Edward Wainhouse. No. of Report, 1,357. The
legal estate to vest in Claimant from the 5th day of May,
1865. |
| 1470 | 1407 | John Gotty | ... Entitled to Crown Grants of Section No. 132, right bank of
the Wanganui River; and to 1 Acre, part of Section No.
21, of the right bank of the river. Subject to a direction
of the Commissioner. |
| 1471 | 1493 | Thomas Ballardie Taylor | Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Rural Section No. 108, on
and William Hogg Watt the Plan of the right bank of the Wanganui River. |
| 1472 | 1435 | David Atkinson ... | ... Entitled to a Crown Grant of the western half of Section No.
125, on the Plan of the Township of Wanganui. |
| 1473 | 1506 | John Lee ... | ... Entitled to a Crown Grant of the eastern half of the Section
No. 125, on the Plan of the Township of Wanganui. |
| 1474 | 1703 | William Paterson ... | ... Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Rural Sections No. 81, 82,
83, and 84, on the left bank of the Wanganui River. |
| 1475 | 1422 | Thomas Ballardie Taylor | Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section No. 139, on the
and William Hogg Watt Plan of the left bank of the Wanganui River. |
| 1476 | 1113 | Peirce Cotter ... | ... Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Section No. 146, on the
Plan of the City of Wellington. |

By virtue of the fifteenth clause of the New Zealand Company's Land Claimants Ordinance, Session XI.,
No. 15, I do hereby report that it is expedient that the legal estate in the land specified in a Report dated
15th June, 1868, No. 1442, in favour of James Johnson, should be deemed to have been in the Claimant
from and after the 24th day of October, 1858.

New Zealand Company's Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1869.
DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of
A. BOARDMAN, Esq., Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons, during the Month of May, 1869

No. Name of Deceased. Colonial Residence. Supposed Date of Rule or Order. Value or Estimated Value Remarks.
British or Foreign Residence. of Personal Estate.
Time of
Deceased's Death.
£ s. d.
1 — Walsh ... Poverty Bay England None required ... 0 13 4 Nov., 1868 } Murdered by Natives
at Poverty Bay.
2 — Padbury Poverty Bay England None required ... 1 9 6 Nov., 1868 Christian names not
yet obtained.
3 Ellen Lonergan Auckland Ireland None required ... 46 2 2 Dec., 1863
4 William Martin Waikawau England None required ... 1 5 0 7 May, 1869
5 Walter Reyburn Drowned at England None required ... 8 8 6 8 April, 1869
sea
6 Edward Augland... Auckland England None required ... 7 2 0 15 May, 1869
7 William Stockdale Drowned at England None required ... 1 12 3 23 Feb., 1869
sea

Dated at Auckland, the 7th day of June, 1869.
A. BOARDMAN,
Curator.

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