New Zealand Gazette – 1870 – No. 47

Page 437

✨ Land Claims and Deceased Estates



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 437

I, JOHN TURNBULL THOMSON, 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 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 Crown Grants
set against their names in the said Schedule.

Land Claims Office,
Dunedin, 5th August, 1870.

J. T. THOMSON,
Commmissioner.

SCHEDULE.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner's Decision.
447 481 John Jones Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Section 31, Block VII., Town District.
448 495 Jessie Montgomery Reid... Entitled to a Crown Grant of Town Section 41, Block VI., Dunedin.
448 495 Jessie Montgomery Reid... Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Section 33, Green Island Bush District.
448 495 Jessie Montgomery Reid... Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 89, Block X., Tokomairiro District.
449 496 James Hunter Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Sections 29, 31, and 33, North-east Valley District.
450 497 James Pillans Maitland Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 1, Block XIII., Inch Clutha District.
451 498 William Davy and Edmund Bowler Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 10, Block XI., Inch Clutha District.
452 499 Robert Williams Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 1, Block XXX., Waihola District.
453 500 John Robert Johnston Entitled to a Crown Grant of Town Section 11, Block V., Dunedin.
454 501 John Blackie (the younger) Entitled to a Crown Grant of Town Section 47, Block VII., Dunedin.
455 502 David Laing and William Laing Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Section 144, Wakari District.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of
WILLIAM MORGAN CROMPTON, Esq., Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons during the period
between the 1st day of April and the 31st day of July, 1870.

No. Name of Deceased. Colonial Residence. Supposed British or Foreign Residence. Date of Rule or Order. Value or Estimated Value of Personal Estate. Time of Deceased's Death. Remarks.
April—Nil.
May—Nil.
June—Nil.
1 July—William Lambert, alias William Philip Lambert Patea Reigate, Surrey, England None required £10 About 5th February, 1870 Found drowned in the Whenuakura River.

Dated the 30th day of July, 1870.

WM. M. CROMPTON,
Curator.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of
ALFRED CHETHAM-STRODE, Esq., Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons, during the Month of
August, 1870.

No. Name of Deceased. Colonial Residence. Supposed British or Foreign Residence. Date of Rule or Order. Value or Estimated Value of Personal Estate. Time of Deceased's Death. Remarks.
1 Charles Freeman... Dunedin Sweden None required Under £1... April 30, 1870
2 Peter Baines Travis Dunedin Not known None required Under £35 May 6, 1870 Accidentallydrowned
3 William Thomson Lower Shot-over, Otago Not known None required Under £1... May 3, 1870
4 Robert William Symington Grieve Dunedin Edinburgh, Scotland 2nd August, 1870 Under £120 April 17, 1870
5 Robert Clague Dunedin Isle of Man None required Under £1... April 7, 1870

Dated at Dunedin, the 1st day of September, 1870.

A. CHETHAM-STRODE,
Curator



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Report and Schedule of Land Claims decided by Commissioner J. T. Thomson

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
5 August 1870
Land Claims, Crown Grants, Dunedin, Schedule, Land Ordinance
13 names identified
  • John Jones, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Section 31
  • Jessie Montgomery Reid, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Town Section 41
  • Jessie Montgomery Reid, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Section 33
  • Jessie Montgomery Reid, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 89
  • James Hunter, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Sections 29, 31, and 33
  • James Pillans Maitland, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 1
  • William Davy, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 10
  • Edmund Bowler, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 10
  • Robert Williams, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section 1
  • John Robert Johnston, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Town Section 11
  • John Blackie, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Town Section 47 (the younger)
  • David Laing, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Section 144
  • William Laing, Entitled to a Crown Grant of Suburban Section 144

  • J. T. Thomson, Commmissioner

🏛️ Particulars of Deceased Estates under Curator Crompton (April to July 1870)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
30 July 1870
Deceased Estates, Curator, Probate, Patea, Drowned
  • William Philip Lambert, Deceased, estate listed, found drowned

  • William Morgan Crompton, Esquire, Curator

🏛️ Particulars of Deceased Estates under Curator Chetham-Strode (August 1870)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
1 September 1870
Deceased Estates, Curator, Dunedin, Sweden, Accidentally drowned
  • Charles Freeman, Deceased, estate listed, residence Dunedin
  • Peter Baines Travis, Deceased, estate listed, residence Dunedin
  • William Thomson, Deceased, estate listed, residence Lower Shot-over
  • Robert William Symington Grieve, Deceased, estate listed, residence Dunedin
  • Robert Clague, Deceased, estate listed, residence Dunedin

  • Alfred Chetham-Strode, Esquire, Curator