New Zealand Gazette – 1872 – No. 23

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✨ Land Claims and Deceased Estates

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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, 10th May, 1872.

DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.

No. of Report.	No. of Claim.	Name of Claimant.	Commissioner's Decision.
1,531	1,667	John Sydney Smith	Entitled to receive the Crown Grant, to be issued in the

name of James Bishop, in accordance with the provisions
of "The Crown Grant Act, 1866," of an allotment of land
numbered 13 on the sub-divisional plan of Rural Section
No. 14, Ohiri District. Subject to a direction of the
Commissioner. The legal estate to be antevested in the
Grantee as from the 15th day of April, 1842. |
| 1,532 | 1,720 | Alexander Charles Ogilvy... | Entitled to Crown Grants of the Section No. 144 on the plan
of the City of Wellington, and of the Rural Section No.
45 in the Hutt District. The legal estate to be ante-
vested in the Grantee as from the 3rd June, 1841. |
| 1,533 | 1,471
and
1,473 | } John Henry Luscombe ... | Entitled to a Crown Grant of that portion of Section No.
540 in the City of Wellington, not included in a grant
issued to Alexander MacDonald. Also, to that portion
No. 9, Harbour District, not included in the Native
Reserve. Also to a grant of Rural Section No. 21,
Pahautanui District. Also entitled to select two hundred
acres of land pursuant to clause 18 of the New Zealand
Company's Land Claimants Ordinance. The legal estate
to be antevested in the Grantee as follows:-Town land,
as from the 29th July, 1840; rural land, part of 9, Har-
bour District, as from the 30th December, 1840; and 21,
Pahautanui District, as from the 8th of April, 1864. |
| 1,534 | 1,333 | William Henry Rawson ... | Entitled to a Crown Grant of 50 acres of land, being the
north-eastern part of Rural Section No. 110, Upper
Hutt District, adjoining Section No. 111. The legal
estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 19th
day of January, 1859. |
| 1,535 | 1,472 | John Luscombe ... | Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section No. 100 on the
plan of the Porirua District. The legal estate to be ante-
vested in the Grantee as from the 1st of August, 1848.
Subject to a direction of the Commissioner. |
| 1,536 | 1,520 | James MacManaman ... | Entitled to a Crown Grant of Sections Nos. 3 and 4 on the
plan of the Terawiti District, in the Province of Welling-
ton. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as
from the 31st day of May, 1859. |

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of
THOMAS MACFFARLANE, Esq., Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons, Auckland, during the Month
of March, 1872.

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	Michael Nolan ...	Tapuacha-
ruru	Irish	None required	Unknown ...	27 Jan., 1872	...
2	John Southcott ...	Auckland ...	English	Not yet taken out	£60	25 Feb., 1872	The value of this es-

tate may be more-
there being some
debts to come in,
and property not yet
accounted for. |
| 3 | John Hislop Wilson | Auckland... | Scotch | None required | £40 | 5 Dec., 1871 | ... |
| 4 | Aaron Aspinalls ... | Kaukapakapa | English | None required | Unknown... | 5 Feb., 1872 | ... |

Dated the 31st day of March, 1872.

THOS. MACFFARLANE,
Curator.

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