Depasturing Licenses and Cattle Allocation




STATEMENT OF PERSONS WHO HAVE MADE THE RETURN REQUIRED BY SECTION 1. OF THE REGULATIONS FOR DEPASTURAGE WITHIN HUNDREDS,

and to whom Licenses have been issued, or who are entitled to have Licenses issued to them, together with a computation of the quantity of Cattle capable of being depastured in each Hundred, with the apportionment of the number of Great and Small Cattle which may be depastured for the year 1870 by each person holding a Depasturing License within the Hundred for which such License is issued.

Published in terms of Section 4 of the Otago Waste Lands Act 1866 Amendment Act 1869.

Note.—Those marked * have made the Return required by section 1 of the Regulations, but have not taken out Depasturing Licenses.

Name of Hundred, Acreage Unsold, and computation of Quantity of Cattle capable of being Depastured. Name of Persons to whom Licenses have been issued or who are entitled to same. Cattle Owned or Occupied. Cattle Desired to be Depastured. Cattle Allowed to be Depastured. Cattle Allowed to be Depastured Free. Cattle which may be Depastured on Payment. Brands.
Acreage Used or Occupied. Closed. Great. Small. Great. Small.
Dunedin Hundred Acreage unsold— 1000 acres. Computed as capable of Depasturing 128 head of Great Cattle. D. Cameron 145 100 25 ... 21 ...
F. Marshall 20 ... 17 ... 2 ...
A. M'Millan 40 20 24 ... 5 ...
G. C. Hitchcock 100 80 10 ... 16 ...
A. H. Ross 300 250 25 ... 48 ...
D. Laing 300 ... 27 ... 23 ...
D. Nicol 191 191 20 ... 33 ...
H. M'Connell 100 85 32 ... 16 ...
W. Sherriff 34 ... 30 ... 3 ...
J. Cunningham 8 4 7 ... 1 ...
Jane Mathews 50 8 30 ... 5 ...
J. G. Closs* 57 53 4 ... 9 ...
W. H. Stevens* 65 60 5 ... 11 ...
J. Green 250 ... ... ... 19 ...
East Taieri Area unsold—1,700 acres. Computed as capable of Depasturing 166 head of Great Cattle. A. H. Ross 50 50 5 ... 18 ...
Charles Hay 193 190 31 ... 68 ...
Jas. Cunningham 400 400 40 ... 144 ...


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1870, No 662





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🗺️ Statement of Persons with Depasturing Licenses and Cattle Allocation

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Depasturing, Licenses, Cattle, Hundreds, Otago, Land Use
17 names identified
  • D. Cameron, Issued Depasturing License
  • F. Marshall, Issued Depasturing License
  • A. M'Millan, Issued Depasturing License
  • G. C. Hitchcock, Issued Depasturing License
  • A. H. Ross, Issued Depasturing License
  • D. Laing, Issued Depasturing License
  • D. Nicol, Issued Depasturing License
  • H. M'Connell, Issued Depasturing License
  • W. Sherriff, Issued Depasturing License
  • J. Cunningham, Issued Depasturing License
  • Jane Mathews, Issued Depasturing License
  • J. G. Closs, Made return but no license
  • W. H. Stevens, Made return but no license
  • J. Green, Issued Depasturing License
  • A. H. Ross, Issued Depasturing License
  • Charles Hay, Issued Depasturing License
  • Jas. Cunningham, Issued Depasturing License