Land Sales Report




RETURN of SALES of LAND in the District of WELLINGTON, from the 1st September, 1855, to the 31st September, 1855, inclusive; published pursuant to the Regulations proclaimed by his Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, 16th June, 1855.

District. Purchaser. Land Selected. Contents. Payment. Cash Received.
A. R. P. £ s d
WANGANUI Thomas Kells Unsurveyed Land, Right Bank 40 0 0 Cash. 20 0 0
RANGITIKI Duncan Fraser At the back of Section No. 34 200 0 0 Do. 100 0 0
WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST Edwin Meredith Between the Waioronga and Patanui Rivers 300 0 0 Do. 150 0 0
George Moore do. 60 0 0 Do. 30 0 0
Hart Udy On the Matarawa Plain 100 0 0 Do. 50 0 0
Henry Taylor Near the Taunusui River 150 0 0 Government Scrip £150
James Henry St. Hill On the Tauherenikau Plain 360 0 0 Cash. 180 0 0
Total Wairarapa 970 0 0 £530 0 0

RECAPITULATION

District. Quantity Applied For. Amount of Cash. Total Acres.
Town Suburban. Rural.
WANGANUI None None 40
RANGITIKI .. .. 200
WAIRARAPA & EAST COAST .. .. 970
Totals 1210

Crown Land Office, Wellington, 1st October, 1855.

F. D. BELL, Commissioner Crown Lands.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1855, No 19





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🗺️ Return of Land Sales in Wellington District (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
1 October 1855
Land sales, Wellington, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Wairarapa, Rural, Payment methods
7 names identified
  • Thomas Kells, Purchased land in Wanganui
  • Duncan Fraser, Purchased land in Rangitiki
  • Edwin Meredith, Purchased land in Wairarapa
  • George Moore, Purchased land in Wairarapa
  • Hart Udy, Purchased land in Wairarapa
  • Henry Taylor, Purchased land in Wairarapa
  • James Henry St. Hill, Purchased land in Wairarapa

  • F. D. Bell, Commissioner Crown Lands