✨ Land Sales Return
Return of Sales of Land in the District of Wellington, from the 1st April to the 30th April, 1856, 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. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | Richard Barton... | Upper Hutt at the back of Sections 80, 90, 91 & 92 | 150 0 0 | Cash | 75 0 0 | |
| Do. do. | Do. do. do. 86, 87, & 88 | 80 0 0 | Cash | 40 0 0 | ||
| David Howell and others | Northern half of Section 49 Karori District... | 50 0 0 | Cash | 25 0 0 | ||
| Caleb Cull... | Lot 10 in the Ohariu District... | Cash | 41 6 9 | Balance due on purchase at Auction 25th March 1856 | ||
| James Barnes... | Lot 9 do. do. | Cash | 49 10 0 | Do. do. | ||
| William M'Kelvey | Between the Makara and Karori District... | 35 0 0 | Cash | 17 10 0 | ||
| William Shaw... | Lot 2 in the Kaiwara District... | Cash | 36 11 3 | Do. do. | ||
| Total Wellington... | 315 0 0 | £ 284 18 0 | ||||
| Wanganui | D. M'Gregor... | Left Bank Wanganui River... | 100 0 0 | Cash | 50 0 0 | |
| Rangitikei and Turakina | Charles Toms... | On the Rangitikei River... | 50 0 0 | Cash | 25 0 0 | |
| Charles Peck... | Southern half of Section No. 12 Turakina... | 75 0 0 | Cash | 37 10 0 | ||
| Adam Keir... | Unsurveyed Land adjoining Sect. 10 Rangitikei | 50 0 0 | Cash | 25 0 0 | ||
| Total Rangitikei... | 175 0 0 | £ 87 10 0 | ||||
| Wairarapa and East Coast. | Samuel Oates... | Small Farm Reserve, Tanatahi Plain | 60 0 0 | Cash | 30 0 0 | |
| Wm. Proudfoot... | Do. do. do. do. | 110 0 0 | Cash | 55 0 0 | ||
| C. R. Carter... | Do. do. do. do. | 50 0 0 | Cash | 25 0 0 | ||
| John Fairweather | Between the Paukumuri and Aweaiti, E. Coast | 40 0 0 | New Zealand Company's Scrip & Cash | 0 10 0 | ||
| John Stoodley | Section 26, Small Farm Reserve, Taratabi... | 100 0 0 | Cash | 50 0 0 | ||
| Edward Chew... | Section 107 do. do. | 116 0 0 | Cash | 58 0 0 | ||
| Total Wairarapa... | 476 0 0 | £ 218 10 0 |
RECAPITULATION
| District. | Quantity Applied For. | Amount in Cash | Total Acres. | Remarks. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town. | Suburban. | Rural. | With Scrip. | With Cash | ||||
| Wellington... | None | None | 315 0 0 | None | 315 0 0 | 157 10 0 | 315 0 0 | |
| Wanganui... | .. | .. | 100 0 0 | .. | 100 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 100 0 0 | |
| Rangitikei & Turakina | .. | .. | 175 0 0 | .. | 175 0 0 | 87 10 0 | 175 0 0 | |
| Wairarapa & East Coast | .. | .. | 476 0 0 | 39 | 437 0 0 | 218 10 0 | 476 0 0 | |
| Totals... | 1066 0 0 | 39 | 1027 0 0 | 640 18 0 | 1066 0 0 |
Crown Land Office, Wellington, 2nd May, 1856.
For F. D. BELL, Commissioner Crown Lands,
DAVID LEWIS, Principal Clerk.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1856, No 10
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🗺️ Return of Sales of Land in the District of Wellington
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey2 May 1856
Land Sales, Wellington, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Wairarapa, Crown Land
16 names identified
- Richard Barton, Purchaser of land
- David Howell, Purchaser of land
- Caleb Cull, Purchaser of land
- James Barnes, Purchaser of land
- William M'Kelvey, Purchaser of land
- William Shaw, Purchaser of land
- D. M'Gregor, Purchaser of land
- Charles Toms, Purchaser of land
- Charles Peck, Purchaser of land
- Adam Keir, Purchaser of land
- Samuel Oates, Purchaser of land
- William Proudfoot, Purchaser of land
- C. R. Carter, Purchaser of land
- John Fairweather, Purchaser of land
- John Stoodley, Purchaser of land
- Edward Chew, Purchaser of land
- F. D. Bell, Commissioner Crown Lands
- David Lewis, Principal Clerk