Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1856 – No. 3

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✨ Land Sales Return



Return of Sales of Land in the District of Wellington from the 1st December to the 31st December, 1855, inclusive, published pursuant to the Regulations proclaimed by his Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, 16th June, 1855.

District. Purchaser. Land Selected. Contents. Payments. Cash Received. Remarks.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
WANGANUI John Bryce, jun. Parts of Sections 103 and 104 Right Bank 160 0 0 Cash 50 0 0
Charles J. Cresswell On the Right Bank of the Wanganui River 320 0 0 .. 160 0 0
John Bryce, sen. On the Right Bank of the Wanganui River 40 0 0 .. 20 0 0
James Turnival Do. do. do. do. 100 0 0 .. 50 0 0
James Turnival Do. do. do. do. 43 0 0 .. 21 10 0
Total Wanganui 603 0 0 £ 301 10 0
WAIRARAPA AND Joseph Kelly On Otamatatai Stream 80 0 0 Cash 40 0 0
EAST COAST. Joseph Kelly At Moimoikuri 80 0 0 .. 40 0 0
Joseph Kelly At Parua 80 0 0 .. 40 0 0
Robert W. Smith On the Opaki Plain 300 0 0 .. 150 0 0
Wm. B. Burgess On the Moroa Plain 50 0 0 Government Scrip ..
John Goodchild Do. do. 50 0 0 Cash 25 0 0
Charles J. Pharazyn On the Warehama River 200 0 0 .. 100 0 0
Total Wairarapa 840 0 0 £ 395 0 0
RANGITIKEI G. Cornelius Rees On the Rangitikei River above Swainson's 40 0 0 Cash 20 0 0
James H. Hallett Adjoining A. Milne's selection 350 0 0 Government Scrip ..
Total Rangitikei 390 0 0 £ 20 0 0

RECAPITULATION.

District. Quantity Applied For. Amount in Cash Total Acres. Remarks.
Town. Suburban. Rural. With Scrip. With Cash.
£ s. d.
WANGANUI None None 603 None 603 301 10 0 603
WAIRARAPA & EAST COAST .. .. 840 50 790 395 0 0 840
RANGITIKEI .. .. 390 350 40 20 0 0 390
Totals 1833 400 1433 716 10 0 1833

F. D. BELL, Commissioner Crown Lands;

Crown Land Office, Wellington, 3rd January, 1856.



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🗺️ Return of Sales of Land in the District of Wellington

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 January 1856
Land sales, Wellington, Wanganui, Wairarapa, Rangitikei, Crown Lands
14 names identified
  • John Bryce, Purchaser of land in Wanganui
  • Charles J. Cresswell, Purchaser of land in Wanganui
  • John Bryce, Purchaser of land in Wanganui
  • James Turnival, Purchaser of land in Wanganui
  • James Turnival, Purchaser of land in Wanganui
  • Joseph Kelly, Purchaser of land in Wairarapa and East Coast
  • Joseph Kelly, Purchaser of land in Wairarapa and East Coast
  • Joseph Kelly, Purchaser of land in Wairarapa and East Coast
  • Robert W. Smith, Purchaser of land in Wairarapa and East Coast
  • Wm. B. Burgess, Purchaser of land in Wairarapa and East Coast
  • John Goodchild, Purchaser of land in Wairarapa and East Coast
  • Charles J. Pharazyn, Purchaser of land in Wairarapa and East Coast
  • G. Cornelius Rees, Purchaser of land in Rangitikei
  • James H. Hallett, Purchaser of land in Rangitikei

  • F. D. Bell, Commissioner Crown Lands