✨ Land Claims and Appointments
New Zealand Company’s Land Claims Commission,
Wellington, 10th June, 1861.
I, DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance, No. 15, Session 11, of the Legislative Council of the Islands of New Zealand, to hear and decide claims to land by persons claiming title from, through, or under the New Zealand Company, Report that the claim of the undermentioned persons having been duly referred to me, I do hereby decide the said persons to be entitled to Government Scrip, particulars whereof are set forth in the Schedule below.
David Lewis,
Commissioner.
SCHEDULE.
| No. of Report. | No. of Claim. | Name of Claimant. | Commissioner’s Decision. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1225 | 36 | George Hart and Robert Hart, Entitled to Government Scrip to the Trustees of the Estate of Robert Hart Pike. | Entitled to Government Scrip to the amount of One hundred and fifty pounds (£150), being in fulfilment of an award made in a case of arbitration before Mr. Commissioner Bell and Henry St. Hill, Government Assessor, on the 19th September, 1856, for a portion of Section 7, Harbour District, reserved for the Natives. |
The claim to the Scrip above awarded was heard and found correct in 1856, but the Report was adjourned in consequence of an understanding that an effort was to be made to acquire the reserved portion by purchase from the Natives. This object has not been accomplished. The claimants at their request are entitled to the fulfilment of their award.
The Report of No. 1181 declaring the claimants “entitled to select 150 acres of Rural land,” published in the Government Gazette, 7th July, 1861, No. 21, is in error, and is hereby cancelled.
David Lewis,
Commissioner.
Attorney-General’s Office,
Auckland, 5th August, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
The Honorable Colonel Andrew Hamilton RUSSELL, Ahuriri,
Captain Andrew Hamilton RUSSELL, Ahuriri,
Alfred Richard CREYKE, Esquire, Avon, Canterbury,
Jonas Woodward, Esquire, Wellington,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
Henry Sewell.
Warrant Appointing Coroner’s District
By His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS by the Coroner’s Act, 1858, the Governor is empowered in the manner therein mentioned to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of the several districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define the districts within which such Coroners shall respectively have jurisdiction, and every such definition to revoke or amend, and the limits of such districts to alter as occasion may require, Now therefore,
I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and authority, do hereby define the district of
Porirua,
in the Province of Wellington to be all the territory comprised within the limits following, that is to say:—Bounded on the North by the Manawatu river from its mouth to the gorge in the Ruahine Range; on the East and South-East by the Wairarapa and Hutt districts, to the mouth of the Korokoro stream in Port Nicholson; and on the South and
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1861, No 32
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🗺️ New Zealand Company’s Land Claims Commission Report
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey10 June 1861
Land claims, Government Scrip, New Zealand Company, Wellington
- George Hart, Entitled to Government Scrip
- Robert Hart, Entitled to Government Scrip
- Robert Hart Pike, Trustees of the Estate
- Bell (Commissioner), Arbitration case
- Henry St. Hill, Government Assessor
- David Lewis, Commissioner
⚖️ Appointment of Justices of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement5 August 1861
Justices of the Peace, Appointments, Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington
- Andrew Hamilton Russell (Honourable Colonel), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Andrew Hamilton Russell (Captain), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Alfred Richard Creyke (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Jonas Woodward (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Henry Sewell
⚖️ Warrant Appointing Coroner’s District
⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementCoroner’s District, Porirua, Wellington Province
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief