Land Claims Decisions




New Zealand Company’s Land Claims Commission,
Wellington, 7th June, 1862.

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 thereto, from, through, or under the New Zealand Company, Report that the claims of the undermentioned persons having been duly referred to me for investigation, I do hereby decide that the said persons are respectively entitled to Crown Grants of the land set against their names in the annexed Schedule.

David Lewis,
Commissioner.

No. of Report No. of Claim Name of Claimant Commissioner’s Decision
1251 1458 J. Howard Wallace Entitled to a Grant of Sections No. 952 and 959 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1252 1479 Alfred Pickering Palmer Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 82 on the plan of the Horo-kiwi Valley district.
1253 429 George Waters Entitled to a Grant of part of Town Section No. 174 on the plan of Wellington.
1254 1088 Helen Mountain Entitled to a Grant of part of Town Section No. 690 on the plan of Wellington.
1255 1301 Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent of Wellington and his successors in office Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 528 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1256 1573 James Watson, Robert Patterson, J. Innes Wright, Andrew MacGeorge jun., Trustees of the late John Fleming Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 384 on the plan of the city of Wellington; also, entitled to select one hundred acres of rural land in respect of Land Order No. 782, issued by the New Zealand Company in 1839 to the late John Fleming, subject to the conditions of Clause II of the "Land Orders and Scrip Act, 1858."
1257 1554 George Hunter Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 193 and part of No. 208 on the plan of the City of Wellington; also, to a Grant of Section No. 5 on the plan of Terawiti district.
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1258 1178 George Hunter Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 210 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1259 1183 J. Elisha Smith Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 624 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1260 1415 Josiah Tutchen Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 381 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1261 1303 Michael Quin Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 671 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1262 1453 Thomas Lloyd Entitled to a Grant of Sections No. 767 and No. 944 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1263 1502 John Minifie Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 703 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1264 1182 William Holmes Entitled to a Grant of two-thirds of Section No. 452 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1265 1299 George Roe Entitled to a Grant of one-third of Section No. 452 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1266 1509 Micaiah Read Entitled to a Grant of one-half (more or less) of Section No. 758 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1267 1514 John Howe Entitled to a Grant of the portion of Town Acre No. 758, adjoining Town Acre 757, having sixty feet frontage at Adelaide Road as laid down on the plan of Wellington.
1268 1581 Harmon Lawrenson Entitled to a Grant of a portion of Section No. 758 on the plan of the City of Wellington, having a frontage of thirty-three feet to Adelaide Road.
1269 1546 George Hunter Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 187 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1270 1530 Charles Decimus Barraud Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 455 on the plan of the City of Wellington.


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🗺️ New Zealand Company’s Land Claims Commission Decisions

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 June 1862
Land claims, Crown Grants, Wellington, New Zealand Company
23 names identified
  • J. Howard Wallace, Entitled to Crown Grant of Sections No. 952 and 959 in Wellington
  • Alfred Pickering Palmer, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 82 in Horo-kiwi Valley
  • George Waters, Entitled to Crown Grant of part of Town Section No. 174 in Wellington
  • Helen Mountain, Entitled to Crown Grant of part of Town Section No. 690 in Wellington
  • Isaac Earl Featherston (Superintendent of Wellington), Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 528 in Wellington
  • James Watson, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 384 in Wellington
  • Robert Patterson, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 384 in Wellington
  • J. Innes Wright, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 384 in Wellington
  • Andrew MacGeorge (junior), Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 384 in Wellington
  • John Fleming, Late owner of Land Order No. 782
  • George Hunter, Entitled to Crown Grants of Sections No. 193, 208, and 5
  • J. Elisha Smith, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 624 in Wellington
  • Josiah Tutchen, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 381 in Wellington
  • Michael Quin, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 671 in Wellington
  • Thomas Lloyd, Entitled to Crown Grants of Sections No. 767 and 944 in Wellington
  • John Minifie, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 703 in Wellington
  • William Holmes, Entitled to Crown Grant of two-thirds of Section No. 452 in Wellington
  • George Roe, Entitled to Crown Grant of one-third of Section No. 452 in Wellington
  • Micaiah Read, Entitled to Crown Grant of one-half of Section No. 758 in Wellington
  • John Howe, Entitled to Crown Grant of portion of Town Acre No. 758 in Wellington
  • Harmon Lawrenson, Entitled to Crown Grant of portion of Section No. 758 in Wellington
  • George Hunter, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 187 in Wellington
  • Charles Decimus Barraud, Entitled to Crown Grant of Section No. 455 in Wellington

  • David Lewis, Commissioner