Land Sales and Deposits




RETURN OF LANDS SOLD AND DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN THE PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON,
From the 1st to the 30th November, 1862.

District Purchaser Land Selected or Applied For Contents Payment Remarks
A. R. P. £ s. d.
Wellington Charles Austin Between the Porirua and Ohariu Districts ... ... ... 12 10 0 Deposit for 500 acres of 5s. land.
Rangitiki and Turakina William Bowler Remainder of Sections 5 and 6 Pakuratahi 86 0 0 43 0 0
John Wilson In the Turakina District 100 0 0 50 0 0
C. and D. Cameron ... 100 0 0 50 0 0
W. W. Taylor On Taylor and Watt’s and on applicant’s runs, Rangitiki 500 0 0 250 0 0
On W. W. Taylor’s run, Rangitiki 1100 0 0 550 0 0
Donald Fraser Remainder of Sections 20, 22, and 24 450 0 0 225 0 0
W. W. Taylor ... 225 0 0 112 10 0
Wairarapa and Coast J. G. Cox Town Section, No. 305, Featherston 1 0 0 5 0 0
Benjamin Stevens Section No. 9, Township of Carterton 8 3 15 5 0 0
William Abbott Town Sections Nos. 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 68, Featherston 6 0 0 48 0 0
W. E. Chamberlain On G. H. Luxford’s run, Warehama Block 200 0 0 100 0 0
R. W. Smith Opaki Block and Masterton 390 0 0 195 0 0
Alfred Tanner In the Warekaka Block 60 0 0 30 0 0
Pierce Cotter Moroa 240 0 0 120 0 0
Angus M’Master Tupurupuru 170 0 0 85 0 0
James Strang ... 12558 0 0 ... 5s. land purchased at Auction.
William Knight On his run, East Coast District 424 0 0 50 0 0 Deposit for 2000 acres of 5s. land

Totals... | | | 16518 3 15 | 1881 0 0 | |

Crown Lands Office, Wellington,
4th December, 1862.

William Fitzherbert,
Commissioner of Crown Lands




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1862, No 31





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Return of Lands Sold and Deposits Received in Wellington Province

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 December 1862
Land Sales, Deposits, Wellington, Rangitiki, Turakina, Wairarapa, Porirua, Ohariu
16 names identified
  • Charles Austin, Purchased land in Wellington
  • William Bowler, Purchased land in Rangitiki and Turakina
  • John Wilson, Purchased land in Turakina District
  • C. and D. Cameron, Purchased land in unspecified district
  • W. W. Taylor, Purchased land in Rangitiki
  • Donald Fraser, Purchased land in unspecified sections
  • J. G. Cox, Purchased town section in Featherston
  • Benjamin Stevens, Purchased section in Carterton
  • William Abbott, Purchased town sections in Featherston
  • W. E. Chamberlain, Purchased land on G. H. Luxford’s run
  • R. W. Smith, Purchased land in Opaki Block and Masterton
  • Alfred Tanner, Purchased land in Warekaka Block
  • Pierce Cotter, Purchased land in Moroa
  • Angus M’Master, Purchased land in Tupurupuru
  • James Strang, Purchased land in unspecified location
  • William Knight, Purchased land on his run in East Coast District

  • William Fitzherbert, Commissioner of Crown Lands