Occupation Licenses and Deposits




RETURN OF OCCUPATION LICENSES issued and of Sums received as Deposits, Licence Fees and Assessments on Runs in the Province of Wellington, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1861, being the Licence Fees and Assessments for 1860, under the Additional Land Regulations of 1855.

NAME DISTRICT NUMBER OF ACRES AMOUNT RECEIVED LICENSES TRANSFERRED REMARKS
Deposits. Licence Fees. Assessments.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Charles Sharp East Coast ... 16 0 0 ... 27 6 10
Rhodes and Donald Wairarapa 7,000 ... ... 12 14 4
W. B. Rhodes Rangitiki 20,000 ... ... 36 9 2
C. Matthews Wairarapa 13,900 ... ... 25 6 9
Taylor and Watt Rangitiki 9,000 ... ... 16 8 1
A. McMaster Wairarapa 16,300 ... ... 29 14 3
Messrs. Cameron East Coast 13,000 ... ... 28 13 11
Hales and Murough ... 8,900 ... ... 16 4 5
W. Spinks ... 17,000 ... ... 30 19 9
Peter Hume Wairarapa 6,000 ... ... 11 18 9
George Moore East Coast *10,000 ... ... 20 10 6
C. Campion Rangitiki 8,000 ... ... 14 11 8
Thomas Telford East Coast 13,640 ... ... 24 12 11
William Hickson Rangitiki 2,000 ... ... 3 12 0
W. W. Taylor ... 1,800 ... ... 3 5 7
Archibald Gillies Wairarapa 12,000 ... ... 21 17 6
G. H. Luxford ... 24,100 ... ... 43 18 2
J. H. Northwood ... 5,000 ... ... 9 2 3
D. Riddiford East Coast 22,000 ... ... 40 2 3
Edwin Meredith Wairarapa 10,200 ... ... 18 11 10
Smith and Revan ... 10,100 ... ... 18 3 3
C. B. Bidwell ... 4,003 ... ... 7 5 10
Richard Collins ... ... ... ... 1 16 5
M. A. Buxton East Coast 13,200 ... ... 29 16 10
Robert Russell Wairarapa 3,000 ... ... 7 18 4
C. A. Vallance East Coast 10,400 ... ... 13 10 10
W. Beetham ... 10,200 ... ... 10 12 6
James Kelham ... 16,300 ... ... 16 19 7
I. E. Featherston ... 25,600 ... ... 26 13 4
C. F. Hales ... 5,080 ... ... 3 10 0
Thomas Guthrie ... 36,000 ... ... 37 10 0
J. Y. Smith ... 24,000 ... ... 25 0 0
R. Mansell ... 23,500 ... ... 16 3 11
W. Hodder and W. Knight ... 10,000 25 0 0 ... ...
John Sutherland ... 4,000 25 0 0 ... ..........
John Bailey Williams ... 30,000 50 0 0 ... ..........

| | Total | 469,220 | 100 0 0 | ... | 646 18 7 | | | |

Licenses were issued to Messrs. Knight and Hodder, and John Sutherland.

Crown Land Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1862.

William Fitzherbert,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1862, No 6





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🗺️ Return of Occupation Licenses issued and Sums received as Deposits in Wellington Province

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
18 February 1862
Occupation Licenses, Deposits, Wellington Province, 1861
41 names identified
  • Charles Sharp, Issued occupation license
  • Rhodes, Issued occupation license
  • Donald, Issued occupation license
  • W. B. Rhodes, Issued occupation license
  • C. Matthews, Issued occupation license
  • Taylor, Issued occupation license
  • Watt, Issued occupation license
  • A. McMaster, Issued occupation license
  • Cameron (Messrs.), Issued occupation license
  • Hales, Issued occupation license
  • Murogh, Issued occupation license
  • W. Spinks, Issued occupation license
  • Peter Hume, Issued occupation license
  • George Moore, Issued occupation license
  • C. Campion, Issued occupation license
  • Thomas Telford, Issued occupation license
  • William Hickson, Issued occupation license
  • W. W. Taylor, Issued occupation license
  • Archibald Gillies, Issued occupation license
  • G. H. Luxford, Issued occupation license
  • J. H. Northwood, Issued occupation license
  • D. Riddiford, Issued occupation license
  • Edwin Meredith, Issued occupation license
  • Smith, Issued occupation license
  • Revan, Issued occupation license
  • C. B. Bidwell, Issued occupation license
  • Richard Collins, Issued occupation license
  • M. A. Buxton, Issued occupation license
  • Robert Russell, Issued occupation license
  • C. A. Vallance, Issued occupation license
  • W. Beetham, Issued occupation license
  • James Kelham, Issued occupation license
  • I. E. Featherston, Issued occupation license
  • C. F. Hales, Issued occupation license
  • Thomas Guthrie, Issued occupation license
  • J. Y. Smith, Issued occupation license
  • R. Mansell, Issued occupation license
  • W. Hodder, Issued occupation license
  • W. Knight, Issued occupation license
  • John Sutherland, Issued occupation license
  • John Bailey Williams, Issued occupation license

  • William Fitzherbert, Commissioner of Crown Lands