Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 29

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✨ Crown Grants Entitlement



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Entitled to Crown Grants.

I, DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No. 15, Session XI., 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.

SCHEDULE.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner’s Decision.
1369 1638 The Right Rev. Charles John, Bishop of Wellington, and others, Trustees of the General Synod, Church of England in New Zealand, for Religious and Educational purposes, within the Diocese of Wellington. Entitled to a Crown Grant of the section No. 778 on the plan of the City of Wellington. Also to a Crown Grant of the rural section No. 85 on the plan of the Takapu District.
1370 1642 Archibald Colquhoun Entitled to a Crown Grant of that portion of section No. 586 on the plan of the City of Wellington, formerly included in a grant to Robert Tod, the said portion of the section having been surrendered to Her Majesty the Queen.
1371 1608 Arthur Ormsby Entitled to a Crown Grant of section No. 326 on the plan of the City of Wellington, and of rural section No. 23, Horokiwi Road District, in the Province of Wellington. Also further entitled to select seventy-five acres of rural land in the Province of Wellington, subject to clause II. of “The Land Orders and Scrip Act, 1858.”
1372 1448 Charles Austin Entitled to a Crown Grant of the rural section No. 23 on the plan of the Ohariu District, Province of Wellington, formerly reported in favor of Elizabeth Farrar and Charlotte Aked, No. 960.
1373 1526 Joseph Lambert Entitled to a Crown Grant of section No. 667 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1374 1633 William Tonks, senr. Entitled to a Crown Grant of section No. 97 on the plan of the City of Wellington.
1375 1561 George Curtis Entitled to a Crown Grant of five acres, part of rural section No. 5 on the plan of the Kai-warra District, formerly reported in favor of John Haslem, No. 1147.
1376 1518 John Hooper Entitled to a grant of one-fourth part of section 63, Hutt District.
1377 1524 Robert McCulloch Entitled to a grant of one-fourth part of section No. 63, Hutt District.
1378 1529 William Scott Milne Entitled to a grant of one-fourth part of section No. 63, Hutt District.
1379 1594 John Rayner Entitled to a grant of one-fourth part of section No. 63, Hutt District.

DAVID LEWIS, Commissioner

New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants’ Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1865.

Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by JOSEPH BULL,
Printer for the time being to such Government.




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🗺️ Entitlement to Crown Grants for Land Claimants

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 July 1865
Crown Grants, Land Claims, New Zealand Company, Wellington, Trustees
11 names identified
  • Charles John (The Right Rev. Bishop of Wellington), Entitled to Crown Grant of sections in Wellington
  • Archibald Colquhoun, Entitled to Crown Grant of section in Wellington
  • Arthur Ormsby, Entitled to Crown Grant of sections and land selection
  • Charles Austin, Entitled to Crown Grant of rural section in Ohariu
  • Joseph Lambert, Entitled to Crown Grant of section in Wellington
  • William Tonks (senr.), Entitled to Crown Grant of section in Wellington
  • George Curtis, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Kai-warra
  • John Hooper, Entitled to grant of one-fourth part of section in Hutt
  • Robert McCulloch, Entitled to grant of one-fourth part of section in Hutt
  • William Scott Milne, Entitled to grant of one-fourth part of section in Hutt
  • John Rayner, Entitled to grant of one-fourth part of section in Hutt

  • DAVID LEWIS, Commissioner