Land Sales and Deposits




RETURN OF LAND SOLD AND DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN THE PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON, FROM THE 1ST TO THE 31ST JULY, 1866.

District Purchaser Land selected or applied for Contents Payment Remarks
Cash N. Z. Co.'s Scrip and Land Orders
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Wellington John Cameron Sections No. 77 and 78, Wai-nui-o-mata ... 457 0 0 103 0 0 ...
Wanganui Richard Prouse, jun. " 55 Upper Mangaroa Block, & land adjoining 160 0 0 100 0 0 ...
Henry Sargeant On the Left Bank Wanganui River 160 0 0 75 0 0 ...
Rangitiki and Tura-kina Montague MacDonals In the Upper Rangitiki 280 0 0 100 0 0 ...
William Waring Taylor Blocks CXLV and CXLVII 640 0 0 144 0 0 ...
James McGregor On the Turakina River 300 0 0 150 0 0 ...
R. T. Hippaley " 75 0 0 ... ...
Waitotara Robert Taylor " Waitotara 100 0 0 50 0 0 ...
Wairarapa and East Coast Charles Robert Fenwick Suburban Section No. 212, Featherston 13 0 30 40 0 0 ...
William Nicols " 267, " 10 0 0 25 0 0 ...
Edward Pearce Section No. 607, Whareama Block 250 0 0 125 0 0 ...
George Hunter " 725 to 747 " 6008 0 0 2129 0 0 ...
A. G. Tollemache " 453, 454, 455, & 702 to 723, Whareama Block 6155 0 0 2434 4 0 ...
" " 746 to 763, Whareama Block 2281 0 0 855 7 6 ...
J. C. Andrew " 748 to 755 " 2015 0 0 705 12 6 ...
" " 724 " 166 0 0 83 0 0 ...
H. J. Coote " 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Waipoua Block 1255 0 0 445 12 0 ...
Joseph White In the Moroa Block 40 0 0 20 0 0 ...
TOTALS 21,075 0 30 7684 16 6 75 0 0

NOTE.—Where Lands are described in this Return as selected on any Run, the Runholder will regard this Return as a Notice within the meaning of Section XI., Clause 3, of the "Additional Land Regulations."

Crown Lands Office, Wellington,
4th August, 1866.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1866, No 24





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🗺️ Return of Land Sold and Deposits Received in Wellington Province

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 August 1866
Land sales, Deposits, Wellington Province, Auction, Waste Lands Amendment Act
16 names identified
  • John Cameron, Purchased land in Wai-nui-o-mata
  • Richard Prouse (junior), Purchased land in Upper Mangaroa Block
  • Henry Sargeant, Purchased land on the Left Bank Wanganui River
  • Montague MacDonald, Purchased land in Upper Rangitiki
  • William Waring Taylor, Purchased Blocks CXLV and CXLVII
  • James McGregor, Purchased land on the Turakina River
  • R. T. Hippaley, Purchased land on the Turakina River
  • Robert Taylor, Purchased land in Waitotara
  • Charles Robert Fenwick, Purchased Suburban Section No. 212, Featherston
  • William Nicols, Purchased Suburban Section No. 267, Featherston
  • Edward Pearce, Purchased Section No. 607, Whareama Block
  • George Hunter, Purchased Sections No. 725 to 747, Whareama Block
  • A. G. Tollemache, Purchased Sections No. 453, 454, 455, & 702 to 723, Whareama Block
  • J. C. Andrew, Purchased Sections No. 748 to 755, Whareama Block
  • H. J. Coote, Purchased Sections No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Waipoua Block
  • Joseph White, Purchased land in the Moroa Block

  • William Fitzherbert, Commissioner of Crown Lands