Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 24

Page 93

✨ Tenders and Crown Grants



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Tenders.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington, July 3, 1868.

THE following tenders for the erection of a Bridge over the Wanganui River are published for general information.

A. Follett Halcombe,
Provincial Secretary.

Mr. Henry McNeil, Auckland, £19,850
Accepted

Mr. David Proudfoot, Dunedin, £19,500
Declined

Mr. Thos. Higgie, Wanganui, £14,188 9d 4s
Informal

Mr. George Caiman, Wanganui, £14,750
Declined

Mr. William Murray, Balclutha, Otago, £16,895
Declined

Mr. Samuel Brown, Wellington, £17,540
Declined

Mr. E. W. Mills, Wellington, £18,291
Declined

Mr. A. Peacock, Wellington, £19,644
Declined

Mr. Chas. Seagar, Wellington, £20,097
Declined

Crown Grants.

DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Lost Land Orders Act, 1861,” to hear and decide claims for Crown Grants of Lands for which the original Land Orders have been lost or destroyed, report that the claims of Alexander Sutherland, of Lyall’s Bay, Wellington, having been referred to me by command of the Governor, I do hereby decide that the aforesaid claimant is entitled to a Crown Grant of the land referred to in the annexed Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Claimant Commissioner’s Decision
Alexander Sutherland Entitled to a Crown Grant of Rural Section No. 6, on the plan of Evan’s Bay District, Province of Wellington.

DAVID LEWIS,
Lost Land Orders Commissioner.

Dated at Wellington,
this sixteenth day of June, 1868.

Crown Grants.

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, or 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.

New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, sixteenth June, 1868.



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🏗️ Tenders for Wanganui River Bridge

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
3 July 1868
Tenders, Bridge Construction, Wanganui River
9 names identified
  • Henry McNeil (Mr), Tender accepted
  • David Proudfoot (Mr), Tender declined
  • Thos Higgie (Mr), Tender informal
  • George Caiman (Mr), Tender declined
  • William Murray (Mr), Tender declined
  • Samuel Brown (Mr), Tender declined
  • E. W. Mills (Mr), Tender declined
  • A. Peacock (Mr), Tender declined
  • Chas Seagar (Mr), Tender declined

  • A. Follett Halcombe, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Crown Grant for Lost Land Orders

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
16 June 1868
Crown Grants, Lost Land Orders, Wellington
  • Alexander Sutherland, Entitled to Crown Grant

  • David Lewis, Lost Land Orders Commissioner

🗺️ Crown Grants for New Zealand Company Claimants

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
16 June 1868
Crown Grants, New Zealand Company, Wellington
  • David Lewis, Commissioner