Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 16

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✨ Land Claims and Shipping Statistics



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Crown Grants.

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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.

DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.

New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1860.

SCHEDULE.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner’s Decision.
1457 1704 Joseph Samuel Lescher Entitled to a Crown Grant of Section No. 185, on the Plan of the City of Wellington
1458 658 James Poulter Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Rural Section No. 6, on the Plan of the Wainuiomata District.
1459 1654 Edwin Henry Downe, a Minor Entitled to Crown Grants of the Sections No. 949, 951, 1075, and 1076, on the Plan of the City of Wellington. Also to Grants of the Rural Sections No. 361, 362, 363, and 365, in the Block surveyed by the New Zealand Company at Manawatu. Subject, nevertheless, to Clause VI., "Land Orders and Scrip Act, 1858." Also that the said Edwin Henry Downe is entitled to select 300 acres of Rural Land, subject to Clause II. of the above-mentioned Act. The Legal Estate to be vested in the Grantee from and after the 24th day of April, 1850.

Comparative Shipping Return for March Quarters—1868 and 1869.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of Arrivals and Departures at the Port of Wellington between the Quarters ending March 31st, 1868 and 1869.

1868 1869 1868 1869
Arrivals Ships Tons Departures Ships Tons
From To
Great Britain 3 2137 Great Britain 3 2004
New South Wales 20 8992 New South Wales 19 8407
Tasmania ... ... Tasmania ... ...
Other Ports 21 11938 Other Ports 17 10914
Coastwise 123 17925 Coastwise 134 18981
Totals 167 40992 Totals 164 40306

Wellington, 2nd April, 1869.

JOHN HOLLIDAY,
Harbor Master.



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🗺️ Crown Grants for New Zealand Company Land Claims

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
23 March 1860
Land Claims, Crown Grants, Wellington, Wainuiomata, Manawatu
  • Joseph Samuel Lescher, Entitled to Crown Grant for Section No. 185, Wellington
  • James Poulter, Entitled to Crown Grant for Rural Section No. 6, Wainuiomata
  • Edwin Henry Downe (Minor), Entitled to Crown Grants for Sections in Wellington and Manawatu

  • David Lewis, Commissioner

🚂 Comparative Shipping Return for March Quarters 1868 and 1869

🚂 Transport & Communications
2 April 1869
Shipping, Arrivals, Departures, Wellington, Statistics
  • John Holliday, Harbor Master