Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 16

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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.

DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.

New Zealand Company's Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1870.

S C H E D U L E.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner's Decision.
1502 1672 Joseph Schroder Moore and Charles Beard Izard, Executors under the Will of George Samuel Evans, deceased. Are entitled to receive in trust the Crown Grants of the Sections Nos. 486, 558, 560, 562, on the plan of the City of Wellington. Also the Grants of the Rural Sections Nos. 2 and 3 Horokiwi, No. 92 Ohariu, and No. 109 Upper Hutt District. The Grants to issue under the provisions of "The Crown Grant Act, 1866," in the name of George Samuel Evans. The Legal Estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 28th September, 1866.
1503 1714 Mary Ann Morford and Thomas Cobb, Executors under the Will of William Morford, deceased. Are entitled to receive Crown Grants to be issued in accordance with the provisions of the "Crown Grants Act, 1866," in the name of William Morford, of the Section No. 501, on the plan of the City of Wellington, and of Rural Section No. 21, Tukapu District. The Legal Estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 11th August, 1840. Subject to a direction of the Commissioner.
1504 1411 Robert Sutcliffe Entitled to Crown Grants of the Sections Nos. 1044, 1055, and 1060 on the plan of the City of Wellington. The Legal Estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 31st January, 1859.
1505 1652 William Briggs Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Section No. 1031 on the plan of the City of Wellington. The Legal Estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 13th August, 1840.
1506 1651 William Eddleston Entitled to a Crown Grant of the Section No. 1030 on the plan of the City of Wellington. The Legal Estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 7th November, 1840. Subject to a direction of the Commissioner.


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🗺️ Report on New Zealand Company Land Claims

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
8 July 1870
Land Claims, New Zealand Company, Crown Grants, Wellington, Land Titles
9 names identified
  • Joseph Schroder Moore, Executor of George Samuel Evans
  • Charles Beard Izard, Executor of George Samuel Evans
  • George Samuel Evans, Deceased estate subject of claim
  • Mary Ann Morford, Executor of William Morford
  • Thomas Cobb, Executor of William Morford
  • William Morford, Deceased estate subject of claim
  • Robert Sutcliffe, Entitled to Crown Grant
  • William Briggs, Entitled to Crown Grant
  • William Eddleston, Entitled to Crown Grant

  • David Lewis, Commissioner