Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 8

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✨ Land Claims Decisions



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Reports.

DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No. 15, Session XL, 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, 22nd March, 1870.

S C H E D U L E.

No. of Report. No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Commissioner’s Decision.
1495 1256 Cornelius Campion Entitled to a Grant of 300 acres of Land in the Rangitikei District, being the land formerly reported in favour of Andrew Green (Report 284), and to a further Grant of 300 acres of Land in the same District, formerly reported in favour of Major Murray (Report 167). The legal estate to be ante-vested in the Grantee as from the 1st February, 1854, and in the latter as from the 31st May, 1853.
1496 1641 Robert Few Entitled to a Grant of Sections No. 308 and 460, on the plan of the City of Wellington. The legal estate to be ante-vested in the Grantee as from the 28th July, 1840.
1705
1497 1063 Henry William Rotermund Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 127, and part of Section No. 103, on the plan of the City of Wellington. The legal estate to be ante-vested in the Grantee, namely, in the former as from the 24th August, 1854, and in the latter as from the 30th April, 1856.
1570
1498 1331 Trustees of George Rees deceased Entitled to a Grant of Sections Nos. 330, 463, 169, and 470, on the plan of the Township of Wanganui. The Grant to issue in the name of George Rees, and the legal estate to be ante-vested therein as from the 24th of April, 1858.
1342
1499 1550 Thomas Flannary Entitled to a Grant of the Sections No. 442, and 448, on the plan of the Township of Wanganui. The legal estate to be ante-vested in the Grantee as from the 15th March, 1859.
1500 1712 John McBeth Entitled to a Grant of Section No. 950, on the plan of the City of Wellington. The legal estate to be ante-vested in the Grantee as from the 31st December, 1851.
1501 1713 George Young Entitled to a Grant of a portion of Section No. 488, on the plan of the City of Wellington, being the upper part of the Allotment No. 4 on the sub-divisional plan of the Section, having a frontage to Wellington Terrace. The legal estate to be ante-vested in the Grantees as from the 10th day of December, 1842.


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🗺️ New Zealand Company Land Claims Report

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
22 March 1870
Land claims, Crown Grants, New Zealand Company, Wellington
7 names identified
  • Cornelius Campion, Entitled to Crown Grant of land in Rangitikei District
  • Robert Few, Entitled to Crown Grant of sections in Wellington
  • Henry William Rotermund, Entitled to Crown Grant of sections in Wellington
  • George Rees (deceased), Trustees entitled to Crown Grant of sections in Wanganui
  • Thomas Flannary, Entitled to Crown Grant of sections in Wanganui
  • John McBeth, Entitled to Crown Grant of section in Wellington
  • George Young, Entitled to Crown Grant of portion of section in Wellington

  • David Lewis, Commissioner