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REPORTS.
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 under-mentioned persons having been duly referred to me for investigation, I do hereby decide that the said persons are respectively entitled to the Crown Grants of the land set against their names in the annexed Schedule.
David Lewis,
Commissioner.
New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1871.
SCHEDULE.
| No. of Report. | No. of Claim. | Name of Claimant. | Commissioner’s Decisions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,515 | 1,150 | John Hoskins | Entitled to a Crown Grant of part of Section No. 174, on the plan of the City of Wellington. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 15th day of June, 1855. |
| 1,516 | 1,484 | John Paterson | Entitled to a Crown Grant of part of Rural Sections Nos. 136 and 137, Left Bank, Wanganni River, containing one hundred and eighty-eight acres more or less. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 21st May, 1860. |
| 1,517 | 1,543 | Henry Meech | Entitled to a Crown Grant of part of Section No. 596, on the plan of the City of Wellington. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 8th day of December, 1860. |
| 1,518 | 1,380 | A. de B. Brandon | Entitled to a Crown Grant of part of Section No. 596 on the plan of the City of Wellington, adjoining the part referred to in Report No. 949. The legal estate to be antevested therein as from the 13th May, 1868. Also entitled to a Crown Grant of Section No. 13, Harbour District. The legal estate to be antevested therein as from the 4th May, 1860. |
| 1,460 | |||
| 1,519 | 1,619 | Robert Cockburn | Entitled to a Crown Grant of part of Section No. 43, Karori District, being the allotment numbered 18, on the sub-divisional plan of the section. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 31st January, 1855. |
| 1,520 | 1,717 | John Walker | Entitled to a Crown Grant of the South-western portion of Section No. 25, Right Bank of the Wanganui River, containing about fifty-four acres, more or less. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 16th day of October, 1861. |
| 1,521 | 1,718 | Edmond Robert Wodehouse and Robert Spencer Robinson | Entitled to take the delivery of a Crown Grant to be issued (in accordance with the provisions of “The Crown Grants Act, 1866”) in the name of Charles Buller, late of No. 2, Chester Place, in the County of Middlesex, in England, for Section No. 427, on the plan of the City of Wellington, and for Rural Section No. 20, on the plan of the Porirua District, Kinapoura Division. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 3rd June, 1841. Subject to a direction of the Commissioner. |
New Zealand Gazette, 5th September, 1871.
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🗺️ Reports on New Zealand Company Land Claims
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey10 August 1871
Land Claims, New Zealand Company, Crown Grants, Wellington, Wanganui River
9 names identified
- John Hoskins, Entitled to Crown Grant
- John Paterson, Entitled to Crown Grant
- Henry Meech, Entitled to Crown Grant
- A. de B. Brandon, Entitled to Crown Grant
- Robert Cockburn, Entitled to Crown Grant
- John Walker, Entitled to Crown Grant
- Edmond Robert Wodehouse, Entitled to take delivery of Crown Grant
- Robert Spencer Robinson, Entitled to take delivery of Crown Grant
- Charles Buller, Crown Grant issued in name
- David Lewis, Commissioner