Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 28

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✨ Shipping Statistics and Land Claims



COMPARATIVE RETURN of Arrivals and Departures at the Port of Wellington,

between the Quarters ending September 30th, 1871 and 1872.

Arrivals From 1871 1872 Departures To 1871 1872
Ships Tons Ships Tons Ships Tons Ships Tons
Great Britain 2 1518 4 2744 Great Britain 2 1518 1 688
New South Wales 13 4778 18 7031 New South Wales 11 3984 15 6320
Tasmania ... ... ... ... Tasmania ... ... ... ...
Other Ports 14 9713 15 9910 Other Ports 14 9713 15 9910
Coastwise 94 18335 88 13139 Coastwise 88 17929 93 16868
Totals 123 34344 125 32824 Totals 115 33132 124 33786

Wellington, 9th October, 1872.

JOHN HOLLIDAY,
Harbour Master.

Reports.

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 under-mentioned 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.

New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1872.

DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.

No. of Report No. of Claim Name of Claimant Commissioner’s Decision
1537 576 John Crawford Entitled to a Crown Grant of Section No. 966 on the Plan of the City of Wellington, and to a Grant of the Rural Section No. 87 on the Plan of the Ohariu District. The legal estate to be antevested in the former as from the 12th August, 1840, and in the latter as from the 7th April, 1842.
1538 1721 William Lyon and Donald Gollan, Trustees, Entitled to receive Crown Grants of the Rural Sections Nos. 145, 148, and 149 on the Plan of the left bank of the Wanganui River. The Grants to issue in the name of Kenneth Mathieson, and the legal estate to be antevested therein as from the 8th June, 1842.
Kenneth Mathieson’s estate
1539 1722 Adolphus William Young Entitled to a Crown Grant of Section No. 1015 on the Plan of the City of Wellington, and of Rural Section No. 62 on the Plan of the Ohariu District. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 8th June, 1840.

From New Zealand Gazette, 3rd October, 1872.

Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by THOMAS M’KENZIE,
Printer for the time being to such Government.




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🚂 Comparative Return of Arrivals and Departures at the Port of Wellington

🚂 Transport & Communications
9 October 1872
Shipping, Arrivals, Departures, Wellington, Statistics
  • John Holliday, Harbour Master

🗺️ Reports on New Zealand Company Land Claims

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
27 September 1872
Land Claims, New Zealand Company, Wellington, Crown Grants
  • John Crawford, Entitled to Crown Grant
  • William Lyon, Trustee entitled to Crown Grant
  • Donald Gollan, Trustee entitled to Crown Grant
  • Kenneth Mathieson, Estate entitled to Crown Grant
  • Adolphus William Young, Entitled to Crown Grant

  • David Lewis, Commissioner