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CHAPTER IV

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CHAPTER IV.

ABSTRACT OF LAND CLAIMS.

AN ABSTRACT of Claims to Land in New Zealand; by right of purchase from the Aborigines, as far as they can be defined from the Government Gazette, to September, 1841.

NORTH ISLAND, OR NEW ULSTER.

District.

Name of
Claimant.

Residence.

No. of
Claims

Area of
Claims in
Acres.

Total
Claim
in each
District.

Date
of
Pur-
chase

Consideration
given.

WEST COAST

£. s. d.

Hokianga

W.S. Deloitte

Sydney

1

2,000

---

1826

55 7 0

J. Anderson

Hokianga

1

1,000

---

1839

41 10 0

Robert Angus

" "

1

1,000

---

1839

29 0 0

Thomas Cassidy

" "

2

9,000

---

1837

116 17 8

E. Chadwick

" "

1

1,000

---

1839

37 2 0

H. Chambers

Sydney

2

1,700

---

1839

68 16 3

D. B. Cochrane

Hokianga

3

2,000

---

1831

70 2 0

R. Chapman

" "

2

1,200

---

1838

23 11 0

S. Egitt

" "

2

1,100

---

1839

60 0 0

E. Fishwick

" "

4

1,580

--

1835

122 0 0

Robt. Hunt

Mongahunker

2

3,003

---

1830

97 0 0

H. Jellicoe

Hokianga

2

2,100

---

1836

164 3 0

J. Kelley

" "

1

2,560

---

1831

40 12 0

J. B. and J. H. La Court

" "

2

25,000

---

1839

446 12 0

J. Marmon

" "

6

1,450

---

1835

203 14 6

R. Mariner
F. Bowyer

" "

1

1,500

---

1827

28 12 2

J. O'Brien

Sydney

1

60,000

---

1839

640 0 0

J. Odeland

Hokianga

3

1,300

---

1836

85 4 8

H. Pierson

" "

2

3,150

---

1835

93 18 0

J. Poynton

" "

6

3,100

---

1837

249 13 10

G. Russell

" "

4

1,550

---

1839

93 0 0

R. Thomson

" "

1

1,000

---

1834

49 15 0

W. White

" "

8

12,400

---

1839

754 0 0

W. Young

" "

4

2,140

---

1837

188 0 0

Ten Claimants under 1000 acres each

" "

10

3,700

72

139,036

Kaipara

William Wright
W.S.Grahame

Sydney

1

40,000

---

1840

752 6 10

J.W. Macnee

" "

1

4,000

---

1839

424 10 9

Samuel Hawke

" "

1

12,000

---

1839

125 8 3

W.Christmas

" "

1

1,000

---

1840

160 16 4

H. Chambers

" "

2

7,000

---

1839

220 0 0

T. Elmsley

" "

1

70,000

---

1839

673 0 0

E. Lord

" "

1

5,000

---

1839.

305 16 4

H. Tayler

Thames

1

20,000

---

1839

---

9

159,000

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ABSTRACT OF LAND CLAIMS

District.

Name of
Claimant.

Residence.

No.
of
Claims|

Area of
Claims in
Acres.

Total
Claim
in each
District.

Date
of
Pur-
chase

Consideration
given.

WEST COAST

£ s. d

Manakao

F. Peterson

Sydney

1

2,000

---

1840

W.C Symonds

Auckland

1

40,000

---

1836

---

2

42,000

Waikato and

W.C. Cormack

Sydney

1

12,000

1839

River Waipa

G. Sandeman

" "

3

20,300

---

1840

---

W. Turner

Waipa River

1

2,000

---

1839

---

5 34,300

Kawia and
Waingaroa

John Jones & Co.

Sydney

8

89,904

89,904

1839

--

Taranaki

Henry White

Hokianga

1

2,000,000

2,000,000

1839

---

EAST COAST

Doubtless Bay

W. Brodie

Bay of Islands

1

32,000

--

1840

160 0 0

G. Thomas
T. Phillips

Mongonui

7

3,750

---

1840

---

8 35,750

Kaitaia

Rev.J. Matthews

Kaitaia

2

2,503

1838

80 0 0

Rev.R. Matthews

" "

1

3,000

---

1839

73 0 0

3

5,500

Mongonui

T. Ryan

Mongonui

5

2,280

1839

129 11 0

J. Berghan

Bay of Islands

9

4,605

--

1839

148 1 0

14

----------

6,885

Wangaroa

R. Dacre

Sydney

1

5,000

1831

70 0 0

H. McLerer

Kororarika

4

7,600

---

1839

80 0 0

W. Powditch

Wangaroa

3

4,220

---

1839

237 0 0

J. Kemp

Keri Keri

2

3,700

---

1836

P. H. King

Bay of Islands

3

2,300

---

1836

---

13

--------

22,820

Bay of
Islands

James Busby

Bay of
Islands

7

8,105

1839

503 2 6

Thomas Bateman

" "

8

1,993

---

1839

253 0 0

G. J. Clayton

" "

13

1,000

---

1838

600 0 0

J. H. Clendon

" "

7

2,199

---

1839

539 5 9

P. Donovan

" "

2

1,520

---

1840

21 15 0

J. Edmonds

" "

1

2,700

---

1837

200 0 0

W. Hingston

" "

4

2,000

---

1840

191 17 0

T. Joyce

" "

1

6,000

--

1839

150 0 0

B. Nesbitt

" "

1

1,500

---

1840

44 8 0

W. Potter

" "

2

1,500

---

1839

40 0 0

F. Richards

" "

1

10,000

---

1838

300 0 0

D. Salmon

Mouturu

2

10,000

---

1838

157 16 0

W. Small

Bay of
Islands

1

3,000

---

1838

150 0 0

T. Spicer

" "

8

1,500

---.

1838

450 0 0

John Baker

" "

3

3,700

1838

102 0 0

J. Davis

Waimate

1

5,000

---

1839

40 0 0

Rev.H. Williams

Kororarika

6

11,000

1839

905 10 0

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IN NEW ULSTER.

District.

Name of Claimant.

Residence.

No.
of
Claims.

Area of
Claims in
Acres.

Total
Claim
in each
District.

Date
of Pur-
chase

Consideration
given.

EAST COAST.

£. s. d.

Bay of
Islands

Charles Baker

Kororarika

3

6,230

---

1837

296 2 10

Wm. Baker

Wangaroa

4

10,030

---

1839

---

J. Kemp

Keri Keri

9

6,276

---

1839

---

J. King

Kororarika

4

10,000

---

1836

---

Twenty-nine
under 1000
acres each

---

29

9,526

-----

---

117

115,379

Tutukaka

F. Atherton

Kororarika

1

3,000

3,000

1839

133 8 2

Wangari and

James Busby

Bay of Islands

2

40,000

---

1839

320 9 9

Bream Bay

R. Greenhill

" "

1

3,000

---

1839

110 0 0

G. Mair

" "

1

5,000

--

1829

450 0 0

4

48,000

Waitemata

T. Mellon

Matakana

1

15,000

--

1839

300 0 0

G. T. Clayton

Bay of Islands

2

1,200

---

1839

150 0 0

A. Dalziel

Auckland

3

2,700

---

1839

240 0 0

W. Lewington

Bay of Islands

1

2,000

---

1839

100 0 0

T Maxwell

Waiheki

1

3,000

---

1837

---

A. B. Spark

Sydney

1

2,500

---

1839

100 0 0

H. Taylor

Thames

2

1,300

---

1839

---

R. Fairburn

" "

1

40,000

---

830

400 0 0

12

67,700

Coromandel
Harbour

P. Abercrombie

Sydney

1

5,000

--

1839

583 0 0

Hanson & Co.

" "

4

1,950

---

1839

290 0 0

C. Preece

Coromandel

2

2,000

---

1839

60 0 0

J. Preece

" "

2

2,000

---

1839

---

9

10,950

River Thames

W. H. Christie

Sydney

1

10,000

1839

201 16 0

W. C Cormack

" "

1

5,500

---

1840

---

L. McCaskill

" "

4

250,000

---

1839

800 0 0

A.B. Spark

" "

2

160,000

---

1839

460 18 6

H. Tayler

Thames

2

20,400

---

1839

---

George Weller

Sydney

1

480,000

---

1832

---

11

925,900

---

River Piako

C. Abercrombie

Sydney

1

80,000

1839

Rev. T. Aitken

" "

1

7,670

---

---

George Beadon

" "

1

15,360

---

---

W. C. Cormack

" "

2

19,200

---

---

C. M. Gordon

" "

1

15,360

---

---

---

J. McClean

" "

]

16,000

---

---

R. McDonnell

" "

1

12,800

---

---

A. McGregor

" "

1

7,680

---

---

---

A. Mclnnes

" "

1

3,200

---

--

---

G. McKay

" "

1

6,000

---

400 0 0

G. Newton

" "

1

12,80

---

---

640 0 0

G. Sandeman

" "

2

24,50

---

---

J. Thain

" "

I

7,68

---

---

---

H. Downing

" "

1

1,50

---

---

---

16

---------

229,750

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ABSTRACT OF LAND CLAIMS

District.

Name of
Claimant.

Residence.

No.
of
Claims

Area of
Claims
in Acres.

Total
Claim
in each
District.

Date
of
Pur-
chase

Consid
eration
given.

EAST COAST.

£

s.

d.

Mercury Bay

G. Browne

Mercury Bay

---

4,000

4,000

1830

120

0

0

Tauranga

R. Jones

Sydney

---

100,000

100,000

1830

East Cape

F. Whitaker

Auckland

2,000

2,000

1839

100

0

0

Poverty Bay

T. Hulbert

Pov. Bay

---

1,004

1,004

1839

315

0

0

Hawkes Bay

Daniel Cooper

Sydney

1

345,000

---

1839

185

0

0

Cape Turnagain

" "

" "

1

883,000

---

---

158

0

0

Table Cape

" "

" "

1

100,000

---

1838

50

0

0

3

1,328,000

Cook's Straits

J. J.Peacock

" "

1

64,000

1839

418

0

0

Daniel Cooper

" "

1

768,000

---

---

F. Peterson

" "

1

23,040

---

---

3 855,040

ISLANDS.

---

Rangi Toto

George Weller

Sydney

3

1832

Motu Tapu

George Weller

Sydney

---

1832

Motu Te George Weller Sydney 1832

Motu Koreho

George Weller

Sydney

1832

Motu Tapu

T. Maxwell

Waiheki

---

---

---

1839

Great Barrier

W. Abercrombie

Sydney

---

---

1838

1140

0

0

Total on North Island

339

6,125,918
Acres



MIDDLE ISLAND, OR NEW MUNSTER.

District.

Name of
Claimant.

Residence.

No.
Of
Claims.

Area of
Claims
in Acresi

Total
Claim
in each
District

Dale
of
Pur-
chase

Consid
eration
given.

WEST COAST.

£. s. d.

Cape Farewell

J.C. Crawford

Sydney

1

250,000

250,000

1839

301 0 0

Mistaken B.

George Green

" "

1

1,200,000

1,200,000

1838

200 0 0

Port Adventure

J. Moore

" "

1

15,000

15,000

1837

---

Dusky Bay

P. Williams

Preservation Bay

1

1,000,000

1,000,000

1829

754 0 0

Foveaux's Straits.

George Green

Sydney

1

57,000

---

1838

50 0 0

James Bruce

" "

1

12,000

---

1836

30 0 0

E Palmer

Foveaux

1

2,000

---

1836

95 0 0

J. J. Peacock

Sydney

1

600,000

---

1838

---

Richard Peek

" "

1

94,900

1840

127 0 0

J. Spencer

Bluff Harbour

1

8,000

---

1824

75 0 0

E. Weller

Sydney

1

57,600

---

1839

10 0 0

J.G. Brown & Co.

" "

1

100,000

1840

40 0 0

John Jones

" "

1

100,000

1840

---

Thomas Jones

" "

1

60,000

---

1840

27 0 0

10

--------

1,692,100

EAST COAST.

Otako

Patrick Bryan

Sydney

1

20,000

---

---

---

Thomas Jones

" "

1

260,000

---

1840

43 9 0

G. Thomas

" "

1

250,000

---

1838

90 0 0

E: Weller

" "

1

2,003,200

---

1839

76 0 0

J. Jones

" "

2

1,880,000

---

1839

---

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IN NEW MUNSTER.

District.

Name of Claimant

Residence.

No.
of
Claims

Area of
Claims in
Acres.

Total
Claim
in each
District.

Date
of
Pur-
chase

Consid
eration
given.

East Coast.

£

s.

d.

Otako

J. Brown

Sydney

1

50,000

---

1838

64

10

0

31. Green

" "

1

25,000

---

1840

10

0

0

E. Brady

" "

1

20,000

---

---

W. Hirst

" "

1

100,000

---

---

120

0

0

J.J. Peacock

" "

1

256,000

---

---.

70

0

0

M.J. Duncan

" "

1

160,000

- ---

---

145

0

0

12

5,018,200

Akaroa

---

E. Weller

Sydney

1

1,500,000

---

1839

67

0

0

D. Cooper

" "

1

150,000

---

1840

40

0

0

,

E. Cattlin

" "

1

1,500,000

---

1840

30

0

0

G. Green

" "

1

100,000

---

---

45

0

0

E. Cattlin & Co

" "

1

5,500,000

---

---

60

0

0

5

8,750,000

COOK'S STRAITS

Blind Bay

J.F. Goodser

Sydney

I

15,000

---

1839

150

0

0

W. Cowper

" "

1

8,000

---

---

Admiralty

J. Guard & Co.

" "

1

1,280,000

---

1839

500

0

0

Bay

J.J. Peacock

" "

1

600,000

---

---

50

0

0

W. Hay

" "

1

150,000

---

1839

5

----------

2,063,000

ISLANDS.

Manna

George Bell

Dundee

---

---

---

1832

Kapiti

D. Cooper

Sydney

---

---

---

1839

100

0

0

Kanarra

F. Peterson

" "

---

---

---

---

Ahamataroa

G. Green

" "

---

---

---

---

10

0

0

Green Island

G. F. Clarke

" "

---

---

---

---

30

0

0

Spencer's

J. Spencer

Old Bluff

---

---

1834

30

0

0

Total on Middle Island

38

19,278,000 Acres



STEWART'S ISLAND, OR NEW LEINSTER.

£. s. d.

The Island
and
Erecochere

G. Weller

Sydney

---

---

---

1839

100 0 0



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