GOVERNMENT NOTICES.

New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, Volume I, Issue 44, 19 January 1842, Page 4

GOVERNMENT NOTICES.

{From, the Supplement to the Government Gazette of January 5, 1842.) NEW ZEALAND LAND COMMISSION. Commissioners t)f Claims Office, Russell, 28 th December, 1841. NOTICE OF HEARING. THE Commissioners appointed under the Ordinance of Council, 4th Victoria;, No. 2, for hearing- and reporting o i Ciaims to Grants of Land in New Zealand, hereby give Notice that they will commence the investigation of the undermentioned Claims, at the Bay of Islands, on Friday the 14th January, 1342, when all Parties interested are summoned to be in attendance with their Documents and Witnesses. Case No. 299 (p ), R. Davis, of Waimate, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, claimant. 600. Six hundred acres, more or less, situated about 18 miles in a northerly direction, from Kororarika, at the head ofTareha’s Bay, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs of the district by the agents of the Church Missionary Society, in the year 1823. Consideration given to the natives—'a quantity of tools, value not stated. Nature of conveyance—deed in favour of the Church Missionary Society. Case No. 299 (r), R. Davis, of Waimate, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, claimant. 1000, One thousand acres, more or less, situated at Waimate, about 16 miles north-west of Kororarika, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs of this district, names not stated, by the agents of the Church Missionary Society, in the years 1830, 1831, IS3B, and 1839. Consideration given to the natives—in trade principally to the amount of £550. Nature of conveyance. —not stated. Case No. 322, the representatives of the late Alexander Grey, of Kororarika. claimant. About one acre more or less, situated on the beach at Korarika, bounded as follows —on one side by E moki, a native chief, on the opposite side by land in possession of captain Clayton, having frontage of ninety feet, and running in depth to high water mark, one hundred and ninety-eight feet, and from thence to low water imrk,the bearings being —beach S.S.E., running back E.N.E. Alleged to have been purchased fiom the native chiefs Kiwa Kiwa, Erika Erkeo, Emene, and Ewariki. Consideration given to the natives—not stated. Nature of conveyance—agreement in writing, dated 15th July, 1830. Case No. 323,. A. B. V. De Sentis, of Kororarika. claimant. 6. Six acres more or less, situated near Kororarika, Bay of Islands —boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased by claimant in November, 1839, from certain native chiefs, not named. Consideration given to the natives—cash and merchandise to the amount of £236 sterling. Nature of conveyance, not stated. Case No. 323 (a), A. B. V. De Sentis, of Kororarika, claimant. 10. Ten acres more or less, situated near Kororarika, Bay of Islands—boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased by claimant in November, 1839, from certain native chiefs, not named. Consideration given to the natives—cash and merchandise, to the amount of £3O sterling. Nature of conveyance —not stated, ; Case No. 323 (5), A. B. V. De Sentis, of Kororarika, claimant. 6. Six acres, more or less, being a small island situated in the Bay of Islands. Alleged to have been purchased in the year 1839, from certain native chiefs, not named, by Greenway, through whom claimant derives. Consideration given to the natives—cash to the amount of £l2 sterling. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Cass No. 323 (c), A. B. De Sentis, of Kororarika, claimant. 70 Seventy acres more or less, situated at Waikati, Bay of Islands ; boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased in November, 1839, from certain native chiefs, not named, by Mr. Thomas Spicer, through whom claimant derives. Considerateon —cash or merchandise to the amount of £65 sterling. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 323 ( d ), A. B. De Sentis, of Kororarika, claimant. 18. Eighteen acres more or less, situated near Kororarika, Bay of Islands, boundaries not stated. Al.eged to'have been purchased in November, 1838, from certain native chiefs, net named,

by Mr. Samuel Allen Wood, through whom claimant derives. Consideration —cash and merchandise to the amount of £SO sterling. Nature of conveyance —not stated. Case No. 324, R. Davis, of Waimate, claimant, 3000. Three thousand acres, more or less, situate at Waimate, about sixteen miles northwest of Koiorarika ; boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased by claimant, from the principal of the Ngapuhi chiefs of the district, in the years 1833 and 1834. Consideration given to the natives —goods and money to the amount of £291 4s. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 326. Feleg Wood, of Waimate, claimant. 100. One hundred acres, more or less, situated at Taiamai, near Waimate, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have beeh obtained from the native chiefs Aparanina, Muriwai, and Wiremu King. Nature of deed of gift, dated 14th November, 1839, Case No. 327, J. A. Duvanchelle, of Korora- * rika, claimant. A piec* of land containing 3 acres raoreor less, called Aputada, near Kororarika, adjoining land claimed by Polack and Spicer. Alleged to have been purchased by Benjamin Evans Turner, from the native chiefs Ahongi, Ahoki, and Otoki, in the year 1838, who sold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives —28 yards print, and £22 sterling. Nature of conveyance—deed in favor of B. E. Turner, dated November 5, 1838. Case No. 327 {a.), J. A. Duvanchelle, of Kororarika, claimant. Two Allotments situate at Kororarika, in the Swamp, containing about an eighth of an acre each. Alleged to have been purchased by Mr. John Johnson, from the native chiefs Tareha and Akero, who hold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives—not stated. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 327 ( b .), J. A. Duvanchelle, of Kororarika, claimant. A piece of land containing one half acre, or thereabouts, situated at Apurada, bounded on the west by Mr. Spicer’s End, on the south by the sea, on the north by a footpath, on the east by land belonging to Mr. B. E; Turner. Alleged to have been purchased by present' claimant from the native chief Mangonui, and Apere (his wife) on the 16th December, 1839. Consideration given to the natives —ten pounds sterling and one horse (or thirty pounds,). Nature of conveyance—deed in favor of claimant, dated 15tli December, 1839. Case No. 327 {d.J, J; A. Duvanchelle, of Kororarika, claimant. A piece of land situated at Wahiti, extent and boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from a native chief Mangonui, by J. M‘Leod, who resold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives—not stated. Nature of conveyance —not stated. Case No. 327 (e.),.J. A. Duvanchelle, of Kororarika, claimant. An Allotment of land situated at Kororarika, in the swamp, adjoining a house belonging to Mr. Dodds, having twenty-eight feet frontage by one hundred feet, Alleged to have been purchased from the Kororarika Land Company, who sold to William Dodds, who exchanged with present claimant for two allotments at Aputada. Consideration given to the natives—not stated. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Cass No, 327 (/.)..J. A. Duvanchelle, of Kororarika, claimant. 6, Six acres, more or less, of land situate near Kororarika, known by the name of Miki, bounded cn one side by Prince-street, on another by land belonging to natives, and a creek separating the same from M'Leod’s property. Alleg-ed to have been purchased from the natives names not mentioned, by Manheim Brown, who sold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives—not stated, Nature of conveyance —not stated. Case No. 327 (<?.).. J. A. Duvanchelle, of Kororarika, claimant. 15, Fifteen acres, more or less, situated to the north of Kororarika, called Foremarion, bounded on the north by land claimed by M. De Sentis, and John Evans, on the east by Whi-hi-hi, on the south by the sea. , Alleged to have been purchased from the native chief Rewah, on the 4th of November, 1839, by M. De Sentis, who sold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives —merchandize and money to the value of £6O. Nature of conveyance—an agreement in favor of M. De Sentis, dated 4th November, 1839. Case No. 327 ( h.).,J. A. Duvanchelle, of Kororarika, as attorney for M. Blanchard, claimant.

Apiece of land situated at the Bay of Islands, extent and boundaries not stated, Alleged to have been purchased by J. A. Duvenchelle, from the native chiefs Wororea and Fepeney, date not stated. Consideration given to the natives, .not stated. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 327 (i.) — J. A. Duvanchelle, of Kororarika, for M. Blanchard, claimant. A tract of land situate at Wangaroa, known by the name of O’Kura, extent and boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased by M. Duvanchelle, from the native chief Akero, date not stated. Consideration given to tbe natives—not stated. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 328—D. N. Joubert, of Sydney, claimant. A piece of land situate in Church-street, Kororarika, and measuring one hundred and four feet frontage, by seventy deep, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs, names not stated, by the Kororarika Land Company, in October, 1839, Consideration given to the natives, .not stated. Nature of conveyance., not stated. Case No. 329 —D. N. Joubert, of Sydney, Jeremiah Murphy, and Thomas Draper, ciaimants. 200, Two hundred acres, more or less, situate at the Bay of Islands, between Wykati River and Paroa Bay, and bounded on the west by the Mongiroa rivulet, running from north to south into the Wykati, on the south-east, at the mouth of the Mongiroa, by apiece of land belonging to Charley Korokoro, on the east by land belonging to Etoa, running from SSE. to NNE., on the nortli by land belonging to Charley Penny, and by the land of Byron. Alleged to be part of a tract of about 500 acres, purchased from the native chief Charley Korokoro by Mr. J. A. Duvanchelle, who sold to claimants. Consideration given to the natives, .not stated Nature of conveyance —deed in favor of Mr. Duvanchelle. Case No. 330—R. Davis, of Waimete,on behalf of the children of certain Missionary families resident at Waimate, claimant. 800, Eight hundred acres, more or less, situate about two miles westerly of the Mission station at Waimate, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs of the district by the agents of the Church Missionary Society, date not stated. Consideration given to the natives—in goods and money, to the amount of £9B. Nature of conveyance-—not stated. Case No. 331 (a ), C. Cafler, of Kororarika, claimant. Four allotments of land, situate at Kororarika, at the back of the swamp, each allotment containing about the eighth of an acre, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs Arrukka, Tap na, and Wai Poider, in the year 1838, by Thomas Spicer, who sold to Captain Clayton, who resold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives—not stated. Nature of conveyance not stated. Case No. 331 ( b .) C. Cafler, or Kororarika, claimant: Three allotments siuated at Kororarika, in the swamp, containing fifty feet by sixty, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs Tareha, Akedo, and Amene, in the year 1838, by John Johnson, who sold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives not stated. Nature of conveyance, .not stated. Case No. 331 (c.).,.C. Cafler, of Kororarika, claimant. Part of an allotment of land situate at Kororarika, in the swamp, forty-three feet by sixty feet, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs, as in preceding claim, by John Johnson, who sold to M. Duvanchelle, who resold to claimant, Consideration given to the natives, .not stated. Nature of conveyance, .not stated. Case 331 (d.)..C. Cafler, of Kororarika, claimant. 490, Four hundred and ninety acres, more or less, situated in the Waikatai river, known by the name of Toonunui, boundaries not stated. The land of which this forms a part alleged to have been purchased Trom the native chief Charley Korokoro and his tribe, by Benjamin L. S. Duvanchelle, who transferred his interest in the land to J. A. Duvanchelle, who sold to G. H. Danser, who sold the nerein claimed 490 acres to the present claimant. Consideration given to thenatives.. not stated. Nature of conveyance.. not stated. Case No. 331 (e),—C. Cafler, of Kororarika, claimant. A piece of land situate in Kororarika, having

a frontage to the beach of sixty-five feet, by a depth of eighty-five feet, or thereabouts —boundaries not stated. The land of which this forms a part, is alleged to have been purchased from the native chief Tareha, in the year 1838, by Thomas Spicer, who sold to captain G. T. Clayton, and resold by him to Mr. Cafler. Consideration given to the natives —not stated.. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 331 (/), C. Cafler, of Kororarika, claimant. A piece of land situated on the beach at Kororarika, having a frontage of sixty feet and a depth of fifty feet, or thereabouts, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs King George, and others, bv Robert Duke of Sydney, who sold to Captain Clayton, who resold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives —not stated. Nature of conveyance—agreement in writing, in the year 1837. Case No. 332, F. Hodgkinson, of Sydney, claimant. A piece of land situate on the beach at Kororarika, containing two rdods and thirty-seven perches, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the native chiefs, Amoka and Rewah, on the 30th July 1835, by Mr. Newton Lewyn, who sold to Mr. Benjamin Turner, who sold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives—four guns. Nature of conveyance —not stated. Case No. 332 (a), F. Hodgkinson of Sydney, claimant. A piece of land situated on the hill to the right of the church at Kororarika, measuring 60 feet by 90 feet, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from native chiefs not named, by the Rev. Mr. Baker,, who sold to claimant. Consideration given to the Natives—not stated. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 332 (c), F. Hodgkinson, of Sydney, claimant. A moiety of two pieces of land, situated on the river Nungoodoo, 50 to 60 miles from the Bay of Islands, and 4 or 5 from a little harbour called Tutukaka, containing 800 acres, more or less, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from certairi| native chiefs not named, by John Johnson and claimant, date not stated. Consideration given to the natives—£3oo in money. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 333 (c), James Shepherd, of Wangaroa, claimant. 400. Four hundred acres, more or less, situated at Waitete and Aroha, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased by the present claimant, in the year 1836, from tne native chiefs Tirarau and Wak&nia. Consideration given to the natives—goods to the value of £lB 19s. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No. 833 ( d) t James Shepherd, of Wangaroa, claimant. 1000. One thousand acres, more or less, situated at Okura, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased by the present claimant in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837, from the native chiefs E Wai, Puhi, and Matahaea. onsideration given to the natives—goods to the value of £25 43. Nature of conveyance—not stated. Case No t 333 (g), James Shepherd, of Wangaroa, on behalf of Orimand, claimant. 3000. Three thousand acres, more or less, situate at Puke Ti, Paike Totara—boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased by James Shepherd, of Wangaroa, for Mr. Orimand, In the year 1836, from the native chiefs Robert Tahua, John Heke, and Patuoni. Consideration given to the natives —cattle and goods to the value of £254 6s. 8d , and cash £3O. Nature of conveyance—not stated; Case No. 334, R. Anwyl, of Sydney, claimant. 1000. One thousand acres, more or less, situated in the Bay of Wanga-doite, known by the name of Mi-mo-wa-mata, boundaries not stated. Alleged to have been purchased from the nativechiefs, Okianga, Patuata, Puanoka, and others, by Charles Blanchard,in November,. . 1839, who sold to claimant. Consideration given to the natives—not stated.. Nature of conveyance—not stated. EDWARD LEE GODFREY,. MATTHEW RICHMOND. Commissioners..