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ETURN OF iAND LAIMS INALLT iETTled, etc. — continuet No. of Claim. Claimant. Locality. Position of Claim as reported by Commissioner Bell. How Disposed of. Area Granted. Compensation. Grant to James Shepherd. 1,372 acres, issued 15th December, 1864. Ditto, 22 acres, issued 28th June, 1875. The Waitelo Block not having been laid off as intended, Commissioner Domett instructed Mr. Shepherd to select the 22 acres in a rectangular block fronting the river Kerikeri. Plan of selection sent in, 28th January, 1875 In 1867 land valued by arbitrators at £1,458, and scrip for that amount issued by Commissioner Domett. Dacre, having previously resurveyed the laud, with, the object of obtaining a grant, applied for compensation for survey. "Scrip for £141 10s., in lieu of survey allowance, issued 5th November, 1867 Plan of survey sent in, May, 1866. Contents, 390 acres. Grant to claimant for 390 acres, issued 19th July, 1866 Grant to A. Miller, issued 19th January, 1864 a. e. r. 1,372 0 0 22 0 0 £ e. d. 802-8 James Shepherd Bay of Islands Claims settled, with exception of issue of grants for 1,372 acres and 22 acres. The 22 acres to be selected when the Waitete Block is laid off by Government in lots suburban to the Kerikeri Township 722 W. Webster Point Rodney Grant for 1,944 acres to W. Webster, 1st May, 1844. Corrected under Quieting Titles Ordinance in 1852. The Natives having encroached on the boundary, Dacre has applied for compensation. (Grant called in, and, the correction being insufficient, cancelled) Claim not yet surveyed 1,458 0 0 141 10 0 818 Samuel Harvey Bay of Islands 390 0 0 831 Joshua Thorpe Coromandel Grant ordered to be issued to A. Miller for 49 acres Grant will be issued for 368 acres on settlement of a dispute with another claimant Claim heard in part at Turanga. Settlement postponed 49 0 0 832 Joshua Thorpe Thames ... Boundary dispute settled in 1803, and grant issued to J. W. Thorpe for 360 acres, 9lh May, 1864 Plan of survey of 57 acres 1 rood 22 perches sent- in, 26th November, 1872. Grant issued to claimant, 8th Febrviary, 1873 Heard by Poverty Bay Commissioners, and 1 acre awarded to J. W. Harris. Grant issued 25th April, 1871 Heard by Poverty Bay Commissioners, and 2 acres awarded to G. E. Read. Grant issued 25th April, 1871 Final inquiry made in 1862 by three Commissioners, upon whose recommendation a grant for 388 acres at Porirua was issued, 20th June, 1863 Grant to J. A. Wilson, 1,916 acres, 2nd April, 1867 ; ditto, 273 acres, 11th August, 1868 ; ditto to James Stack, 1,643 acres, 28th October, 1869 Grant issued 9th May, 1864 360 0 O 839 J. W. Harris Poverty Bay 57 1 22 840 J. W. Harris Poverty Bay Claim hoard in part at Turanga. Settlement postponed Claim heard in part at Turanga. Settlement postponed Partly heard by former Commissioners, who recommended further investigation. No claim preferred Grants ordered to be issued to Wilson and Stack for 3,832 acres. (Brown had received scrip for his share of the claim in 1844) Grant ordered to be issued to T. Flavell for 308 acres Grant ordered to be issued to John Wilson for 198 acres New grant claimed by John Salmon. Proof of title not yet complete. Claim preferred by Captain J. Salmon. Postponed for further inquiry from the Natives Grant ordered to be issued to claimants for 37 1 0 23 841 J. W. Harris Poverty Bay 2 1 14 859-60 Thomas Ellisson Cook Strait 388 0 0 866 Wilson, Stack, Brown and Opotiki ... 1,916 0 0 273 0 0 1,643 0 0 308 0 0 882 Thomas Flavell Whangaroa 918 A. Ross Kaipara ... Grant issued 9th May, 1864 198 0 0 933 937 John Lette ... W. Ellis ... Kororareka Waikokopu, Hawke's Bay Hokianga Further evidence of title produced, and grant for 14 perches issued to J. Salmon (deceased), 1st October, 1875 Grant of 37 acres issued to Ihaka Whaanga, derivative from J. Salmon, 21st September, 1867 Grant issued, 19th January, 1864 ... 0 0 14 37 1 21 967 R. Hardiman 37 0 0 969 A. and W. Birch Hokianga acres Grants ordered to be issued to claimants for 75 acres Grant ordered to be issued to R. Dacre for 3,580 Grant issued 19th January, 1864 ... 75 0 0 i 980-1 G. D. Browne Mercury Bay Grant issued 19th January, 1864 ... 3,580 0 0 acres