Paramatta Block, Porirua, Wellington District.
Report of Land Claims Commissioner.
Claim
No. 411a.
Claimant's Name and Address.
Joseph Toms,
of Queen Charlotte's Sound.
The payment made to the Natives for this laud appears to have been—Goods, £163 3s. 8d.
A deed of sale was executed by the above-named chief, and he has admitted the payment he received, and the alienation of the land.
The above-described land having been purchased expressly for a whaling-station, and deriving its value almost entirely from the capabilities of its water frontage for the general purposes of whaling, the Commissioner recommends that the exception of "100 feet from high-water mark" should be dispensed with in the present case, as such a reservation would deprive the claimant of the principal advantage which, he endeavoured to secure by the acquisition of the land hereby awarded.
Willm. Spain,
H.M. Commissioner for investigating and determining Titles and Claims to Land in New Zealand.
Dated at Auckland this 31st day of March, 1845.The above award, and the accompanying recommendation of the Commissioner, are Governor's minute. approved.
July 12th, 1852.G. Grey.
A True Copy of Original Report and Minute. No. 411a.O.L.C.
Wellington, 21st December, 1880.