A compendium of official documents relative to native affairs in the South Island, Volume One.

No. 3. — Return of Land Claims dealt with in the Southern Island

No. 3.
Return of Land Claims dealt with in the Southern Island.

No.	Reference to old Claims.	Claimant.	Acreage originally claimed.	Locality.	Year purchased.	Payments to Natives.			Acreage surveyed.	How disposed of under former Regulations and under the Land Claims Settlements Acts.	Acreage awarded or granted.			Compensation in Scrip, Debentures, or Cash.
						£	s.	d.			a.	r.	p.	£	s.	d.
1	1	George Green	2000	Bluff Harbour, Middle Island	1838	20,	10	0	71	Lapsed, by the claimant not appearing before Commissioner Godfrey. Claimant allowed to file his notification; his non-appearance before Commissioner Godfrey being accounted for satisfactorily. The Stewart Island claim not investigated, no evidence being produced except deed of sale by Tuawaiki, Grants ordered to be issued to the claimant for 889 acres. This award has been appealed against, but the appeal not yet prosecuted.	71	0	0
2	2	"	20,000	Stewart's Island	"	30	0	0
3	3	"	20,000	Foveaux Strait	"	20	10	0	71		71	0	0
4	4	"	109	Bluff Harbour	"	15	0	0	52		52	0	0
5	5	"	1,024,000	West Coast, Middle Island	"		200	0	0			695	0	0
6	6	"		Catlin's River	1840	45	0	0		The three last claims disallowed, being for purchases made after 14th January, 1840.
7	7	"		Island, Otago Harbour	"	10	0	0
8	8	"	145	Otago Harbour	"	10	0	0	145
9	10	Patrick Byrne	20,000	Banks Peninsula	1836			Claim withdrawn by claimant. Lapsed.
10	33a	"	2,560	Port Cooper	1839			Disallowed.
11	33b	"	12,000	Jacob's River	1838			Disallowed.
12	37	Samuel Ashmore		Cook Strait	1831			Claim never investigated. No claim preferred.
13	38	Ashmore and Jones		Middle Island				Disallowed.							page 89
14	42d	Thos. Bateman	150	Cloudy Bay				Claim never investigated. No claim preferred.
14	45	John Black		Jacob's River	1838					Disallowed for non-appearance. No claim preferred.
16	47	Edward Brady	700	Stewart's Island	1838	138	0	0		Grant for 690 acres, 30th December, 1844. Grant called in but not produced.	690	0	0
17	48	Carter and Brown		"	1838					Disallowed for non-appearance. No claim preferred.
18	49	Brown and Campbell		Bluff Harbour	1838					Disallowed; derived from J. Bruco.
19	49a	"		"	and					Disallowed, claimant's agent declining to pay fees.
20	49b	"		Molyncux Bay	1840					Disallowed.
21	50	Joseph Brown		Middle Island	1838					Disallowed for non-appearance.
22	52	James Bruce		Foveaux Strait	"					Claim withdrawn.
23	52b	"		"	"					Claim withdrawn.
24	52a	"	2	Otago	1838	17	0	0		Grant issued for 2 acres, 30th December, 1844	2	0	0
25	52c	"	2	Otago	1838	17	0	0		Grant called in but not produced; probably lost in a wreck. New grant ordered to be issued after survey.
26	53	Bruce and Clark	550	"	1838	110	0	0		Grant issued for 550 acres, 30th December, 1844. Grant called in, but order not yet made.	550	0	0
27	56	Edward Catlin		Catlin's Bay, Otago	1840	92	5	0		Grant issued for 230½ acres, 30th December, 1844. Grant called in and cancelled on the 19th March, 1860. New grant ordered to be issued when land laid off by the Assistant Commissioner atOtago.	230	2	0
28	56a	"	7	Middle Island	"					Claim withdrawn.
29	57	Catlin and Smart		Banks Peninsula	"	60	0	0		Claim withdrawn.
30	64	J. S. Clarke		Ruapuke	1838	30	0	0		Disallowed.
32	68	James Cole	½	Cloudy Bay						Claim never investigated. No claim preferred under the Act.
33	70	Couper, Holt and Rhodes		Cloudy Bay						Never advertised for hearing.
34	74	W. Couper		Cook Strait	1839	106	2	6		Compensation of £897 granted upon arbitration, 12th Nov., 1851.				897	0	0
35	75	G. C. Crawford		Cape Farewell	"	50	0	0		Investigation not yet made.
36	75a	"		"	"	45	0	0		Investigation not yet made.
37	75b	"		"	"	50	0	0		Investigation not yet made.
38	75c	"		"	"	56	0	0		Investigation not yet made.
39	75d	"		Blind Bay	"	40	0	0		Investigation not yet made.
40	75e	"		"	"	60	0	0		Investigation not yet made.
41	81	James D[gap — reason: damage]bois	1,000	Cook Strait	"					Never investigated. No claim preferred.
42	82	J. W. Duncan		Middle Island, "Toto-wai"	1838	145	0	0		Lapsed. No claim preferred.
43	84	Joseph Dyrer	1,600	Jacob's River	1840	20	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
44	91	Henry Fisher	12,800	Otago	1838	250	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
45	95	Good[unclear: s]ir and Davidson		Cook Strait, Blind Bay	"	150	0	0		Never investigated. No claim preferred.
46	9[gap — reason: damage]	John Guard		Cloudy Bay	1839	50	0	0		Never investigated.
47	99a	"	2	Cook Strait	"					Never investigated. No claim preferred.
48	100	Guard and Wynen		Cloudy Bay	1839	370	0	0		Never investigated. Claim notified, but not yet investigated.
49	105	W. Bart		Jacob's River	1838					Disallowed.
50	107	W. Hobblewhite		Queen Charlotte's Sound	"	22	0	0		No award made. No claim preferred.
51	108	Hobblewhite and Vickery		Jacob's River	"					Disallowed. No claim preferred.
52	115	William Hi[gap — reason: damage]st	20,000	Mo[gap — reason: damage]ki	1839	96	11	6	789	Grant for 263 acre, 30th December, 1844, to the claimant. Grant called in and cancelled. Now grant ordered to be issued for 789 acres, to H. Teschemaker, at Moeraki. The most valuable portion of the land comprised in the grant was reserved as the site of a township.	789	0	0			page 90
53	117	Polynesian Company (John Hoskings, J. T. Hughes, and others)		Pelorus River	Oct. 1839	1,239	18	6		Never advertised for hearing.
54	117a	"		Bluff	Oct. 1839	1,239	18	6		Disallowed.
55	117b	"		New River	Oct. 1839	1,239	18	6		Disallowed.
56	118	Polynesian Company		Pelorus						Never investigated or advertised.
57	118b	"		New River						Disallowed. Claims put in by remaining members of Polynesian Company.
58	118c	"		Foveaux Strait						The payment of £1,240 in October, 1839, would, according to the schedule (computation being made at 7s. 4d. per acre), entitle the claimants to 3,382 acres. According to the rules with respect to the other land claimants they would be entitled to scrip for £3,382.
60	121a	Thomas Jeffrey	4,000	Jacob's River	1838					Disallowed. No claim preferred.
61	124	John Jones		Waikouwaiti, Middle Island	1839	3,957	15	0	8,560	Commissioners Godfrey and Richmond recommended 2,560 acres. Case referred to Commissioner FitzGerald, who recommended (27th December, 1844.) a grant for 1,000 acres. Grant prepared for 8,560 acres, but not executed; subsequently a grant was issued by Governor Grey for 2,560 acres. A correspondence has taken place between the claimant, Governor Sir George Grey, and myself, relative to the terms on which the grant for 2,560 acres was to be issued. (See Report.)	2,560 0 0
62	124d	"		Waikouwaiti, Middle Island	1839	3,957	15	0	8,560
	124e	"		Waikouwaiti, Middle Island	1839	3,957	15	0	8,560
63	124a	"		"	1838	280	0	0		Three claims withdrawn; claimant sold half this claim to C. Wentworth, and two-twelfths to Brown and Campbell.
64	124b	"		Molyneux	"	200	0	0
65	124c	"		Islet	1839	130	0	0
66	127	Thomas Jones	256,000	Molyneux	"					Disallowed, claimant not appearing.
67	127a	"	25,600	Toitoi River	"					Disallowed, claimant not appearing.
69	127b	"	25,500	Popomaina Bay	"					Disallowed, claimant not appearing. Notification filed under the Act. Opposition put in by Robertson and others, derivative from Jones. Directed to be investigated by the Assistant Commissioner at Otago, April 1862.
69	132	A. Lamont	1,281	Molyneux	1840					Disallowed.
70	135	J. H. Levien		Jacob's River	1835					Disallowed, claimant not appearing.
71	137	James Liddle	1,281	Molyneux	1840					Disallowed. No claim preferred.
72	146	J. McGibbon		Bluff	1838	14	0	0	72	Grant for 72 acres issued 15th February, 1845, to the claimant. Grant called in and cancelled. New grant ordered to be issued to J. McGibbon, for 72 acres.	72	2	31
73	148	A. McIntyre	1,920	Molyneux	1840					Disallowed. No claim preferred.
74	167	M. Johnson and others	1,280,000	Pelorus						Never investigated. No claim preferred.
75	170	Charles Mitchell		Jacob's River	1838					Disallowed.
76	172	Isaac Moore	240	Stewart's Island	1838	233	15	0		Grant for 240 acres issued to claimant, 15th February, 1845. Grant called in, but not produced. No claim preferred.	240	0	0			page 91
77	177	D. F. Nash	12,800	Otago	1838					Disallowed.
78	184	Rolla O'Ferrall		Middle Island						Disallowed. Polynesian Company. See ante, No. 234.
79	184c	"		Foveaux Strait						Disallowed. Polynesian Company. See ante, No. 234.
80	184a	"		Cook Strait						Not investigated. See ante, No. 234.
81	186	Edwin Palmer		Bluff Harbour		140	1	0	280	Grant recommended, but not issued. Grant ordered to be issued to E. Palmer for 280 acres.	280	0	0
82	187	J. J. Peacock		New River		70	0	0		Disallowed.
83	187c	"		Foveaux Straits		62	0	0		Disallowed.
84	187a	"		Pelorus		50	0	0		Never investigated.
85	189	Richard Peek	10,300	New River	1838 and 1840	87	0	0		Claimant's agent refused to pay fees. Claim preferred, but not admitted for investigation.
86	189a	"	16,000	Bluff and Jacob's River	1838 and 1840	87	0	0		Claimant's agent refused to pay fees. Claim preferred, but not admitted for investigation.
87	190	Samuel Peek	10,300	New River 1838 and 1840	87	0	0		Claimant's agent refused to pay fees. Claim preferred, but not admitted for investigation.
88	190a	"	16,000	Jacob's River
89	191	F. Peterson	23,040	Cook Strait		21	0	0		Disallowed, claimant not appearing before Commissioner Spain.
90	191a	"		Pelorus		25	0	0		Disallowed, claimant not appearing before Commissioner Spain.
91	203	Daniel Rogers		Cloudy Bay						Never investigated. No claim preferred.
92	209	H. T. Sheldon		New River						Disallowed. Polynesian Company.
93	209a	"		"						Disallowed. Polynesian Company.
94	209b	"		Pelorus						Never investigated. Polynesian Company.
95	210	Isaac Simmonds		Foveaux Strait	1838					Disallowed.
96	213	James Spencer		Bluff Harbour	1839	110	0	0	200	Grant for 200 acres to claimant, 15th February, 1845.	200	1	24
97	213a	"	200	"	"	90	14	0	200	Grant for 200 acres to claimant, 15th February, 1845.	200	3	25
98	213b	"	200	Islet at Bluff Harbour	"	49	12	6		Grant for islet "Te Kuri" to claimant, 15th February, 1845. Grants called in but not produced. Believed to be a sealed packet in possession of the Registrar, Supreme Court, at Sydney. Grants ordered to be prepared, ready for issue, on the production of old grants, to the heirs.
99	224	W. G. Thomas		Toitoi, Otago	1838	90	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
100	226	S. M. Thomson	12,800	"	"	60	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
101	235	F. W. Unwin		"	"					Disallowed.
102	235a	"		Molyneux	"					Disallowed.
103	235b	"		Wairau	"					Never investigated. No claim preferred.
104	238	Joseph Webb	10,300	New River	1838 And 1840
105	238a	"	16,000	Bluff						Disallowed, fees not being paid. No claim preferred.
106	239	Edward Weller	1,000,000	Molyneux	1839	82	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
107	239c	"	28,800	Bluff	1839	82	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
108	239d	"	1,600	Waikawa	1839	82	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
109	239e	"	960	Bluff	1839	82	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
110	239a	"	500,000	Banks Peninsula	1839	82	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
111	239b	"	250,000	Taumutu, Otago	1839	82	0	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
112	240	George Weller	100,000	Molyneux	1839	91	13	0		Disallowed, the claimant not appearing. In 1846 the claimant applied to Sir George Grey to allow the claim to be reopened, but the Governor refused. The claimant stated that he and Edward Weller had actually surveyed 63,600 acres at a cost of £800, and had sold 14,000 acres, at 5s. an acre, to other persons.
113	240c	"	28,800	Bluff	1839	91	13	0		Disallowed, the claimant not appearing. In 1846 the claimant applied to Sir George Grey to allow the claim to be reopened, but the Governor refused. The claimant stated that he and Edward Weller had actually surveyed 63,600 acres at a cost of £800, and had sold 14,000 acres, at 5s. an acre, to other persons.
114	240d	"	1,600	Waikawa	1839	91	13	0		Disallowed, the claimant not appearing. In 1846 the claimant applied to Sir George Grey to allow the claim to be reopened, but the Governor refused. The claimant stated that he and Edward Weller had actually surveyed 63,600 acres at a cost of £800, and had sold 14,000 acres, at 5s. an acre, to other persons.
115	240e	"	64,000	Stewart's Island	1839	91	13	0		Disallowed, the claimant not appearing. In 1846 the claimant applied to Sir George Grey to allow the claim to be reopened, but the Governor refused. The claimant stated that he and Edward Weller had actually surveyed 63,600 acres at a cost of £800, and had sold 14,000 acres, at 5s. an acre, to other persons.
116	240h	"	960	Bluff	1839	91	13	0		Disallowed, the claimant not appearing. In 1846 the claimant applied to Sir George Grey to allow the claim to be reopened, but the Governor refused. The claimant stated that he and Edward Weller had actually surveyed 63,600 acres at a cost of £800, and had sold 14,000 acres, at 5s. an acre, to other persons.
117	240a	"	500,000	Banks Peninsula	1839	91	13	0		Disallowed, the claimant not appearing. In 1846 the claimant applied to Sir George Grey to allow the claim to be reopened, but the Governor refused. The claimant stated that he and Edward Weller had actually surveyed 63,600 acres at a cost of £800, and had sold 14,000 acres, at 5s. an acre, to other persons.
118	240b	"	250,000	Taumutu, Otago	1839	91	13	0		Disallowed, the claimant not appearing. In 1846 the claimant applied to Sir George Grey to allow the claim to be reopened, but the Governor refused. The claimant stated that he and Edward Weller had actually surveyed 63,600 acres at a cost of £800, and had sold 14,000 acres, at 5s. an acre, to other persons.						page 92
119	241	W. C. Wentworth		Waikawaito						All these claims were disallowed, the claimant not appearing. There appears to have been a kind of partnership between Messrs. Wentworth, Jones, Leathart, and others, of Sydney, in these claims. Mr. Wentworth endeavoured, in 1840, without success, to induce the Legislative Council of New South Wales to alter the proposed Land Claims Bill.
120	241a	"		Molyneux
121	241a	"		Bluff
122	247	Peter Williams		Preservation Bay, Otago	1832	225	0	0	1,480	Grant to claimant for 2,560 acres, 15th February, 1845. The grant was in May, 1853, surrendered to Mr. Commissioner Mantell, under an agreement by Sir George Grey to give £2,560 scrip in exchange. About 1,400 acres were chosen by the claimant and surveyed at Moeraki. The claimant claimed the right to select land to the amount of 2,560 acres in accordance with Sir G. Grey's agreement to allow him scrip for that quantity; but the Commissioner declined to admit this right, and offered him a grant for 1,000 acres in settlement of the claim, which has hitherto been refused.
123	255	Chapman and Morgan	5,000	Jacob's River	1838	441	5	0		Disallowed. No claim preferred.
124	331	E. E. Cafler		Banks Peninsula	1837					Disallowed.
125	336	W. Purvis	256	"	1836					Disallowed.
126	343	James Joss		Bluff	1838	40	0	0	213	Grant to claimant for 213 acres, 30th September, 1844.
127	343a	"	30	Stewart's Island	1836	60	0	0	213	" 30 " 15th February,1845.
128	343b	"	150	"	1836	50	0	0	213	" 150 " " "
										Grants called in and cancelled. New grants ordered to be issued for 160 acres to C. W. Schultze, and 107 acres to heirs of Joss. Stewart's Island claim not yet investigated.	106	0	0
											107	0	0
											50	0	0
129	346	Rautau and Caflers		Banks Peninsula	1837					Disallowed.
130	357a	T. Ellison	2,560	Cook Strait						Partly heard by former Commissioner, who recommended further investigation. No claim preferred.
131	333	W. Mayhew		Banks Peninsula	1839	100	0	0		Disallowed.
132	398a	William Stewart	900	Akaroa	1825					Disallowed.
133	410	J. Jackson	150	Queen Charlotte's Sound						Never investigated.
135	411b	Joseph Toms	2,000	"	1839	163	3	8		Investigated by Commissioner Spain, and grants awarded to Toms and his children for 247a. 0r. 16p. and 4a. 3r. 8p. at Porirua, and 1,356a. 3r. 24p. at Queen Charlotte's Sound.	4	3	8
											1,356	3	24
											247	0	16
136	413	Neil and Bateman		Port Underwood						Never investigated. No claim preferred.
137	426	D. Rogers	640	Pelorus River						Never investigated. No claim preferred.
138	427	John McLean	640							Never investigated. No claim preferred.
139	428	Thomas Smith		Foveaux Strait	1840					Disallowed.
140	429	P. D. Okeden		Cloudy Bay						Never investigated. No claim preferred.
141	430	John Campbell		Foveaux Strait						Disallowed.
142	440	William Stirling	100	Bluff	1839	40	0	0	104	Grant to W. Stirling, 104 acres, 15th February, 1845. Grant called in and grants ordered to be issued for 104 acres to J. Jones, as trustee under Stirling's will.	104					page 93
143	446	Morphy and Ennis		Milford Haven	1839	163	0	0		Grant to claimant for 612 acres, 15th February, 1845. Grant called in and cancelled. No claim preferred; 612 acres ordered to be surveyed in order that new grants be issued to persons who may establish their right to the same.	612	0	0
144	451	Coates and Coombes	40,000	Queen Charlotte's Sound						Never investigated; papers lost. No claim preferred.
145	458	Nanto-Bordelaise Company		Banks Peninsula						Settled in the claims of the New Zealand Company.
146		A. Elmslie		Queen Charlotte's Sound						Not investigated. Claims preferred but notification fee not paid. Lapsed.
147		Fitzherbert and Heberly		"						Partly investigated; not finally settled.
148		James McLean		Croixelles						Not investigated. Claim not yet prosecuted. Could only be settled under last section of Act of 1858.
149		Octavius Harwood		Otago						Not investigated; no claim preferred.
150		Henry Freeman		Queen Charlotte's Sound						Not referred to any Commissioner; no claim preferred.
151		William Snow		Cape Jackson						" " "
152		R. Sizemore		Bluff Harbour		17	0	0		" " "
153		W. Hinchcliff		Jacob's River						" " "
154		John Staple		"						" " "
155		James Blackett		Banks Peninsula						" " "
156		A. Oliver		Kaikora Peninsula		20	0	0		" " "
157		Campbell and Brown		Mo[gap — reason: damage]raki		30	0	0		" " "
158		Edward Hunt		Molyneux		30	0	0		" " "
158		—Darmandante		Aka[gap — reason: damage]a						Partly heard by Commissioner Godfrey.
160		Children of N[gap — reason: damage] Bates		Jacob's River						Not investigated.