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Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
Notes
Notes.
Daniel Cooper (of Cooper and Holt, of Sydney) was conspicuous in the establishment of Australia's dairy export trade. Upon receiving a knighthood he left Australia in 1856 to settle in England. For the personal use of himself and his family on the voyage he took with him some salt butter in earthenware jars. The experiment proved so successful that he arranged with the settler to whom had sold a dairy farm for regular shipments to be made to him in casks. It was then worth 1/6 per lb. in London, but only 4d. per lb. in Sydney.
According to Terry's New Zealand (London: 1842), Daniel Cooper claimed to have bought 2,246,000 acres in New Zealand. The Rev. (later Bishop) W. Williams wrote to Willoughby Shortland (Colonial Secretary) under date 8 May, 1840, as follows:
“I take this occasion to send for the information of His Excellency the Governor some account of a most nefarious transaction which took place in January last, being an attempt on the part of a Captain Rhodes, of the barque Eleanor of Sydney, to dupe the natives out of a tract of land extending from Port Nicholson (Wellington) to the northern side of Ahuriri in Hawke's Bay and, again, from the north bank of the Wairoa River to the north of Table Cape (Mahia). For this land, embracing a coastline of about 160 miles, and intended, no doubt, to extend as far into the interior as may be convenient, property to the amount of about £160 has been paid to the natives…. Most of the native proprietors have never been consulted, and the transaction should not be recognised.”page 144
| Locality. | Original Buyer or Donee. | Date. | Area. (Acres) | Consideration. | Claimant. | Award. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks Bay | W. Stewart | 1825 | 500 | Goods | W. Stewart | Voided |
| Turanganui No. 1 | J. W. Harris | 1831 | 1 | „ | J. W. Harris | Granted |
| Poverty Bay (S.W. side) | R. Palmer | 1832 | 5,000 | „ & cash £52 | R. Palmer | Rejected |
| Wai-o-ngaruawai | Harris & Espie | 1838 | 2 | „ (£10) | G. E. Read | Granted |
| St. Patrick's Cove, Mawhai | R. Espie | 1838 | 100 | „ (£16) | R. Espie | Rejected |
| Whareponga | „ | 1839 | 300 | Gift | „ | |
| Tutoko | A. Selvey | 1839 | 64 | Goods (£12) | Wyllie Children | Granted |
| Opou III | J. W. Harris | 1839 | 57 | „ | J. W. Harris | „ |
| Te Kupenga | T. Halbert | 1839 | 4 | „ (£15) | W. S. Greene | „ |
| „ No. 1 | „ | 1845 | 10 | Gift | „ | „ |
| „ No. 2 | „ | 1845 | 25 | Horse | J. Dunlop | „ |
| East Cape | T. Bateman | 1839 | 2/5,000 | Goods (£100) | F. Whitaker | Disallowed |
| Tahuni-o-rangi | T. Halbert | 1839 | 15 | Goods | R. Read | Granted |
| Te Rua-o-taua, etc. | G. T. Clayton | 1839 | 1,201 | „ (£341) | Natives | Rebought in 1851 |
| Pouparae | T. Halbert | 1839 | 1,000 | Goods & Cash | W. Williams | Granted |
| Morgan's Id. | G. T. Clayton | 1840 | 1 | Goods | ||
| Matawhero III | W. Brown | 1840 | 58 | Gift | G. E. Read | Granted |
| Tangotete | P. Simpson | 5 | Steel Mill | Natives | Rebought part in 1859 | |
| Tangotete | T. Halbert | 1840's | 69 | |||
| Karaua | Cooper, Holt and Rhodes | 1840 | 321 | Goods and £4 | W. B. Rhodes | Granted |
| Wharetunoa | „ „ | 1840 | 1 | Goods | W. B. Rhodes | „ |
| Huruhuruhuta | M. Yule | 1840's | 4 | Coat, etc. | G. E. Read | „ |
| Papawhariki | J. W. Harris | 1840 | 200 | Gift | Harris's Children | Outside ceded area |
| Tutae-o-rewanga | R. Espie | 1843 | 154 | Goods | J. E. Espie | Granted |
| Matawhero IV | J. W. Harris | 1843 | 319 | Pt. Gift, Goods | G. E. Read | „ |
| Kaiariki No. 1 | T. U'ren Senr. | 1843 | 22 | Gift | Greene's Children | „ |
| „ No. 2 | „ „ | 1843 | 7 | Pt. Gift | „ „ | „ |
| „ No. 3 | „ „ | 1843 | 7 | Gift | „ „ | „ |
| Wainui, Pt. No. 2 | W. S. Greene | 27 | Gift | „ „ | „ | |
| „ „ | J. W. Harris | 50 | Pt. Gift, Goods | Harris's Sons | „ | |
| Matawhero II | T. Norcross | 1845 | 51 | Goods | R. Poulgrain | „ |
| Mangamoteo | T. U'ren Senr. | 1845 | 200 | Mare and Cow | T. U'ren Junr. | „ |
| Huiatoa | C. G. Goldsmith | 1854 | 17 | Gift | R. Goldsmith | „ |
| Kopuakairongoua | R. Newnham | 1850's | 4 | Goods, etc. | Executor | „ |
| Tauparapara | Cadle and Blair | 2 | A. Blair | „ |