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Port Molyneux : the story of Maori and pakeha in South Otago : a centennial history : commemorating the landing of George Willsher and his companions at Willsher Bay, June 28, 1840 : with a programme for the unveiling of the centennial cairn, erected by the Clutha County Council, June 28, 1940

Magistrate Recommends Willsher's Claim

Magistrate Recommends Willsher's Claim.

In a letter dated “Wellington, 2 September, 1844,” John Jermyn Symonds, P.M., wrote:

“I beg to enclose, for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor, the accompanying documents transmitted to me by certain settlers named in the margin, the justness of whose claims the natives allowed before myself and Mr. Clarke. The first, name George Willsher, is settled at Karoro, and is anxious to obtain a title to the land (20 acres), which he has brought into cultivation…”

(There is no mention here of any land claimed by Russell.)