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THE CROWN, THE TREATY, AND THE HAURAKI TRIBES, 1800–1885
TABLE 1: PRE–EMPTION WAIVER CLAIMS IN GULF ISLANDS (claims before Bell only)
OLC No.
Purchaser
Vendor
Location
Original
acreage
Ultimate disposal
1130 &
Whitaker &
Ngati Maru
Gt Barrier Is
3500
1848, disallowed for lack of
1131
Du Moulin
survey; Bell awards 5,463 acres out
of surveyed area of 28,608 acres;
Crown retains difference
1132
Whitaker
Ngati Paoa
Waiheke
700
1848, disallowed because
negotiated before formal consent
of Gov; Bell grant of 610 acres &
further order for 91 acres survey
allowance
1140
Brown &
Campbell
unknown
1848, disallowed; N' Paoa except
block as already sold to claimants
in subsequent alienation to Govt;
Bell grant of 67 acres
1164
Chisholm
Patukirikiri
850
1848, Matson reports that
claimant had not complied with
survey requirements; claim never
formally disallowed but Govt
proceeds as though land belongs
to Crown; N' Paoa objections in
1850s; Bell awards 390 acres but
allows claimant to select at
Papakura adjoining his other
pre-emption holdings
1178
Halls
1848, disallowed; Bell awards £350
as equivalent to 700 acres, all
water frontage having been sold
in interim
1214 &
de Witte
1848, disallowed; Bell awards
1215
(w. Patukiriri
consent)
280 acres
1216-
Brigham
2550
1848, compensated with
1218
& Ngati Paoa
debentures for £290
1235
Merrick
900
survey, Bell grant for 368 acres
1268
McGregor
Ngati Tamatera
Coromandel
600
1848, disallowed; Bell grant of
93 acres
1269
Peppercorne
& Coleville
800 acres
1848, Matson reports purchase
incomplete & non-appearance of
claimant, grant disallowed;
subsequent compensation of £125
Source: OLC series 1; AJHR 1863 D–14
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