Te Kuri Island, Bluff Harbour, Otago District.
Report of Land Claims Commissioners.
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.Claimant's Name and Address. James Spencer.
1839. Otago District. Te kuri island. James Spencer.Commissioners' report
Excellency the Governor, that, from the accompanying evidence taken in Claim No. 213b, they are of opinion that in 1839 the Claimant made a bonâ fide purchase from the Native Chief Tuhawaike of a tract of land thus described:—Boundaries: An island in the Harbour of the Bluff—Middle Island—called Te Kuri, and known also as Spencer's Island. (About one mile in circumference.)The
payment made to the Natives for this land appears to have been in February,Payment made.
1839—Cash, £5; goods, £14 17s. 6d. x3 = £44 12s. 6d. Total, £49 12s. 6d., at 4s. 8d. per acre.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 Commissioners therefore respectfully recommend that a Grant for the above-described land should be issued to James Spencer, his heirs and assigns for ever. Excepting 100 feet from high-water mark.
Edward L. Godfrey, Commissioners.
M. Richmond, Commissioners.
Confirmed.—Prepare a Deed. Governor's minute.
Robt. FitzRoy.
Dec. 10, 1844.A True Copy of Original Report and Minute. No. 213 b.O.L.C.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington, 24th January, 1879.