Report of Land Claims Commissioner.
Claim
No. 332.
Claimant’s Name and Address. Francis Hodgkinson, of Kororarika.
Commissioner’s report.
Report
.—The Commissioner has the honor to report, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, that, from the accompanying evidence taken in Claim No. 332, he is of opinion that on 10th July, 1835, Newton Lewyn made a bonâ fide purchase from the Native Chiefs Moko and Rewa of a tract of land thus described: "On the Beach atBoundaries. [2r. 33p.]
Kororarika—Bounded on the South by the Claim of Benjamin Evans Turner; on the North by a claim of Battersby; on the East by a claim of Charles Baker; and on the West by the Sea."Payment made.
Natives: Goods, £20.The execution of this Deed and the payment have been proved by John Johnson.
Transfer to B. E. Turner.
The transfer of this land by the original purchaser, Newton Lewyn, to Benjamin Evans Turner on the 15th November, 1837, has been proved by John Evans.Transfer to F. Hodgkinson.
And Benjamin Evans Turner having admitted and sworn to his resale and transfer of said land on the 9th November, 1839, to the claimant:The Commissioner therefore respectfully recommends that a Grant for amended award quantity claimed, the above described land, should be issued to Francis Hodgkinson, his heirs and assigns for ever. Excepting 100 feet from high-water mark.
Edward L. Godfrey,]
Commissioner.
Endorsement. Grant prepared in favour of claimant, 0a. 2r. 23p. Vide plan and description furnished by Surveyor-General.
No. 332.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed and Commissioner’s Report.
Wellington, 11th July, 1879.