Kororareka (Land at), Bay of Island District.
Report of
Land Claims Commissioner.
Claim No. 332a.
1835. Bay of Islands District.
Claimant’s Name and Address. Francis Hodgkinson, of Kororareka
Kororareka.
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. 332a, he is of opinion that in 1835 Charles Baker made a bonâ fide purchase from the Native Chiefs Moko, Akero, and others of a tract of land thus described:—Boundaries.
A piece of land on the hill to the right of the church at Kororarika, measuring 60 feet by 90 feet."A deed of sale was executed by the above-named Chiefs and others, and they have admitted the payment they received, and the alienation of the land.
The purchase of this land from the Natives having been proved in Claim No. 255a:
Transfer to F. Hodgkinson.
And Charles Baker, the original purchaser, having admitted the sale of an allotment to the Claimant:The Commissioner therefore respectfully recommends that a grant for 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.
No. 332 a.O.L.C. A True Copy of Commissioner’s Report.
Wellington, 11th July, 1879.