Report of Land Claims Commissioners.
Claim
No. 247.
Claimant's Name and Address: Peter Williams.
1843. 21 December.Report of Land Claims Commissioners.The Commissioners have the honor to report, for the information
of His Excellency the Governor, that, from the accompanying evidence taken in
Claim No. 247, they are of opinion that in 1832 the claimant made a bonû fide purchase from the Native Chief Wakatapuka and Tuhawaike, on the
West Coast of the Middle Island:
Boundaries. Commencing at a point south of Rakituma (Preservation Bay) called Tauraka,
the second point to the southward of Preservation Bay; from thence along the whole
line of coast northward as far as the head of the Southern Bay of Taiari (Chalky
Bay) called Chalky Neck; from thence inland to the mountains called Parakiori. A
line drawn from the middle of the head of Rakituma to the same mountains is the
southern boundary. The land along the whole Bay of Rakituma across to Tauraka, and
the islands adjacent to the coast, including the island in the entrance of Taiari
called Te Kakahu-o-Tamatea.
The payment made to the Natives for this land appears to have been in 1832:
Goods, £75 x 3=£225, at 10d. per acre=2,560 acres.
A deed of sale was executed by the above named chief and Tuhawaike, and they have
admitted the payment they received and the alienation of the land.
[2,560 acres.] The Commissioners therefore respectfully recommend that a grant for 2,560
acres of the above-described land should be issued to Peter Williams, his heirs
and assigns for ever. Excepting 100 feet from high-water mark, and any portion of
the harbour required to be reserved.
Edward L. Godfrey, Commissioners
M. Richmond, Commissioners.
Wellington, 21
December, 1843.
Endorsement. Grant in favour of claimant for 2,560 acres.
No. 247.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed, Endorsement, and
Commissioners' Report.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington, 11th
January 1881.