.jpg)
Kororareka (Land at), Bay of Islands District.
Report Of Land Claims Commissioners.
Claim
No. 331a.
Claimant’s Name and Address.
Edouard Eugene Caflers, of
Kororarika.
1837. August. Bay of Islands District.
Kororareka.
Thomas Spicer.Report.—The Commissioners have the honor to report, for
the information of His Excellency the Governor, that, from the accompanying
evidence taken in Claim No. 331a, they are of opinion that in
August, 1837, Thomas Spicer made a
bonâ fide purchase from the Native Chief Aruka of a tract of
land thus described:—
Boundaries. [1r.35p.]"At Kororarika. Bounded on the North by Elizabeth Street, and extending
thereon 150 feet; on the East by James Street, 135 feet; on the South by
Allotments 5, 6, and 8, 170 feet; and on the West by Allotment No. 1, 117 feet."
A Deed of Sale was executed by the above-named Chief and others, and they have admitted the payment they received and the alienation of the land.
page 163
The original purchase from the Natives by Thomas Spicer, and his resale and Transfer to G.T. Clayton. transfer to George Thomas
Clayton of the tract of which this forms part, having been proved in Claim
No. 65g:
And the said George Thomas Clayton
having admitted and sworn to his resale of Transfer to E. E. Cafler. the above portion of the land to the claimant:
The Commissioners therefore respectfully recommend that a Grant for the above-described land should be issued to Edouard Eugene Cafler, his heirs and assigns for ever. Excepting 100 feet from high-water mark.
Edward L. Godfrey.
M. Richmond.
Deed in favour of Uranie Dioré Cafler for one rood and thirty-five perches.Endorsement.
By order of His Excellency, 10th April, 1845.
A True Copy of Commissioners’ Report.No. 331a.O.L.C.
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.