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No. 39. George Hempleman.
Acres 2650, the extent of land which, under the 6th clause of the Land Claims Ordinance, the Commissioners are authorised to recommend to be allowed to a claimant.
Title.
Purchased from Tuhawaiki and other Native chiefs, with their tribes assembled, when a deed of sale was executed by the said chiefs and others, and when the Natives unanimously admitted the payment they received and the alienation of the lands, of which the following are the boundaries:—“From Mowry Harbor, as then called, situated at the northern extremity of Ninety Mile Beach, between that harbor and Flea Bay, and from thence as a base extending 15 miles inland, across Banks Peninsula, that is to say, within a nearly square figure, three sides of which are each 15 miles in length, including Wangooloa, now called Akaroa Harbor.”
Date.
Purchase was made in 1837, but not completed until 1839.
Requires Crown grant.
Description of Land selected by Geo. Hempleman.
| Peraki Bay . . . . . . . . . . | 500 | acres |
| Flea Bay . . . . . . . . . . | 500 | ,, |
Land unappropriated by the Crown, situated between German and Robinson’s Bays, being within Akaroa Harbor . . . . . . . . . .
|
650 | ,, |
Land unappropriated by the Crown, situated at the head of what is properly called Akaroa Harbor, and extending on to and including what is usually called Barry’s Bay . . .
|
1000 | ,, |
| Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2650 acres | |