C—No. 4.
RETURN OF THE LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT. 1861.
RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DATED 12th JUNE, 1861.
(Mr. Fox.)
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LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT. A Return of all Commissioners, Sub-Commissioners, District, Commissioners, Clerks, Serveyors and other persons, if any, in or connected with the Land Purchase Department; the salaries of each such persons, the particular duty on which each is at present employed,} the place where each is at present, and the date of the last report received from each. Feed. A. Weld , June 14th, 1861.
Land Purchase Department, June 13, 1861. Dokald McLean.
Name of Office. Name of Individual holding the Office. Amount of Salary. Name of Place where each is at present employed. Particular Service on which at present employed. Date of last Eeport. Land Purchase Department. Employed in the general work of the Department Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Chief Commissioner Donald McLean ... Accountant and Clerk ... George Friend Clerk W.B.Baker Interpreter John White Extra Interpreter Piri Kawau Clerk and Messenger James Fulloon 500 200 200 250 100 91 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auckland, Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto District Commissioners. 350 0 0 Bay of Islands Visiting the different settlements in the North; attending native meetings; assisting the Resident Magistrates; negociating the purchase of land Employed at present at Taranaki in defining the boundaries of land Employed in connexion with the Native Insurrection since August, 1860 Employed in connexion with the Native Insurrection Under orders to proceed to Stewart's Island Completing negociatione for land at Manukau; occasionally on matters arising out of the Native Insurrection Acting as an Agent at Coromandel, to acquire land as opportunities offer At Bay of Islands H.T.Kemp June 7th, 1861 Kaipara & Wangarei John Rogan 350 0 0 Taranaki Auckland June 5th, 1861 Thames and Piako ... G. W. D. Hay 300 0 0 Taranaki R. Parris Ahuriri G-. S. Cooper Wellington W. N. Searancke... 250 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taranaki Ahuriri Auckland March 9th, 1861 June 1st, 1861 May 30th, 1861 Coromandel | James Preece 100 0 0 Coromandel Juneth, 18 61 Sept. 25th, 1860 Surveyors. 300 250 0 0 0 0 Auckland Ditto Auckland Andrew Sinclair ... Percy Smith Employed in the Office compiling maps; at present on leave ... Surveying recent purchases in the Kaipara and Wangarei districts Surveying boundaries of Native Reserves at Wellington Assisting in the compilation of Maps Wellington I Malcolm Praser ... Native Cadet I Wirihana 300 50 0 0 0 0 Wellington Auckland
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RETURN OF THE LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT. 1861., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1861 Session I, C-04
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