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No. of Claim. Name of Claimant. Locality of Claim. Area claimed. Original Award by First Commission. By whoni Amended Award originally re- by Second Commission, ported. and Confirmed. Eemarks by First Commissioners on the several Cases. 305 W. Webster Coromandel Acres. 250 Recommended .. Godfrey and Richmond Grants: Webster, 125 acres; H. Downing, 125 acres Grants : P. Abercrombie, 125 acres; W. Webster, 125 acres The Commissioners state that, as W. Webster has been awarded maximum grant, no award can be made in favour of H. Downing; also, the land claimed by J. C. Conway (case 266a), being a portion of this claim, no grant can be recommended to him. Derived from W. JIcLeod. Pol , the same reasons as above, no grant can be recommended to P. Abercrombie. This island was divided between McLeod and Webster on their dissolution of partnership in 1837 ; the latter therefore claims half. D. E. Munro claims this land in case 175. But for the reason on 305 no grant can be recommended. No grant recommended to Downing, for reasons as on 305. 305a Coromandel (half an island called Wanganui) Thames .. 250 Ditto 305b 1,500 Ditto Grant: D. E. Munro, 550 acres Grants: Webster, 400 acres; H. Downing, 400 acres 305c Coromandel 800 Ditto 305d 305e Great Barrier Isl'd Coromandel Thames .. Point Rodney Tairua 1,000 20,000 INot recommended Recommended .. Godfrey .. Withdrawn. 305e is identical with case 32, Abercrombie, Nagle, and Webster. 305f 305l 305a // Not stated 3,000 10,000 Richmond and Godfrey Godfrey Grant: Webster, 1,944 acres. 305h 3,000 Not recommended ■ Not purchased from right owners. No compensation recommended, claimant having already had maximum grant awarded. 305i Waiheke .. 3,000 Recommended 811 Richmond and Godfrey Godfrey .. Grant: Webster, 1,187 acres. 305j // • • Big Mercury Island Piako 6,000 acres Not recommended Maximum grant already awarded. 305k 80,000 Recommended 4,316 acres Richmond and Godfrey Grant; 12,674 acres .. Opposition from Native chiefs. The maximum grant had been previously awarded to W, Webster, wherefore no grant can be recommended in favour of the following claims: 267, 283, 285, 320, 321, 396, 414e. The under-mentioned have received grants in virtue oi their claim, as follows: 305k, Webster, 1,219 acres; 267, Downing, 320 acres; P. Abercrombie, 5,000 acres; 283, P. Mathews, 2,560 acres; 285, J. Johnson, 1,280 acres; 320, Wanostrocht, 250 acres ; 321, Nagle and Wren, 150 acres ; 414e, Russell, 640 acres ; 396, Devlin, 1,255 acres : total, 12,674 acres. Purchased after Proclamation. Compensation awarded at the rate of 1 acre for every £1 expended. ******* 305m u Compensation recommended * Godfrey and Richmond Waiheke .. 3,500 * * * * * *