Forest reserves - New Zealand - Auckland Region
[Nixon, Marmaduke George (Lieutenant Colonel), 1814?-1864] :[Map showing sections and N...
Date: 1860 - 1863
By: Nixon, Marmaduke George, 1814?-1864
Reference: MapColl-832.12gbbd/[186-]/Acc.427
Description: Cadastral map of Manukau harbour Auckland, depicting Native Land blocks, named settler sections (with acreage between 74 and 303 acres), a reserve (over 74 acres), swamp lots, a native village, a spring reserve, and identifying Nixon's 'hut'. Settler names include Grahame, six separate blocks totalling over 833 acres, Greenwood, four blocks totally over 468 acres, Nixon, four blocks of over 420 acres, Gitti's, 1000 acres, Fairburn, Bagston, and 184 acres bought 'for some person in England'. A vast area is titled 'unsettled claims'. A pencilled note reads 'Those lots not coloured are state unsold'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 60 x 48 cm.