✨ Land Regulations Proposal
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
Vol. II.] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1, 1854. [No. 28.
NOTICE.
Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
October 31st, 1854.
THE following proposed Land Regulations are published for general information, in conformity with the provisions of an Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the “Waste Lands Act, 1854.”
R. H. WYNYARD,
Superintendent.
PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF LAND IN THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
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All regulations now in force in the Province of Auckland, for the sale of the Waste Lands of the Crown, shall until further notice, continue in force with respect to such districts as have been declared open for sale and settlement.
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When any district or block of land shall have been acquired from the Aboriginal proprietors, notice thereof will be given by the Superintendent in the Provincial Gazette.
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The Surveyor-General shall immediately, thereafter, cause a survey of such district or block of land to be made, dividing it into sections of 640 acres, in such manner, that each section may, as nearly as the general features of the country will permit, possess an equal proportion of water frontage and other advantages.
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When the survey of any district or block of land, the sections marked and described—The Surveyor-General will cause to be prepared a map of the district or block, in which he will designate one Section of 640 acres, to be reserved in each 36 square miles of country, for the purposes of General Education; and such other portion or portions, as he may consider it desirable to reserve, for the site of a town or village, and also such line of road or roads, as he may consider best adapted to connect the said district or block of land with the adjoining country.
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As soon as the Superintendent shall have approved of the plan proposed by the Surveyor-General, or shall have settled such alterations therein, as he may consider advisable; a lithographic copy of the map so approved and settled, shall be prepared, and published under the authority of the Surveyor-General, with such descriptions as may enable any person proceeding to the ground, to identify each section with its number and description in the map. The lithograph map will also show a division of each section into four equal parts, which shall also be numbered. Such maps to be issued at the office of the Surveyor-General, to all parties applying for the same, on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d.
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The Superintendent will give notice in the Provincial Gazette, that on a certain day, not less than three months after the publication of the map of the district or block, he will cause to be put up for sale, by auction, at the upset price of 10s. an acre, all the land
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1854, No 28
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🗺️ Proposed Land Regulations for Auckland Province
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey31 October 1854
Land sale, Waste Lands Act, Survey, Education reserves, Road planning
- R. H. Wynyard, Superintendent