Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 11

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✨ Land Acquisition Proclamation

AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. VII.] AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1858. [No. 11.

Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
April 15, 1858.

THE following Proclamation and Notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th April instant, are re-published for general information.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS the Land hereinafter mentioned has been acquired by purchase from the Aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand, and it is expedient that the acquisition thereof should be notified by Proclamation accordingly: Now therefore, I, the Governor, do hereby proclaim and notify that the Native Title has been extinguished over the several blocks of Land whereof the boundaries are mentioned or described in the Schedule hereunto annexed.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, at Government House, at Auckland, this eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.

Thomas Gore Browne,
By His Excellency’s command,
E. W. Stafford.

God Save the Queen!

SCHEDULE.

PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

DISTRICT OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS.

Muriwhenua Block (South).
86,885 Acres.

BOUNDARIES.

A line commencing on the Eastern side at a point known as “Takahonu,” from thence to “Motutengi,” from thence to “Waimumuka,” from thence towards the upper part of the “Houhora” Harbour to a point where it takes a turn (according to compass bearing 357° 30’) thence towards the Sea Coast, thence to “Rarawa” excluding the Native Reserve for

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1858, No 11

After Parliament moved to Wellington in 1865, the Auckland Provincial Council sat in General Assembly House (depicted).

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🗺️ Proclamation of Land Acquisition from Aboriginal Inhabitants

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated8 April 1858
KeywordsLand acquisition, Aboriginal inhabitants, Muriwhenua Block, Bay of Islands
👩‍💼 Officials

Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
E. W. Stafford

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