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most Honorable 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.
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 Block 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 ninth day of July, 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 Raglan.
Part of the Mata Reserve, estimated to contain 1500 Acres.
BOUNDARIES.
A line commencing at a point a little below the rapid of Opotoru, which was marked by the surveyors, thence on along Mr. Rogan’s survey line till it crosses the road to Aotea, thence on to the end of the said survey line, and on to Paraoa, it then goes in a Southerly direction till it arrives at Ti Korunui, thence in a straight line till it meets the boundary line of Ruapuke and Karioi, it then goes in a Northerly direction along the old boundary line (Karioi) to a point a little below the rapid of Opotoru, where the boundary closes.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 3rd July, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that so much of the notices of the 14th and 24th July, 1857, published in Gazettes Nos. 18 and 19 of the 14th and 27th July, 1857, as relates to the authority given to certain officers to grant licenses for the importation of arms, has been revoked, and that the Colonial Treasurer, to whom all applications for the future must be made, is the only person authorised to grant licenses for the importation of arms into the Provinces of Auckland and New Plymouth.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 8th July, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Thursday, the 22nd instant, to be held as a Public Holiday, in honour of the celebration of the Marriage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal.
E. W. STAFFORD.
AUCKLAND; Printed by W. C. WILSON.
Auckland Provincial Gazette 1858, No 20
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Proclamation by Governor Thomas Gore Browne
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration9 July 1858
Proclamation, Governor, Land acquisition, Mata Reserve, Auckland
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
- E. W. Stafford
🏛️ Revocation of Authority for Arms Importation Licenses
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration3 July 1858
Arms importation, Licenses, Revocation, Colonial Treasurer, Auckland, New Plymouth
- E. W. Stafford
🏛️ Declaration of Public Holiday for Princess Royal's Marriage
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration8 July 1858
Public holiday, Princess Royal, Marriage celebration
- E. W. Stafford