✨ Marine Port Proclamations
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PROCLAMATION,
Defining the limits of a Port on the West Coast of the Province of Canterbury, under "The Marine Board Act, 1863."
By His Honor Samuel Bealey, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province aforesaid.
SAMUEL BEALEY, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by "The Marine Board Act, 1863," do hereby define, for the purposes of the said Act, the following Port on the West Coast of the Province aforesaid, viz:—
AT THE OKITIKA,
All that portion of the West Coast of the Province of Canterbury situate at the mouth of the Okitika; commencing at the south-western corner of Reserve No. 272; following westerly a line in continuation of the southern boundary of that Reserve a distance of fifty chains; thence north-easterly following a straight line to a point being in line with the northern boundary of Reserve No. 271, and forty chains west of the north-western corner of the same; thence easterly following the said line and boundary and a line in continuation of the same to a point being in line with the western boundary of Native Reserve No. 25, and eighty-five chains north of the north-western corner of the same Reserve; thence southerly following the said lineand boundary and a line in continuation of the same a distance of 150 chains; and from thence returning in a straight line, following the southern boundary of the first-mentioned Reserve No. 272 to the commencing point.
Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this Eighth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.
By His Honor’s command,
JOHN HALL,
For the Provincial Secretary.
PROCLAMATION,
Defining the limits of a Port on the West Coast of the Province of Canterbury, under *"The Marine Board Act, 1863.""
By His Honor Samuel Bealey, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province aforesaid.
SAMUEL BEALEY, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by "The Marine Board Act, 1863," do hereby define, for the purposes of the said Act, the limits of the following Port on the West Coast of the Province aforesaid, viz:—
AT THE GREY,
All that portion of the West Coast of the Province of Canterbury, commencing at the south-eastern corner of Reserve No. 280, thence following the southern boundary of that Reserve a distance of 118 chains; thence northerly at a right angle following the eastern boundary of the same Reserve to the south-eastern corner of the Native Reserve, following along the eastern boundary of that Reserve and a line in continuation of the same to the centre line of the River Grey, following the said centre line to the bar at the mouth of that river; thence westerly following a line at right angles to the general direction of the Coast, a distance of forty chains; thence southerly following a line parallel to and forty chains from high-water mark to a point being in continuation of the southern boundary first before mentioned and from thence returning in a straight line to the commencing point.
Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this Eighth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.
By His Honor’s command,
JOHN HALL,
For the Provincial Secretary.
Christchurch:
Printed, under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the ‘Press’ Office, Cashel-street, by James Edward Fitzgerald, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.
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🏗️ Proclamation Defining Port Limits at Okitika
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works8 March 1865
Port, Marine Board Act, Okitika, Canterbury, West Coast
- Samuel Bealey, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury
- John Hall, For the Provincial Secretary
🏗️ Proclamation Defining Port Limits at Grey
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works8 March 1865
Port, Marine Board Act, Grey, Canterbury, West Coast
- Samuel Bealey, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury
- John Hall, For the Provincial Secretary
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 11