✨ Land Reserves Notifications
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor’s Command,
EDWARD JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XII.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1865. [No. LXIX.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, Dec. 4, 1865.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that the following Reserves made by him, temporarily, under the 19th clause of the Waste Land Regulations, have been confirmed by the Provincial Council, viz.:
No. 274, in red.—Five thousand acres, more or less, situate on the West Coast of the Province of Canterbury, commencing at a point on the south bank of the river Grey, the same being the north-west corner of the reserve for native purposes containing two hundred and fifty acres, and numbered 34 of the General Government reserves in the Grey district;
then southerly and easterly following along the western and southern boundaries of the said reserve to the river Arnold; thence following the western bank of that river in a southerly direction to a point on the same, being one hundred and ninety-four chains measured in a straight line from the confluence of the before-mentioned rivers Grey and Arnold;
thence westerly following a right line to a point being fifteen chains distant from and in continuation of the eastern boundary of the reserves for native purposes, containing two hundred and fifty acres and numbered 33 of the General Government reserves;
then following a straight line to the south-eastern corner of that reserve and onwards in the same straight line along the eastern boundary thereof to the river Grey aforesaid, and from thence returning along the southern bank of that river to the commencing point—This reserve is made for the purpose following (that is to say): By means of the revenue to be derived from the letting, sale, or other disposition of the said land, for coal-mining purposes, to provide a fund for the improvement of the navigation of the river Grey, and the improvement of the adjoining land and township.
No. 386, in red.—All that tract of land, being ten chains wide on each side of the river Bealey, extending from reserve No. 373 (in red) to the source of that river—For Provincial Government purposes.
No. 892, in red.—One rood four perches, more or less, situate in the town of Hokitika, commencing at the junction of Gibson’s quay and Sewell-street, following a northerly direction along Sewell-street a distance of one chain sixty-five links;
thence easterly at a right angle a distance of two chains; thence southerly, at a right angle, a distance of one chain eleven links; and returning along Gibson’s quay to the commencing point, a distance of two chains five links—for a post-office, and for general purposes in connection with the postal service.
No. 893, in red.—Three roods twenty-six perches, more or less, situate in the town of Hokitika, commencing...
Vol. 12.—No. 69.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 69
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🗺️ Confirmation of Land Reserves
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey4 December 1865
Land reserves, Canterbury Province, Grey district, Hokitika, Bealey River
- Edward Jollie, Provincial Secretary