Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 22

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✨ Land and Administration Notices

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lamation in the Provincial Government Gazette, should declare the powers of such Board to be suspended, and should by Proclamation appoint a Commissioner for such district, and thereupon all the powers, rights, privileges, and duties of such Board should, from the date of such Proclamation, vest in and be exercised by such Commissioner on behalf of the Board:

And whereas the Road Board for the Rakaia District has neglected to give public notice of a certain annual meeting of the Ratepayers of the said district, as provided in section 40, by which default of the above Board no election of members to serve on the said Board for the ensuing year was effected, as provided in section 4 of the said Ordinance:

Now, therefore, I, SAMUEL BEALEY, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury aforesaid, with the advice of the Executive Council, do hereby proclaim the powers of the said Road Board for the Rakaia District to be suspended; and I appoint Charles John Harper, of Lake Coleridge, to be a Commissioner for the said district.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this Sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
EDW. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, March 6, 1866.

THE following Reserve is re-gazetted, in consequence of a clerical error in the description as published in the Provincial Government Gazette, No. XV, February 17, 1866:—

No. 205, in red.—Six hundred and forty acres, more or less, situate near Lake Pearson, in the valley of the Upper Waimakariri, commencing at the point where the road to Pearson’s crosses the Craigie Burn, extending along the road south-westerly a distance of forty chains on each side of the road —As an endowment for a classical school, as mentioned in the Resolutions of the Provincial Council of 12th and 19th December, 1865.

EDW. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

SALE OF TOWN AND RURAL LANDS AND TIMBER RESERVES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sections of land and the timber on the reserves specified below will be submitted to public auction, at the sitting of the Waste Land Board, to be held at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Monday, March 19, 1866, at the hour of noon, subject to the usual conditions of sale, and in conformity with the Regulations for the disposal, sale, letting, and occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown, now in force within the Province of Canterbury.

TOWN LAND.

TOWN OF TIMARU.

Lot.	Section.	Quantity.	Upset Price.
1	289	... 1 0	... 12 0 0
2	290	... 1 0	... 12 0 0
3	291	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
4	307	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
5	308	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
6	309	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
7	337	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
8	338	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
9	339	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
10	407	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
11	408	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
12	422	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
13	423	... 0 1 0	... 12 0 0
14	454	... 0 1 34	... 22 4 0

RURAL LAND.

TIMARU DISTRICT.

Lot.	Section.	Quantity.	Upset Price.
15	8905	... 10 0 0	... 20 0 0
16	9090	... 8 1 0	... 16 10 0
17	9460	... 2 3 0	... 5 10 0

WAITANGI DISTRICT.

Lot.	Section.	Quantity.	Upset Price.
18	9559	... 2 2 0	... 5 0 0

CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT.

Lot.	Section.	Quantity.	Upset Price.
19	9720	... 1 1 0	... 2 10 0

ELLESMERE DISTRICT.

Lot.	Section.	Quantity.	Upset Price.
20	9543	... 18 0 0	... 36 0 0
21	9584	... 5 0 0	... 10 0 0
22	9638	... 6 0 0	... 10 0 0
23	9639	... 18 2 0	... 37 0 0
24	9718	... 9 0 0	... 19 0 0

LINCOLN DISTRICT.

Lot.	Section.	Quantity.	Upset Price.
25	9577	... 14 0 0	... 28 0 0

MANDEVILLE DISTRICT.

Lot.	Section.	Quantity.	Upset Price.
26	9649	... 11 2 0	... 23 0 0
27	9700	... 18 2 0	... 37 0 0
28	9701	... 5 0 0	... 10 0 0

ASHLEY DISTRICT.

Lot.	Section.	Quantity.	Upset Price.
29	9652	... 17 0 0	... 37 0 0

The Timber on Reserves Nos. 235 and 236, Duvauchelle’s Bay, Akaroa, will be sold at an upset price of £1 per acre, subject to the condition that the Timber be removed within three years from the date of sale.

EDW. JOLLIE,
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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VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 22

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🏗️ Appointment of Commissioner under The Roads Ordinance, 1864 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated6 March 1866
KeywordsRoads, Commissioner, Canterbury Province, Rakaia District
👱🏽 Names

Charles John Harper, Appointed Commissioner for Rakaia District

👩‍💼 Officials

Samuel Bealey, Superintendent
Edw. Jollie, Provincial Secretary

🎓 Re-gazetting of Reserve for Classical School

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Dated6 March 1866
KeywordsLand Reserve, Classical School, Lake Pearson, Waimakariri
👩‍💼 Officials

Edw. Jollie, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Sale of Town and Rural Lands and Timber Reserves

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsLand Sale, Auction, Christchurch, Timaru, Rural Land, Timber Reserves
👩‍💼 Officials

Edw. Jollie, Provincial Secretary

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