✨ Land Title Proclamation
Numb. 27.
159
The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1857.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, &c.,
&c., &c.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
"The Waste Lands Act, 1856," it is enacted
that no land acquired from the aboriginal in-
habitants after the passing thereof, shall be
open for sale or disposal until the Governor
shall have notified by Proclamation in the
"New Zealand Government Gazette" that the
Native Title has been extinguished over such
land.
Now, therefore, I, the Governor do hereby
proclaim and notify that the Native Title has
been extinguished over the Blocks of Land, the
boundaries whereof 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 Auck-
land, in the Colony afore-
said, this twelfth day of
October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
SCHEDULE.
PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
Mohau District.
RAUROA BLOCK.
(Containing about 9000 acres.)
The boundary commences at Rauroa, thence
to Parikohatu at the Herangi Mountain,
thence inland to the end of the survey line of
Mr. Searancke, thence along the course of the
Awakino till it reaches Te Ti, thence to Kiwi-
hua, thence on along the said River Awakino
as far as Rauroa, there the boundaries meet.
PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
Kawhia District.
HARIHARI BLOCK.
(Containing about 4000 acres.)
The boundary commences a little above the
Waihekura River, thence running to Orore,
Pukekokio, Puketarata, Tutonu, Rarauheroa,
Ngaiwiturua, Ratapiki, Te Rara, Te Wairoa,
Mangapapa, Kotorohanga, Maungakoe, Hua-
rua, thence along the course of the Huarua
Stream to the confluence of Mangapapa,
thence on along the Mangapapa Stream as far
as Mangakakau, thence on through the forest
till it strikes the ridge, thence right on to Te
Atamarama on the sea coast, thence on along
the sea coast till it arrives at a point a little
above the Waihekura River, there the boun-
daries meet.
PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
Whangaroa District.
WAHATANE BLOCK.
(Containing about 500 acres.)
The boundary commences at Te Waiwhero-
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NZ Gazette 1857, No 27
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🗺️ Proclamation Extinguishing Native Title over Land Blocks in Auckland Province
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey12 October 1857
Proclamation, Native Title, Land Extinguishment, Auckland Province, Rauroa Block, Harihari Block, Whatane Block, Survey Line
- Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
- E. W. Stafford