New Zealand Gazette – 1859 – No. 11

Page 73

✨ Proclamations and Land Schedule

Numb. 11.
73

The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1859.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of the
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 men-
tioned, has been acquired by purchase
from the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zea-
land, and it is expedient that the acquisition
thereof should be notified by Proclamation ac-
cordingly,

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 de-
scribed in the Schedule hereunto annexed.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony, at Government House,
at Auckland, this twenty-
ninth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-nine.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE.

By His Excellency's command,

HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
DISTRICT OF KAIPARA.
Arapohue Block—Area 9,500 Acres.

BOUNDARIES:
A line commencing at Waikaka on the
Wairoa River, thence along the banks of that
River to Aratawa, thence proceeding inland
along the Survey line of Mr. Buchanan bearing
42° 30' 163.16 links, thence in an Easterly
direction 313° 30' 98.27 links, thence to the
Manganui River at Ohaua 37° 30' 142.00
links, thence along the Manganui River to the
boundary of Okahu block, thence along the
boundary of that block 14° 15' 27 0.80 links
338° 127.20 links 51° 7'106.20 links 42°
119.00 links, arriving at Waikaka at the
Wairoa, being the point of commencement.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of the
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 by an Act of the General As-
sembly of New Zealand, intituled
"The Naturalization Act, 1858," it is enacted
that "all and singular the Persons who shall be
declared to come within the operation of this
Act by any Proclamation to be issued in that
behalf by His Excellency the Governor or Offi-

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1859, No 11

Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

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🗺️ Proclamation Extinguishing Native Title over Arapohue Block

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated29 March 1859
KeywordsProclamation, Native Title, Land Acquisition, Arapohue Block, Kaipara District, Survey lines
👩‍💼 Officials

Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
Henry John Tancred

🏛️ Proclamation regarding The Naturalization Act, 1858

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsNaturalization Act 1858, Proclamation, General Assembly
👩‍💼 Officials

Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief

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