✨ Land Settlement Proclamation
Numb. 8.
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1860.
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 its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS by the "Bay of Islands Set-
tlement Act, 1858," it is provided
that it shall be lawful for the Governor when-
ever he shall think fit, by Proclamation in the
Government Gazette, to set apart on the
Western side of the Bay of Islands an eligible
site for a Settlement for Colonization, and the
limits of such Settlement from time to time to
define and vary as he shall think fit: Provided
always that the extent of such Settlement shall
at no time exceed 250,000 acres of land inclu-
sive of any land therein comprised that may
be the property of private individuals: Now, I,
the Governor, in pursuance of the authority in
me vested in that behalf, do hereby proclaim
and declare that I have set apart a site for such
Settlement on the Western side of the Bay of
Islands, and do hereby define the limits thereof
to be as follows, that is to say: The Boundary
commences at the mouth of the Takou River,
and runs up that River to the point where it is
intersected by the Western Boundary line of
land granted to Hannah King, thence along
that Boundary to the Waipuakakaho River,
down that River to the Katiaka River, down
that River to the Upokorau River, and down
the Upokorau River to the confluence of the
Waiarei River; thence up the Waiarei River to
the confluence of the Taita River, and up
the Taita River to the point where it is met by
the Western Boundary line of the land known
as Joyce's claim, along that boundary line to
the Manginangina Block, and along the Western
Boundary of the Manginangina Block to the
point where it is intersected by the North-western
Boundary line of the land known as Orsmond's
claim; thence by a right line to the Puru Falls
on the Pirau River. and from those Falls along
the Western Boundary line of land granted
to George Clarke and of the land known as
Clarke's claim, to the Whakanekeneke River;
thence up the Whakanekeneke River to the
point where it is intersected by the Western
Boundary of the Mahue Block, and along that
Boundary to the Mahue Lake; thence along
the shores of the Mahue Lake to the Eastern
Boundary line of the Mahue Block, and along
that Boundary line to the Hokianga Road; thence
along the Hokianga Road to the Western
Boundary line of land granted to George
Clarke, and along the Western and Southern
Boundary lines of land granted to George
Clarke, Henry Tacy Clarke, and Henry Wil-
liams; thence by a line crossing the Waiaruhi
River to the Southern Boundary line of land
granted to Joseph Marsden Williams, and along
that Boundary and the Southern and Eastern
Boundary lines of land granted to Henry
Williams and John William Williams and
Samuel Williams; thence by a right line to the
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NZ Gazette 1860, No 8
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🗺️ Proclamation defining boundaries for Bay of Islands Settlement Site
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey1 March 1860
Proclamation, Bay of Islands, Colonization, Land demarcation, Boundary definition, Land grants
12 names identified
- Hannah King, Boundary reference point
- Joyce, Boundary reference point (claim)
- Orsmond, Boundary reference point (claim)
- George Clarke, Land grant boundary reference
- Henry Tacy Clarke, Land grant boundary reference
- Henry Williams, Land grant boundary reference
- George Clarke, Land grant boundary reference
- Henry Williams, Land grant boundary reference
- Joseph Marsden Williams, Land grant boundary reference
- Henry Williams, Land grant boundary reference
- John William Williams, Land grant boundary reference
- Samuel Williams, Land grant boundary reference
- Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief