Appointments and Land Orders




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 191

deceased persons, and in like manner to remove
such Curator, or any successor in office of such
Curator; and on the death, resignation, or removal
of any such Curator to appoint some other fit and
proper person in his stead; and it shall be lawful for
the Governor in Council from time to time to fix the
place or town at which each Curator, so appointed,
shall keep his office':

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance and
exercise of the said power and authority in him
vested for this purpose, appoint—

ROBERT POLLOCK,
of Nelson, in the Province of Nelson;

WILLIAM ROBERT EDWARD BROWN,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington; and

HAROLD HENRY DE BOURBEL,
of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury,
Esquires, to act as Curators of estates of deceased
persons in and for the said Provinces of Nelson,
Wellington, and Canterbury respectively. And
doth, with the like advice and consent, fix and
appoint the Town of Nelson, the Town of Welling-
ton, and the Town of Christchurch aforesaid, to be
the places at which the said Robert Pollock, William
Robert Edward Brown, and Harold Henry de
Bourbel, as such Curators as aforesaid, shall keep
their offices.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
ninth day of May, 1866.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers vested in the Governor
by "The Native Reserves Act, 1856," and "The
Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862,"
the Gover-
nor, with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, doth order that the land hereafter described,
that is to say: All that piece of land containing by
admeasurement five acres (5) more or less, situated
on the River Grey, in the District of Westland, in
the Province of Canterbury, bounded on the north
seven hundred and sixty-nine links (769) by a public
street or road known as the Mawhera Quay on the
banks of the said river; on the east seven hundred
links (700) by a proposed line of road one chain in
width; on the south seven hundred and sixty-nine
links (769) by other portion of the Native Reserve
of which this block forms a part; and on the west
seven hundred links (700) partly by said Native
Reserve, partly by Mackay Street, and partly by
other portion of said Native Reserve leased to
Reuben Waite, being land subject to the operation
of the said Acts, shall be sold, and the same is hereby
sold to the Superintendent of the Province of Canter-
bury, for the sum of one hundred pounds: And in
further exercise of the powers aforesaid, the Governor,
with the like advice and consent, doth order that all
that piece of land containing by adıneasurement six
(6) acres and two (2) roods, more or less, situated on
the River Grey, in the District of Westland, in the
Province of Canterbury, being intended for two roads,
each one chain in width, one measuring in length
four thousand one hundred links (4100), and the
other two thousand four hundred links (2400), and
which said piece of land is bounded on the northward
one hundred links (100) by a tidal creek; on the
southward one hundred links (100), at the extremity
of each road respectively by a street bounding the
proposed town of Greymouth, in the said district;
and on all other sides by the Native Reserve of which
it formed part, being land subject to the operation
of the said Acts, shall be sold, and the same is hereby
sold to the Superintendent of the Province of Canter-
bury for the sum of thirty-two pounds ten shillings.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.
Governor's Order, No. 67.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint that on and from
the day of the date hereof, there shall be within the
Province of Canterbury a Port to be called the Port
of Okarita, the limits whereof shall be as follows :—
Commencing at a point being the north-western
corner of Native Reserve No. 18, from thence ex-
tending seaward on a bearing of N. 65° W. for a
distance of two miles, thence north-easterly at right
angies a distance of one mile, thence south-easterly
at right angles to a distance of three miles, thence
south-westerly a distance of one mile, and from thence
returning north-westerly to the commencing point,
as shown on the maps of the Chief Surveyor of the
Province of Canterbury.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander 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, dated at
Wellington this seventh day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.
Governor's Order, No. 68.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint that on and from
the day of the date hereof, the River Bank, one
hundred yards on either side of the Custom House,
shall be deemed and taken to be the legal landing
place for the lading and unlading of goods at the
Port of Okarita, under "The Customs Regulation
Act, 1858."

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of the
Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, dated at
Wellington, this seventh day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.
Governor's Order, No. 69.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint that the Port of
Okarita shall be a Warehousing Port for the purpose
of "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858," and do
hereby approve of the same as a Port for the Im-
portation of Tobacco.



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⚖️ Appointment of Curators of Estates of Deceased Persons (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
9 May 1866
Curator, Deceased Estates, Nelson, Wellington, Canterbury, Appointment
  • Robert Pollock (Esquire), Appointed Curator for Nelson Province
  • William Robert Edward Brown (Esquire), Appointed Curator for Wellington Province
  • Harold Henry De Bourbel (Esquire), Appointed Curator for Canterbury Province

  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • G. Grey, Governor

🪶 Sale of Native Reserve Land in Westland District

🪶 Māori Affairs
9 May 1866
Land Sale, Native Reserve, Westland, River Grey, Canterbury Province
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • G. Grey, Governor

🏭 Establishment of Port of Okarita, Canterbury Province

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
7 May 1866
Port establishment, Okarita, Customs Regulation Act, Canterbury
  • G. Grey, Governor
  • E. W. Stafford

🏭 Defining Legal Landing Place at Port of Okarita

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
7 May 1866
Landing place, Okarita, Customs, Lading and unlading goods
  • G. Grey, Governor
  • E. W. Stafford

🏭 Appointment of Okarita as a Warehousing Port

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
7 May 1866
Warehousing Port, Tobacco Importation, Okarita, Customs
  • G. Grey, Governor