Appointments, Land Claims, Land Sales




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now therefore, the Governor of New Zealand, in
pursuance of the power and authority in him vested
by the said Act, doth hereby appoint the following
places to be additional polling places for the Electoral
Districts hereinafter specified as constituted by "The
Representation Act, 1865," for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives, namely,-

For the District of FRANKLIN-The Redoubt,
East Hamilton.

For the District of COLERIDGE-Mr. Rhodes'
Woolshed, Racecourse Hill.

For the District of TAIERI-The Schoolhouse,
Maungatua.

For the District of CLUTHA-The Schoolhouse,
Popotunoa.

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, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.

WHEREAS by virtue of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The
Native Lands Act, 1867," the Governor may at his
discretion refer to the Native Lands Court the claim
of any person to or any question affecting the title
to or interest of any such person in land within the
boundaries described in the second Schedule to the
said Act, being the boundaries described in a certain
deed of sale to the Crown, bearing date the thirteenth
day of December, 1866, and expressed to be a con-
veyance by Natives entitled to land within the
district excepted from the operation of "The Native
Lands Act, 1865," by section eighty-two thereof:

Provided that no claim by and no question relating
to the title or interest of any Native who shall have
signed the said deed of sale shall be so referred.

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in
me in that behalf, do hereby refer to the Native
Lands Court the claims which are named in the
Schedule hereunto attached, being claims for lands
within the boundaries aforesaid of Natives who have
not signed the said deed of sale.

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, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-first day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven.

J. C. RICHMOND.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Claimant. Name of Block of Land claimed. Description of Bound- aries.
Parakaia te Pouepa Himatangi ...
Rawiri te Wanui Kakanui ...
Te Kooro te One Mangatangi ...
Te Ara Takana Te Awahuri ...

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-sixth day of November, 1867.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The New Zealand Settlements
Acts Amendment Act, 1866," it is provided
that all lands taken under the authority of "The
New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," or "The New
Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance
Act, 1865," or either of them, sold and disposed of
under the authority of the said first recited Act,
intituled "The New Zealand Settlements Acts
Amendment Act, 1866," shall be sold or disposed of
under Regulations to be made by the Governor in
Council, which Regulations shall be published in the
New Zealand Gazette.

And whereas the Commissioner appointed by the
Governor to carry out the Regulations for the sale
of lands taken for settlement under "The New
Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," in the Province of
Auckland, did in a public notification dated the
second day of October, 1867, and advertised in the
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette, No. 45, of
the seventh of that month, notify that the land
specified in the Schedule hereunder written will be
offered for sale by auction at the Waste Lands Office,
Auckland, on Monday, second December:

Surveyor's No. Parish No. Area. Upset Price.
9 A. R. P. £ s. d.
4,350 0 0 2,175 0 0

And whereas the terms of payment prescribed in
such notification are, that one-fourth of the purchase
money should be paid at the time of sale, by way of
deposit, and the remaining three-fourths within three
calendar months after the sale, and in the event of
the second payment not being made as aforesaid, the
sale to be void and the deposit forfeited.

And whereas by an Order in Council, dated the
fifth day of April last, certain scrip issued or to be
issued by the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, or
any person duly deputed by him, and more particu-
larly described in such Order, was authorized to
be taken as money, on certain specified conditions
in the purchase of general rural land.

And whereas it is expedient to alter the terms of
payment in respect of the particular allotment of
land hereinbefore described:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance of the authority vested in him in that
behalf by the said recited Act, doth hereby, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony of New Zealand, make in respect of the
land comprised in the said recited notification, the
following additional Regulation to those contained in
the Order in Council dated twenty-third November,
1866, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of
the same date, for the sale and disposal of lands
within the Province of Auckland, which have been
taken under the authority of the said recited Acts,
or either of them.

Additional Regulation.

The Commissioner is authorized to accept payment
for the above-mentioned block of land, mining plant,
tramway, waggons, and other working materials, on
the following terms, that is to say-one-tenth of the
purchase money shall be paid in cash at the time of
sale by way of deposit, and in or towards the pay-
ment of the remaining nine-tenths of the purchase



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🏛️ Appointment of additional polling places for electoral districts (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 November 1867
Polling places, Electoral Districts, Franklin, Coleridge, Taieri, Clutha
  • G. Grey, Governor
  • E. W. Stafford

🪶 Reference of Native land claims to the Native Lands Court under 1867 Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
21 November 1867
Native Lands Act 1867, Native Lands Court, Land claims, Deed of sale
  • Parakaia te Pouepa, Claimant for Himatangi block
  • Rawiri te Wanui, Claimant for Kakanui block
  • Te Kooro te One, Claimant for Mangatangi block
  • Te Ara Takana, Claimant for Te Awahuri block

  • G. Grey, Governor
  • J. C. Richmond

🗺️ Alteration of payment terms for Auckland settlement land auction

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
26 November 1867
Order in Council, New Zealand Settlements Acts, Auckland Province, Land sale, Payment terms
  • G. Grey, Governor