New Zealand Gazette – 1868 – No. 18

Page 165

✨ Polling Places, Land Claims, Borough Petition



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

provisions of the said last-mentioned Act shall apply
to the elections of Superintendents and Members of
Provincial Councils :

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Acts, do
hereby appoint the following places to be additional
polling places for the districts of Oreti and Otera-
mika, for the election of Members of the Provincial
Council of the Province of Southland, viz.:β€”

For the District of Oreti :
The House of Cuthbert Cowan, Esq., Hokanui.

For the District of Oteramika :
Mr. Jas. Gall's House, Waihopa Downs.

And I do further appoint the polling place at the
house of Cuthbert Cowan, Esq., Hokanui, to be the
principal polling place for the said district of Oreti.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of March, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

J. C. RICHMOND,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

G. F. BOWEN, 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, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six, 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 Ferguson Bowen,
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 Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, and issued at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of March, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

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SCHEDULE.

Name of Claimant. Name of Block of Land Claimed. Description of Boundaries.
Akapita Te Tewe and others Hikungarara Commencing at Te Pora, thence to Kopuapokororo, thence to the eastward to Papawharangi, thence by Hughes' line to Mangaone, thence crossing that stream and going on to Tutumiro, thence to Pukeiwahie, Rangataua, Rangi- tikei, thence by that river to the commencing point at Te Pora.
Keremihaua Wairaka and others Tawhirihoe Commencing at Unuunu, thence by Mr. Swainson's line to Rehu- rehu, thence by that line to the sea, thence from the mouth of the Rangitikei River to Tawhi- rihoe, thence by the Tawhirihoe Stream to Pukekuku, thence to the commencing point at Te Unuunu.
Paranihi Te Tau and others Reureu Pukekokeke Commencing at Waitapu, thence by that stream to Whitianga, thence southwards to Whaka- moetakapu Te Puta, thence to the westward along the line of Puroa a Pakeha, to Mangaone to Pahekeheke, Pukeiwahie, thence to the bridge at Whakaauranga, thence along the Rangataua Stream to the Rangitikei River, thence eastward to Hakariki Maungamutu, thence to Te Karaka Te Ruai, thence to Otapatu Waituna, thence to Te Reureu, Pikitara, to the com- mencing point at Waitapu.
Pumipi Te Kaka and others. Makowhai Commencing at the mouth of Makowhai, thence by that river to the Taurarua Stream, thence by that stream to Rawiri te Wanui's boundary, thence to Totarataepa, thence to the northward along the boundary of Ngatikauwhata to Te Punapo- kororo, thence to Rangitikei to Te Pora, thence by the Rangitikei River to the mouth of the Makowhai Stream at the com- mencing point.
Wiriharai Te Angiangi and others Kaikokopu Commencing at Parakaia's and Hare Hemi's post on the inland side of Paepae, thence seawards to Hare Hemi's boundary on the coast, thence by the coast to Pukepuke, the boundary which has been surveyed for Rawiri te Wanui (Kakanui), thence by that line to Kakahuera, thence to Omanukaka, thence south- wards to Parakaia's post inland of Te Paepae.
Henere Te Waiatua and others Oroua Commencing at Te Puta, thence to the eastward to Whakamoe- takapu Paeroa, Te Papauku, thence to the castward, Umutoi Oroua, thence to the southward down the Oroua to Pariroa, Te Ruapuka, thence westward to Makino, and on to the com- mencement at Te Puta.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1868.

IN conformity with the provisions of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867," the following
Petition from inhabitant householders of Timaru for
the Town of Timaru to be constituted a Borough,
and letter of assent from the Superintendent of
Canterbury, are published for general information,
and it is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor will consider the Petition on the 1st of
June next.

T. M. HAULTAIN,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)



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🏘️ Appointment of Additional Polling Places for Southland Provincial Council Elections (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
21 March 1868
Polling places, Southland Province, Oreti District, Oteramika District, Provincial Council elections
  • Cuthbert Cowan (Esquire), Polling place location

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • J. C. Richmond (for the Colonial Secretary.)

πŸͺΆ Reference of Native Land Claims to the Native Lands Court under 1867 Act

πŸͺΆ Māori Affairs
28 March 1868
Native Lands Act 1867, Native Lands Court, Land claims, Deed of Sale
6 names identified
  • Akapita Te Tewe, Claimant for land block
  • Keremihaua Wairaka, Claimant for land block
  • Paranihi Te Tau, Claimant for land block
  • Pumipi Te Kaka, Claimant for land block
  • Wiriharai Te Angiangi, Claimant for land block
  • Henere Te Waiatua, Claimant for land block

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • T. M. Haultain

🏘️ Publication of Petition for Timaru to be constituted a Borough

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
1 April 1868
Municipal Corporations Act 1867, Timaru, Borough constitution, Petition
  • T. M. Haultain (for the Colonial Secretary.)