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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1872.
(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Gisborne Land Act, 1870," it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor to cause to be published in the New Zealand Gazette a notice of the lands in the Township of Gisborne of which he proposes to issue Crown Grants, and the names of the persons to whom he proposes to make such grants, distinguishing between lands to be granted to Natives in fulfilment of pro-mises and lands to be granted in fulfilment of con-tracts for exchange, together with a description of the lands reserved, and the purposes for which reserved: And whereas it is further provided that if, at any time within thirty days after the publication of such aforesaid notice, the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland notifies to the Governor his desire that all the land described in the Schedule to the said Act, except such as shall be mentioned in the notice issued by the Governor as aforesaid, should be purchased, subject to the laws regulating the sale and disposition of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of Auckland, then the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette, declare such land, except as aforesaid, to be Waste Lands of the Crown within the meaning of the laws for the time being in force in the Province of Auckland regulating the sale, occupation, and other disposition of Waste Lands of the Crown within such Province: Provided that no such land shall be proclaimed under the second section of "The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1870:" And whereas the Governor duly published in the New Zealand Gazette a Schedule of the lands to be granted as aforesaid and set forth in the Schedule hereto; and the Superintendent of Auckland did, on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and within the thirty days specified, notify to the Governor his desire that the residue of the lands in the Township of Gisborne, other than those pub-lished as aforesaid, should be dealt with as Waste Lands of the Province of Auckland:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, and in pursuance of and in exercise of the power and authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands described in the Schedule to the said Act, excepting as aforesaid and as in the Schedule hereto, shall henceforth be Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of Auckland, within the meaning of the laws for the time being in force in the said Province: Provided that the said land shall not be proclaimed under the second section of "The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1870,"
SCHEDULE.
NAMES OF PERSONS to whom Grants for Lands in the Township of Gisborne are to be made in fulfilment of Contracts of Sale, with the Numbers and Areas of the Lots.
TOWN LOTS.
| Name. | Lot. | Area. |
|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | ||
| Alexander Blair | 4 | 0 1 0 |
| James Gibson | 6 | 0 1 0 |
| James Gibson | 9 | 0 0 35 |
| Andrew Park | 10 | 0 1 0 |
| John Williams Harris | 12 | 0 1 2 |
| Edward Lyndon | 25 | 0 1 0 |
| Samuel Tomlin Horsfall | 26 | 0 1 0 |
| Samuel Tomlin Horsfall | 28 | 0 1 0 |
| Lawrence Higgins | 30 | 0 1 0 |
| William Jones | 31 | 0 1 0 |
| Joseph Hamon | 34 | 0 1 0 |
| William Daly | 36 | 0 1 0 |
| William Mullooly | 37 | 0 1 0 |
| Patrick Moroney | 38 | 0 1 0 |
| Thomas Mechan | 39 | 0 1 0 |
| Charles¹ O'Donnell | 40 | 0 1 0 |
| Stephen Hooper | 41 | 0 1 32 |
| George Rymer | 67 | 0 1 0 |
| Stapylton Cotton Caulton | 68 | 0 1 0 |
| Robert McKnight | 69 | 0 1 0 |
| Alexander Todd, M.D. | 70 | 0 1 0 |
| James Mathews | 71 | 0 1 0 |
| James Craig | 72 | 0 1 0 |
| James Warden Gowing | 73 | 0 1 0 |
| James Warden Gowing | 74 | 0 1 0 |
¹ Erroneously gazetted as Cornelius, 6th January, 1872.
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NZ Gazette 1872, No 18
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🗺️ Proclamation declaring Gisborne lands as Waste Lands of the Crown
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey24 April 1872
Proclamation, Gisborne, Crown Grants, Waste Lands, Auckland Province, Land Act 1870
25 names identified
- Alexander Blair, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- James Gibson, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- James Gibson, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Andrew Park, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- John Williams Harris, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Edward Lyndon, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Samuel Tomlin Horsfall, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Samuel Tomlin Horsfall, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Lawrence Higgins, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- William Jones, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Joseph Hamon, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- William Daly, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- William Mullooly, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Patrick Moroney, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Thomas Mechan, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Charles O'Donnell, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Stephen Hooper, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- George Rymer, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Stapylton Cotton Caulton, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Robert McKnight, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- Alexander Todd (M.D.), Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- James Mathews, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- James Craig, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- James Warden Gowing, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- James Warden Gowing, Recipient of land grant in Gisborne
- G. F. Bowen, Governor