✨ Land Acquisition Notice
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1872.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1871," the Governor is, among other things, empowered to enter into arrangements for the acquisition of particular portions of land in the North Island, for the purpose of mining for gold, for the establishment of special settlements, or for the purposes of railway construction: And by the said Act it is also provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor, whenever he shall have determined to enter into negotiations for the purchase of such land, to insert a notice in the New Zealand Gazette that it is his intention to enter into such negotiations, and after such notice is inserted it shall not be lawful for any one to purchase or acquire from the Native owners any right, title, or interest, or contract for the purchase or acquisition from the Native owners of any right, title, or interest, in the lands specified in such notice, unless the notice be cancelled by the Governor: Provided that no such notice shall have longer operation than for the period of two years:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby vested in me, do hereby give notice that it is my intention forthwith to enter into negotiations for the purchase from the Native owners of the block or parcel of land situate in the Province of Auckland, and described as follows (that is to say) :—
Commencing on the North on the sea coast at Cape Colville (or Moehau), in the District of Hauraki, in the Province of Auckland; thence by the East Coast to Ngakuri-a-whare; thence by a straight line to the summit of Te Aroha Mountain (being the northern boundary of the Tauranga District, as proclaimed under the New Zealand Settlements Act); thence by the watershed range between Tauranga Harbour and the River Thames (or Waihou) to Puapuatirohia, at the south-eastern angle of Te Aroha Block; thence by the southern boundary of Te Aroha Block to Huakaramea, on the banks of the River Thames (or Waihou); thence by the River Thames (or Waihou) to its mouth; thence by the sea coast of the Hauraki Gulf to Cape Colville (or Moehau), the point of commencement.
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-third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
J. D. ORMOND.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1872, No 38
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🗺️ Notice of Intention to Negotiate Purchase of Native Land in Auckland Province
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey23 July 1872
Land acquisition, Native owners, Hauraki District, Te Aroha Mountain, River Thames, Auckland Province, Public Works Act
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen
- J. D. Ormond