Land Vesting and Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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became vested in Wiremu Patene Raukura, Pirihira
Kahiwa, Eruera Mokongohi, Maraea Tiki, Mere
Kaimanu, and Tuokioki, of the District of Hauraki,
in the Province of Auckland, aboriginal natives of
New Zealand: And whereas the said Hori Kerei
Tuokioki (described in the above-mentioned Crown
grant as Tuokioki) is an infant under the age of
twenty-one years:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fer-
guson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, in exercise and in pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in him by the said
Act, doth hereby order that the lands described in
the Schedule hereto shall be and remain vested in
Wiremu Patene Raukura, of Hauraki, an aboriginal
native of New Zealand, as a Trustee within the
meaning and for the purposes of the said Act for
the said Hori Kerei Tuokioki, his heirs and assigns.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in our Province of Auck-
land, in our Colony of New Zealand, containing by
admeasurement thirty-seven (37) acres and two (2)
roods, more or less, situate at Hauraki, in the Dis-
trict of Hauraki, Queen's County, being called or
known by the name of "Tamatepo" No.1, and numbered
one thousand four hundred and seventy-seven (1477).
Bounded towards the North-east by lines six hundred
and twenty-four (624) links, two hundred and
twenty-one (221) links, two hundred and sixty-seven
(267) links, one hundred and ninety-nine (199)
links, and four hundred and forty (440) links;
towards the South-east by the Kaiwaha Block, four
hundred and forty-eight (448) links, and by the
Matakorowhawha Stream, and by the Tapatihe
Block, thirty (30) links, and one thousand eight
hundred and sixty (1,860) links; towards the South-
west by the Waihou River; and towards the North-
west by the Tamatepo Block, two thousand seven
hundred and seventeen (2,717) links: subject, how-
ever, to the right conferred on the Governor of New
Zealand by "The Native Lands Act, 1865," of
taking and laying off roads through the said lands
without compensation, provided that the total
quantity of land to be taken therefor shall not be
more than after the rate of five acres for every one
hundred acres, and that the land taken for such
roads be not occupied by any building, garden,
orchard, plantation, or ornamental ground—such
right to cease at the expiration of ten years from the
date hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Nelson College Act, 1870,"
it is enacted that six of the Governors of the
said College shall be deemed to represent the Pro-
vince of Nelson, and shall be from time to time
appointed as vacancies shall occur by the Visitor, and
the remaining three Governors shall be deemed to
represent the Province of Marlborough, and shall be
appointed in like manner; and by the said Act it
is further enacted, that any retiring Governor may
continue to hold office until his successor is appointed,
and may be reappointed: And whereas in pursuance
of the provisions of the Deed of Foundation of the
Nelson College, as set forth in the Schedule to "The
Nelson College Act, 1858," and of the hereinbefore in
part recited Act, John Wallis Barnicoat, Esq., repre-
senting the Province of Marlborough, Henry Adams,
Esq., and Francis Wemyss Irvine, Esq., respectively,
representing the Province of Nelson, retired from
office as Governors of the said College on the four-
teenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, and no successors to them have been
appointed: And whereas it is expedient that the said
John Wallis Barnicoat, Henry Adams, and Francis
Wemyss Irvine should be reappointed to be Gover-
nors of the said College as hereinafter mentioned:
And whereas on the thirteenth day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, Donald
Sinclair, Esq., being one of the Governors of the said
College, and representing the Province of Marl-
borough, departed this life, and no other Governor
hath been appointed in his stead, and it is expedient
that such appointment should be made as hereinafter
mentioned:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, for the time being, as the Visitor of
the said College, and in pursuance and exercise of
the power vested in me as such Visitor by the herein-
before in part recited Act, do hereby appoint the
said

JOHN WALLIS BARNICOAT,
HENRY ADAMS, and
FRANCIS WEMYSS IRVINE,

to be Governors of the said Nelson College, the said
John Wallis Barnicoat to represent the Province of
Marlborough, and the said Henry Adams and Francis
Wemyss Irvine to represent the Province of Nelson.
And in further pursuance and exercise of the
hereinbefore mentioned power, and as such Visitor
as aforesaid, I do hereby appoint

ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR,
of Picton, in the Province of Marlborough, Esquire,
to be a Governor of the said Nelson College, and to
represent the said Province in the stead of the said
Donald Sinclair so deceased as aforesaid.

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 first day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1870," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, by Warrant under his
hand, from time to time to appoint Polling Places
for each Electoral District within or within one
mile of the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of
such Polling Places to be the Principal Polling
Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling
Places from time to time to abolish, and, if he think
fit, to appoint other Polling Places in lieu of those
abolished, and that every such Warrant shall be
published in the New Zealand Gazette: Provided
always that no Polling Place shall be appointed by
the Governor under the said Act unless he shall be
first satisfied that the place to be appointed is more
convenient than any other for at least twenty electors
to record their votes thereat:

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do



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🪶 Order vesting Hauraki land in Trustee for infant Maori (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
1 February 1872
Land vesting, Trustee appointment, Hauraki, Infant beneficiary, Land Schedule
7 names identified
  • Wiremu Patene Raukura, Vested as Trustee for infant
  • Pirihira Kahiwa, Named in land vesting order
  • Eruera Mokongohi, Named in land vesting order
  • Maraea Tiki, Named in land vesting order
  • Mere Kaimanu, Named in land vesting order
  • Tuokioki, Named as infant beneficiary
  • Hori Kerei Tuokioki, Infant beneficiary of land

  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne

🎓 Reappointment and appointment of Governors for Nelson College

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
1 February 1872
Nelson College, Governor appointment, Marlborough Province, Nelson Province, Reappointment
  • John Wallis Barnicoat (Esquire), Reappointed Governor of Nelson College
  • Henry Adams (Esquire), Reappointed Governor of Nelson College
  • Francis Wemyss Irvine (Esquire), Reappointed Governor of Nelson College
  • Donald Sinclair (Esquire), Deceased Governor of Nelson College
  • Arthur Penrose Seymour (Esquire), Appointed Governor of Nelson College

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • W. Gisborne

🏘️ Governor's Warrant for appointing Polling Places under Election Act

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
1 February 1872
Polling Places, Election Act 1870, Governor Warrant, Electoral District
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of New Zealand