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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1870:” And whereas it is expedient that the said lands should be declared to be waste lands as hereinafter set forth: Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, being satisfied that the lands described in the Schedule hereto are free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by “The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1873,” do hereby proclaim and declare the said lands to be waste lands of the Crown, subject (except as by the said Act is provided) to be sold and dealt with according to the provisions of the laws for the time being in force in the Province of Wellington regulating the sale and disposal of waste lands of the Crown within such Province.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this second day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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SCHEDULE.

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SEVENTY-MILE BUSH.

ALL those blocks of land situate in the Province of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing together one hundred and twenty-five thousand (125,000) acres, more or less, and known as Kaihinu Block No. 1, containing twenty-two thousand (22,000) acres, more or less; Kaihinu Block No. 2, containing nineteen thousand (19,000) acres, more or less; Mangahao Block No. 1, containing twenty-three thousand (23,000) acres, more or less; Mangahao Block No. 2, containing eight thousand (8,000) acres, more or less; Manawatu-Wairarapa Block No. 1, otherwise known as Ekatahuna Block, containing six thousand (6,000) acres, more or less; Manawatu-Wairarapa Block No. 2, otherwise known as Mongo-rongo Block containing fifteen thousand (15,000) acres, more or less; Manawatu-Wairarapa Block No. 2a, otherwise known as Pukahu Block, containing six thousand (6,000) acres, more or less; Manawatu-Wairarapa Block No. 2b, otherwise known as Pahi Atua Block, containing fifteen thousand (15,000) acres, more or less; Ngatapu Block No. 1, containing four thousand (4,000) acres, more or less, and Ngatapu Block No. 2, containing seven thousand (7,000) acres, more or less, as the said blocks of land are particularly delineated on the plan drawn on the margin of the deed called the Seventy-Mile Bush Deed (Wairarapa end), deposited in the General Crown Lands Office at Wellington.

MANGAHAO NO. 3, OR KAUHANGA.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Province of Wellington, and Colony of New Zealand, being a portion of the Manawatu-Wairarapa Block excepted from the sale made to the Government on the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one (1871), and comprising Kauhanga Blocks Nos. One (1) and Two (2), the said portion of land being estimated to contain seven thousand (7,000) acres more or less, bounded on the North by the Manawatu River; on the South by the Mangahao Block No. 2; on the East and North-east by the Manawatu and Mangahao Rivers; and on the West by the summit of Tararua Range, excepting, firstly, a reserve to Hoani Meihana and Manahi Paewai, containing by estimation twenty (20) acres, more or less, known as Te Potae, situate and being in the Manawatu Gorge, and bounded on the East by a portion of the said Kauhanga Block Number One (1); on the West by a portion of the said Kauhanga Block Number One (1); on the North by the Government road; and on the South by a portion of the said Kauhanga Block Number One (1), and excepting, secondly, a reserve to Pine Hakopa, Arapata Tiria, Matia Te Kotoi, Heremia Wirihana, Mariana, Paewai, and Katerina Whareraupo, containing by estimation twenty (20) acres, more or less, known as Te Rerenga-o-Whiro, situate and being in the said Manawatu Gorge, immediately below the Ford and Government Bridge, and being about a mile, more or less, above the said first-mentioned reserve, known as Te Potae —bounded on the East by a portion of the said Kauhanga Block Number One (1); on the West by a portion of the said Kauhanga Block Number One (1); on the North by the Government Road; and on the South by a portion of the said Kauhanga Block Number One (1).

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Reserve for a Site for Postal and Telegraph purposes.

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JAMES FERGUSSON, GOVERNOR.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1874.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Waste Lands Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, at any time and from time to time, to except from sale, and either reserve to Her Majesty or dispose of in such other manner as for the public interest may seem best, such of the waste lands of the Crown in any of the provinces of the colony as may be required for the purposes of military defence, or for the construction of trunk lines of road, or as sites for public buildings for the use of the General Government, or for other purposes of public utility or convenience:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority in that behalf vested in him, doth hereby except from sale and reserve to Her Majesty the parcel of the waste lands of the Crown particularly specified and described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule mentioned, and set opposite the description of the said parcel of land.

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SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.