✨ Licensing District Proclamation




Numb. 13. 167

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1875.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1875.

Ohinemuri Special Licensing District.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Licensing Act 1873 Amend-
ment Act, 1874," it is, amongst other things,
provided that, in order to make provision for the
granting of licenses on gold fields and in outlying
districts, it shall be lawful for the Governor, from
time to time, to proclaim any district in any province
of the colony, the boundaries whereof shall be defined
in such Proclamation, to be a special licensing dis-
trict, and the boundaries of such district from time
to time to alter, and to abolish any such district:

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in virtue of the powers conferred upon me
by the said recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare
that, from and after the date hereof, the district the
boundaries whereof are set forth in the Schedule
hereto shall be a special licensing district, to be
called "The Ohinemuri Special Licensing District."

SCHEDULE.

ALL that block of land in the District of Hauraki, in
the Province of Auckland, and the Colony of New
Zealand, known as the "Ohinemuri Block," bounded
towards the North from Kurere by lines known as
"Tole's line," forming the southern boundary of
part of the Hikutaia No. 3 Block, the southern
boundary of part of the land granted to Mr.
McCaskill, the southern boundary of other part
of the Hikutaia No. 3 Block, the southern
boundary of the Whangamata No. 3 Block, and
the southern boundary of the Whangamata No. 4
Block, to Te Papiri, on the East Coast of the
North Island of New Zealand, as the same are
more particularly described in the plans lodged in
the Inspector of Surveys' Office at Auckland; thence
towards the East by the sea coast from Te Papiri to
Ngakuriawhare; thence towards the South by a line
forming the northern boundary of the Tauranga
District, eighty-six thousand four hundred and eighty-
nine (86489) links, and the Waitawheta Stream, thence by that stream to the north-east angle of the
Aroha Block, thence by lines forming part of the
northern boundary of the Aroha Block, seven
thousand one hundred and forty-seven (7147) links
and twenty-seven thousand five hundred and thirteen
(27513) links respectively, to Mangati; thence to-
wards the West by a line to Tikirahi, twenty thou-
sand two hundred and thirty-one (20231) links,
thence by a line ten thousand six hundred and sixty
(10660) links to Rauwharangi, thence by a line
fourteen thousand and eighty (14080) links to Te
Karaka, thence by a line seven thousand nine hundred
and forty-five (7945) links to Omatao, on the bank
of the River Ohinemuri, thence by that river to Te
Koutu, thence by a line six thousand two hundred
and sixty-eight (6268) links to Whareraha, thence
by a line three thousand and seven (3007) links to
Te Paeroa, thence by a line twenty-six thousand five
hundred and ninety (26590) links to Te Komata, and
thence by a line twenty-two thousand eight hundred
and ten (22810) links to Kurere, the point of com-
mencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at Wellington, this third day
of March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!



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πŸ›οΈ Proclamation establishing the Ohinemuri Special Licensing District

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
3 March 1875
Proclamation, Licensing Act 1873 Amendment Act 1874, Special Licensing District, Ohinemuri, Boundaries, Hauraki District
  • Tole, Boundary line reference
  • McCaskill (Mr.), Land grant boundary reference

  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • CHARLES C. BOWEN