✨ Building Regulations and Proclamation




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The following Regulations shall exclusively apply
to, and be enforced within, the limits of the said outer
area of the said borough :-

NON-COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.
49. It shall not be lawful to erect, alter, add to,
or renew the external walls, party walls, and chim-
eys of any building with metal, wood, or other
combustible material, except such building comply
with each and all of the requirements contained in
section 51 of these Regulations, in which case the
external walls, but not the party walls and chimneys,
may be erected of wood or iron.

  1. Any building hereafter erected, having one or
    more of the external walls composed of wood or iron,
    must be erected at least 8 feet from any other build-
    ing, but such building so constructed of wood or
    iron may be erected at any less distance than 8 feet
    provided that any wall erected nearer than 8 feet to
    any other building be built of brick or stone, of the
    thickness required in the schedule to section 6 of
    these Regulations, and project at least 9 inches
    beyond the front line of any verandah or balcony
    forming a part of such building.

  2. Should any building hereafter erected consti-
    tute an addition to a building then already erected,
    such addition may be built with walls composed of
    wood or iron, provided that the foregoing require-
    ments are complied with, although the original
    building to which the addition is made may not be
    standing 8 feet from any other building.

REPAIRS.
52. The external walls and party walls of any
building already erected of wood or iron, and stand-
ing nearer than 8 feet to any other building, may be
repaired with the same materials of which they are
composed, provided that such repairs extend only to
the outer or inner lining of the walls, and not to the
studding.

EAVES.
53. The external wall of any building hereafter
erected may be finished with projecting eaves in-
stead of a parapet, provided that such external wall
be distant at least 4 feet from any building detached
from that of which it forms part.

PRIVIES.
54. Any privy hereafter erected may have walls of
wood or iron, but the roof must be covered with iron,
slates, or other incombustible material. All privies
must be provided with a door, and be erected not
less than 10 feet distant from any adjacent dwelling-
house.

The following is the Schedule of those portions of
the Borough of Timaru included within the "inner
area" and "outer area," referred to in these Regu-
lations:-

INNER AREA.-From the sea, along the north
side of Grey Street, continuing thence along
the east side of the Market Place and south
side of Heaton Street to the western boundary
of section No. 166, along the same boundary
to the western boundary of section No. 154,
crossing North Street, including sections on
either side of Latter Street to F Street, along
its centre to southern boundary of section
No. 321, continuing along the same boundary
of that section, and of 322, to their junction
with Bank Street, along the eastern side of
Bank Street to Sophia Street, along the south-
eastern side of Sophia Street to Theodosia
Street; thence along the eastern side of Theo-
dosia Street to Sefton Street, along the south
side of Sefton Street to Le Cren's Terrace;
thence at right angles to the sea, and con-
tinuing along the sea to Grey Street.

OUTER AREA.-All the remaining part of the
Borough of Timaru as the boundaries thereof
are fixed from time to time by lawful authority.

Passed by the said Council of the Borough of
Timaru, this seventeenth day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

J. H. SUTTER,
Mayor.

(L.S.)
EDWIN HY. LOUGH,
Town Clerk.

JOHN JACKSON, } Councillors of the
F. J. WILSON, } Borough of Timaru.

Boundaries of Hauraki Gold Mining District
enlarged.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1876.

THE following Proclamation issued by his Honor
the Superintendent of Auckland, enlarging the
boundaries of the Hauraki Gold Mining District, is
published for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Order
of the Bath, Superintendent of the Province
of Auckland.

WHEREAS by the eighth section of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, entitled "The
Gold Mining Districts Act, 1873," it is enacted that
it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time,
by Proclamation in the General Government Gazette,
to constitute and appoint any district to be a Gold
Mining District under the said Act, to assign bound-
aries to such district, to enlarge, contract, or other-
wise alter such boundaries, and to declare by what
local name every such district shall be designated:

And whereas, in accordance with the provisions of
the one hundred and ninetieth and one hundred and
ninety-first sections of the said Act, the powers thus
vested in the Governor by virtue of the said eighth
section of the said Act have been duly delegated to
the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland:

Now I, Sir George Grey, as such Superintendent,
in exercise of the powers delegated as aforesaid, do
hereby enlarge and extend the Hauraki Gold Mining
District so as to include beyond its present boundaries
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 Number Three
Block, the southern boundary of part of the land
granted to Mr. McCaskill, the southern boundary of
other part of the Hikutaia Number Three Block, the
southern boundary of the Whangamata Number
Three Block, and the southern boundary of the
Whangamata Number Four 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 Nga-kuri-a-whare; thence towards
the South by a line forming the northern boundary
of the Tauranga District eighty-six thousand four



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🏘️ Continuation of Building Regulations regarding classification, fees, and construction standards (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
17 December 1875
Building regulations, non-combustible materials, eaves, privies, Timaru Borough, construction standards
  • J. H. Sutter, Mayor
  • Edwin Hy. Lough, Town Clerk
  • John Jackson, Councillor of the Borough of Timaru
  • F. J. Wilson, Councillor of the Borough of Timaru

🌾 Proclamation enlarging the boundaries of the Hauraki Gold Mining District

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
9 February 1876
Proclamation, Gold Mining District, boundaries, Auckland Province, Ohinemuri Block, land grant
  • McCaskill (Mr.), Land grant boundary reference

  • Daniel Pollen
  • Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland