✨ Land Proclamation, District Alterations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

towards the North by the said block, bearing north
sixty-six degrees fifty-nine minutes (66Β° 59') east
magnetic, thirty-two thousand four hundred and fifty
(32450) links, to Waewaepa Hill; again towards the
East by the Mangatoro Block, bearing one hundred
and sixty-six degrees (166Β°) magnetic, nineteen thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty (19850) links, to the
Mangatoro River; thence by that river to the
boundary line between the Provincial Districts of
Hawke's Bay and Wellington; towards the South by
the Puketoi No. 2 Block; towards the South-west by
the Puketoi No. 1 Block to the Manawatu River;
and towards the West by that river to the starting
point.

PUKETOI No. 4.

All that parcel of land situate in the Provincial
District of Wellington, being called or known by the
name of Puketoi No. 4, containing by admeasure-
ment thirty-one thousand (31,000) acres or there-
abouts. Bounded towards the North-east by a right
line from Te Haka-a-Hine-te-Arapari, on the Makuri
River, to Weraiti, on the Puketoi Range; towards
the East by the summit of that range, being the boun-
dary of the Castlepoint Block, to Heretanga on the
Mangapuke River; towards the South by the Manga-
puke River aforesaid, being the boundary of Ihuraua
Block; towards the South-west by the Tiraumes
River; and towards the West and North by the
Makuri River to the starting point.

PURETOI No. 5.

All that parcel of land situate in the Provincial
District of Wellington, being called or known by the
name of Puketoi No. 5, containing by admeasure-
ment fifteen thousand five hundred (15,500) acres or
thereabouts. Bounded towards the North by part of
the boundary line between the Provincial Districts of
Hawke's Bay and Wellington, from the Mangatoro
River to Whahatuara, on the Puketoi Range; to-
wards the East by a right line, being the boundary of
the Castlepoint Block, to Weraiti; towards the South-
west by the Puketoi No. 4 Block; and towards the
West by the Puketoi No. 2 Block to the starting
point.

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
Council; 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; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act
Amendment Act, 1858."

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in
me by "The Marriage Act Amendment Act,
1858," I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of

Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the Jack-
son's Bay District, and the Big Bay District, respec-
tively, as at present constituted under the said Act,
shall be and the same are hereby altered; and do
proclaim and declare that the territory therein com-
prised shall be divided anew into two districts, the
names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:-

JACKSON'S BAY DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North-east by Okarito District;
on the South-east by the dividing range; on the
South by the Big Bay District, as herein described;
and on the North-west by the ocean.

BIG BAY DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by a right line drawn from
the mouth of the Gorge River to Mount Aspiring;
on the East by a line due south to Cosmos Peak, and
by the eastern summit of the watershed of the Holly-
ford River; on the South and South-west by the
summit of the ranges to Mount Anau; thence along
the summit of the Earl Mountains to a point in line
with Castle Mountain and Cloudy Pass; thence by
a right line over the Castle to Cloudy Pass; and
towards the West by the sea to the starting point.
And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall
come into operation and take effect on the first day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

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
Council; 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; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-first day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven.

J. T. FISHER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under "The Registration of
Births and Deaths Act, 1875."

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in
me by "The Registration of Births and Deaths
Act, 1875," I, George Augustus Constantine, Mar-
quis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the boundaries
of the Jackson's Bay District and the Big Bay
District, as now constituted under "The Registration
of Births and Deaths Act, 1875," shall be and the
same are hereby altered; and do hereby proclaim
and declare that the territory therein comprised shall
be divided anew into two districts, the names whereof
shall still be the Jackson's Bay District and the Big
Bay District; and that the boundaries of the said
districts shall be coterminous with the boundaries of
districts bearing the same names, as are set forth in
a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under
the provisions of "The Marriage Act Amendment
Act, 1858;" and I hereby declare that this Procla-



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Boundary descriptions for Puketoi Blocks No. 4 and No. 5 (continued from previous page)

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
12 December 1877
Boundary description, Puketoi No. 4, Puketoi No. 5, Wellington Provincial District, Land survey, Waste Lands
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • John Sheehan

πŸ›οΈ Alteration of boundaries for Jackson's Bay and Big Bay Districts under Marriage Act

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
21 December 1877
Proclamation, Marriage Act Amendment Act 1858, Jackson's Bay District, Big Bay District, Boundary alteration
  • Normanby, Governor
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • J. T. Fisher

πŸ›οΈ Alteration of boundaries for Jackson's Bay and Big Bay Districts under Registration Act

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
21 December 1877
Proclamation, Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1875, Jackson's Bay District, Big Bay District, Boundary alteration
  • Normanby, Governor
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor and Commander-in-Chief