✨ Land Proclamations and Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
line, one hundred (100) links, by Section No. 84,
two thousand five hundred and forty (2540) links, by
Section No. 85, one thousand five hundred and ten
(1510) links, and by Section No. 86, five hundred and
eighty (580) links; be all the aforesaid linkages more
or less, as the same is delineated on the plans
deposited in the Provincial District Survey Office,
Wellington.

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 Commander 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 thirteenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Revoking Proclamation of 12th March, 1877, sus-
pending certain Mining Regulations on a portion
of the Otago Gold Fields.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourteenth day of August, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of "The Gold
Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, subject to the
provisions of the said Act, from time to time to make
regulations for any gold field, or for any part of a
gold field, and to alter, amend, or revoke the same:
And whereas by Proclamation on the twelfth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of
Normanby, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
did proclaim and declare that the operation of the
Regulations of the Otago Gold Fields mentioned in
the First Schedule thereto should be suspended from
the day of the date of the Proclamation aforesaid
within the limits of area described in the Second
Schedule thereto: And whereas it is expedient to
revoke the Proclamation aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency George Augustus
Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of
of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
pursuance and exercise of every power and authority
him thereunto enabling, doth hereby order and
declare that the said Proclamation of the twelfth day
of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven, shall be revoked from the day of the date
hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Warrant appointing Polling-Places.

NORMANBY, 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 law-
ful 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 dis-
trict, 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, George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of
New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and autho-
rity in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint
the following places to be polling-places for the
electoral district hereinafter specified, for the election
of members of the House of Representatives, viz.,-

For the District of Manawatu.
The Immigration DepΓ΄t-Feilding Township.
The School House-Halcombe Township.

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 Commander 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 Wel-
lington, this tenth day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Reserve for School Site, &c., at Hill's Creek Town,
Otago.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by "The Otago Reserves Act, 1874," and
"The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," respectively,
I hereby reserve the land in the Provincial District
of Otago described in the Schedule hereunto an-
nexed for the purpose in the said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Otago, containing by admeasurement three (3)
roods and twenty-nine and six-tenths (29%) poles,
being Sections numbered one (1), two (2), five (5),
and twenty-eight (28), Town of Hill's Creek. As a
site for school, playground, teacher's house, and
garden.

As witness the hand of his Excellency the
Governor, this eighth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.

D. REID.



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Conclusion of Land Linkage Description and Proclamation (continued from previous page)

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
13 August 1877
Land linkages, delineation, Provincial District Survey Office, Wellington
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby (Governor)
  • DANIEL POLLEN

🌾 Revoking Suspension of Otago Gold Fields Mining Regulations

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
14 August 1877
Gold Fields Act 1866, Otago Gold Fields, Mining Regulations, Proclamation revocation
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

πŸ›οΈ Warrant Appointing Polling Places for Manawatu Electoral District

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
10 August 1877
Warrant, Polling-Places, Electoral district, Manawatu, Feilding Township, Halcombe Township
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby (Governor)
  • DANIEL POLLEN

πŸ—ΊοΈ Reservation of Land for School Site in Hill's Creek Town, Otago

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
8 August 1877
Land reservation, School site, Otago, Hill's Creek Town, Otago Reserves Act
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • D. REID