✨ Land Proclamation, Military Regulations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

acres, more or less, being part of Section 1, Block
III., Sections 5 and 6, Block III., Section 16, Block
I., Invercargill Hundred; part of Section 14, Block
I., Sections 29, 30, 31, 33, and 44, and that part of
Block XIX., Invercargill Hundred, known as Seaward
Bush Township, comprising the private Townships of
Appleby, Kew, Clifton, Georgetown, Georgetown
Paddocks, and the Government Township of Seaward
Bush. Bounded by a line commencing at a point
in north boundary of Section 1, Block III., Inver-
cargill Hundred 4011 links west of north-east corner
of Section 1, Block III., Invercargill Hundred;
thence at a bearing of 90 degrees to the west
boundary of Block I., Invercargill Hundred; thence
due South about 150 links; thence due East 5
chains; thence due South 400 links; thence due East
5 chains; thence due South 2868 links; thence due
East 20 chains; thence due North 7868 links; thence
due East 20 chains; thence due South 7868 links;
thence due East 9414 links to centre of road forming
the east boundary of Block XIX, Invercargill Hun-
dred; thence due South 18880 links to south boundary
of Block XIX., Invercargill Hundred; thence due
West 2211 links; thence by a line at a bearing of
345 degrees 14 minutes a distance of 2662 links;
thence by a line at a bearing of 324 degrees 30
minutes, 7406 links; thence by a line at a bearing of
190 degrees 23 minutes, 2145 links; thence at a
bearing of 333 degrees 14 minutes, 1166 links;
thence at a bearing of 243 degrees 14 minutes, 5050
links; thence at a bearing of 327 degrees 10 minutes,
569 links; thence at a bearing of 329 degrees 49
minutes, 1653 links; thence by a line at a bearing of
333 degrees 16 minutes, 183 links; thence at a bear-
ing of 63 degrees 14 minutes, 5208 links; thence at
a bearing of 333 degrees 14 minutes, 1541 links;
thence by a line running due east a distance of 3146
links; thence by a line at a bearing of 190 degrees
23 minutes, 2346 links; thence due East 3723 links;
thence due North 2408 links; thence due East 1700
links; thence due North 1630 links; thence due
West 5100 links; thence due North 2000 links;
thence due West 7600 links; thence due North 350
links; thence due West 3912 links; thence in a
northerly direction, and forming the boundary of the
Bluff Road, a distance of about 2497 links; thence
due East 4224 links; thence due North 3599 links;
thence due West 3916 links; thence due North 1209
links to 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 twenty-ninth day of
August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering Regulations for the New Zealand Volunteer
Force.


NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of August, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Volunteer Act, 1865," the
Governor in Council is authorized from time
to time to make and alter regulations respecting the
enrolment, discipline, training, exercise, and accoutre-
ments, clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations,
lodging, and pensions of the Volunteer Force, or any
part thereof, and to declare what is requisite to
entitle a Volunteer to be deemed an efficient Volun-
teer for the purposes of the said Act, and generally
for the more effectual carrying out of the said Act;
and to appoint penalties, not exceeding five pounds
for each offence, for any breach of the provisions of
the said Act or of such Regulations:

And whereas by an Order in Council, dated the
tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four, certain rules and regulations were
so made: And whereas it is expedient now to alter
the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the said
recited power and authority, doth by this present
Order, by and with the consent of the Executive
Council, alter the aforesaid rules and regulations,
and doth make the rules and regulations specified in
the Schedule hereinafter written.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND VOLUNTEER
FORCE.

That portion of Rule 34, relating to Cavalry
Volunteers, is hereby altered as follows:-

  1. Cavalry Volunteers shall parade twice a day for
    six (6) consecutive days, at such time as may be ap-
    pointed by the Officer Commanding the District, and
    parade half-yearly for inspection; or twice a day for
    three (3) consecutive days, and one (1) inspection; or
  2. Shall attend six (6) monthly inspection and six
    (6) company parades, or three (3) monthly inspec-
    tions, and three (3) company parades.

Every Volunteer Corps shall on or before the 30th
June in each year elect under which of the above
provisions it intends to hold parades for the then
current year.

Volunteers who attend six (6) consecutive days'
drill and (2) two half-yearly inspections, or six (6)
monthly inspections and six (6) company parades,
shall be entitled to the full rate of capitation voted.

Volunteers who attend three (3) consecutive days'
drill, and one (1) half-yearly inspection, or three (3)
monthly inspections and three (3) company parades,
shall be entitled to half the rate of capitation.

No Volunteer shall be entitled to any capitation
unless he has received a certificate of efficiency for
the then current year.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land reserved in Westland for School Purposes.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested in this behalf by the twenty-second sec-
tion of "The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870," I
hereby reserve the land in the Provincial District of



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Proclamation detailing land boundaries in Invercargill Hundred (continued from previous page)

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
29 August 1877
Land description, Invercargill Hundred, boundary survey, Seaward Bush Township
  • Marquis of Normanby, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Daniel Pollen

πŸ›‘οΈ Alteration of Volunteer Force Regulations regarding parade attendance

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
28 August 1877
Volunteer Corps, Cavalry Volunteers, drill, inspection, capitation
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

πŸ—ΊοΈ Reservation of land in Westland for School Purposes

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land reservation, Westland, School Purposes, Westland Waste Lands Act 1870
  • NORMANBY, Governor