✨ Land and Road District Proclamations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand,
in pursuance and exercise of the authority vested in
me by the above-named Act, and of all other powers
and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the parcels of land described
in the Schedule hereto annexed are provisionally re-
served and set apart for educational purposes of a
public character, subject to the terms and conditions
of the aforesaid twelfth section of the above-named
Act.

SCHEDULE.

Provincial District. Locality. Lot. Block.
Taranaki Raleigh West Township LI.
Manutahi 2, 3.
Mataitawa 36, 37.
Manganui 66, 75.
Urenui 20, 21, 43, 44.
Ahuahu 50.
Koru 2, 24.
Oakura 129, 131, 193.
Opunake ... XXXVI.

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 Grand Cross 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 Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this fourteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.

D. REID.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Boundaries of Mount Peel and Mount Somers Road
Districts altered.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and autho-
rities vested in me by "The Canterbury Roads
Ordinance, 1871," and "The Abolition of Provinces
Act, 1875," I, George Augustus Constantine, Mar-
quis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from
the date hereof the portion of the Mount Peel
Road District described in the First Schedule
hereto shall be severed from the said Mount Peel
Road District, and shall be annexed to the adjoining
Mount Somers Road District. And further, that
the Mount Peel Road District shall from the date
hereof be constituted and bounded as the same is
described in the Second Schedule hereto. And
further, that the Mount Somers Road District shall
from the date hereof be constituted and bounded as
the same is described in the Third Schedule hereto.

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 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 Welling-
ton, this nineteenth day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Description of that portion of the Mount Peel Road
District severed therefrom and added to the Mount
Somers Road District.

COMMENCING at the source of the Clyde branch of
the Rangitata River, following the centre of that
stream and of the Rangitata River to Forest Creek;
thence following the centre of that creek to its
source in Two Thumbs Range; thence by a line
along the summit of that range to the summit of the
Southern Alps, near Mount Tyndall; thence by a
line along the summit of the Southern Alps to a
point due west of the before-mentioned source of the
Clyde; and from thence returning easterly by a
straight line to the commencing point, being all that
part of the Mount Peel Road Board District which
lies within the Ashburton County.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Description of Mount Peel Road District as
affected by above severance.

BOUNDED on the North by the Mount Somers District
and by the centre Forest Creek to its source in Two
Thumbs Range; on the Eastward by the Mount
Somers and Upper Ashburton Districts; on the
South-east by a road leading from the Rangitata
River, within Reserve No. 1237 (in red), to Tripp's
cutting, on the high bank of the Orari River, follow-
ing the continuation of that road to its junction with
the road passing through Section 9548; thence south-
easterly following the latter road to the road run-
ning through Section 9010; thence south-westerly
following that road to the eastern boundary of Run
546; thence westerly and southerly following that
boundary to the stream running from the south-
eastern corner of Run 546; thence following down
that stream to its confluence with the southern branch
of the River Hae Hae te Moana, following up the
said branch to the western boundary of Run 548;
thence following that boundary and the River Opuha
to the Opihi; bounded on the South-west by the
River Opihi from its junction with the Opuha to the
southernmost corner of Run No. 254, a branch of the
River Opuha forming the northern boundary of Runs
Nos. 254 and 357 and the northern boundary of Run
No. 357, and a line in continuation thereof to the
summit of the Two Thumbs Range; and on the North-
west by the east boundary of Run No. 254, and also
by a line along the summit of the Two Thumbs
Range aforesaid.



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πŸŽ“ Provisional Reserves for Educational Purposes in Taranaki (continued from previous page)

πŸŽ“ Education, Culture & Science
14 September 1877
Provisional reserves, Educational purposes, Land schedule, Taranaki, Raleigh West Township, Manutahi, Mataitawa, Manganui, Urenui, Ahuahu, Koru, Oakura, Opunake
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of New Zealand
  • D. Reid

🏘️ Alteration of boundaries between Mount Peel and Mount Somers Road Districts

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
19 September 1877
Proclamation, Road Districts, Boundary alteration, Mount Peel, Mount Somers, Canterbury Roads Ordinance, Abolition of Provinces Act
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of New Zealand
  • Daniel Pollen