✨ Proclamation Declaring Crown Lands
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 157
and exercise of the said power and authority, I do or Manawatu No. 5, containing "by admeasurement
hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come sixteen thousand three hundred and fifty-two (16,352)
into force on and after the date of the publication acres, more or less-namely, ten thousand one hun-
thereof in the New Zealand Gazette. dred and eighty-one (10,181) acres in the Provincial
District of Hawke's Bay, and six thousand one hun-
Given under the hand of His Excellency the dred and seventy-one (6,171) acres in the Provincial
Most Honorable George Augustus Con- District of Wellington. Bounded towards the North-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of east by the Manawatu River, from the north-western
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron boundary of Te Whiti Native Reserve to its source
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County at Trigonometrical Station No. 86A, and by a straight
of York, in the Peerage of the United line thence to Umutoi Hill, bearing three hundred
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New and six degrees sixteen minutes forty-five seconds
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the (306° 16′ 45″) true, fifty-one thousand four hundred
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her and fourteen (51414) links; towards the North-
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun- west by a straight line bearing two hundred and
cil; Knight Grand Cross of the Most seven degrees twelve minutes (207° 12') true, seven-
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael teen thousand nine hundred and twenty (17920)
and St. George; Governor and Com- links; towards the South-west by a straight line,
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's being the north-eastern boundary of the Te Ohu
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen- Block, bearing one hundred and twenty-seven degrees
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; (127°) true, sixty-four thousand six hundred and
and issued under the Seal of the said twenty (64620) links, to the Mangatewainui River,
Colony, at the Government House, at and by the Mangatewainui River to the old Native
Wellington, this fifth day of February, track leading to Tahoraite; and on the South-east
in the year of our Lord one thousand by the said Native track to the south-western boun-
eight hundred and seventy-eight. dary of Te Whiti Native Reserve, thence along that
G. S. WHITMORE. boundary, bearing three hundred and four degrees
(304°) magnetic, three hundred and twenty-two (322)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! links, to its south-western corner, and thence along
Lands declared to be Waste Lands of the Crown. its north-western boundary, bearing nineteen degrees
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor. thirty minutes (19° 30') magnetic, five hundred and
A PROCLAMATION. seventy-seven (577) links, and fourteen degrees (14°)
WHEREAS by the seventeenth section of "The magnetic, five thousand and eighty-five (5085) links,
Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876," it to the Manawatu River, at the starting point.
TUATUA, OR MANAWATU No. 6.
is enacted that whenever the Governor is satisfied
that any lands purchased out of the sums authorized All that parcel of land situate in the Provincial
under "The Immigration and Public Works Act, District of Hawke's Bay, known as Tuatua, or Mana-
1870," and any Act amending the same, to be issued watu No. 6, containing by admeasurement seven
and expended in the purchase of lands in the North thousand nine hundred and fifty (7,950) acres, more
Island of New Zealand, are free from Native claims or less. Bounded towards the North-west by the
and all difficulties in connection therewith, he shall old Native track through the Seventy-Mile Bush
by Proclamation declare such lands to be waste leading to Tahoraite, being part of the south-eastern
lands of the Crown, subject, except as thereafter in boundary of the Ngamoko Block, from the south-
the said Act provided, to be sold and dealt with western boundary of Te Whiti Native Reserve to
according to the provisions of the laws regulating the north-eastern boundary of the Rakaiatai Block;
the sale and disposal of waste towards the South-west by the north-eastern boun-
ds of the Crown in force in the Land Districts of dary of the Rakaiatai Block, bearing one hundred and
Hawke's Bay and Wellington respectively. eighteen degrees fifty-three minutes (118° 53') true,
three thousand and six (3006) links, one hundred
And whereas the land described in the Schedule and seven degrees fourteen minutes (107° 14') true,
hereto has been purchased out of the sums authorized five hundred and three (503) links, one hundred and
under "The Immigration and Public Works Act, two degrees seven minutes (102° 7') true, three hun-
1870," and Acts amending the same, and it is ex- dred and ninety-seven (397) links, one hundred and
pedient that the said land should be declared to be nineteen degrees thirty-one minutes (119° 31') true,
waste lands of the Crown: three hundred and sixty-seven (367) links, one
hundred and seventeen degrees fifty-two minutes
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, (117° 52') magnetic, ten thousand four hundred and
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony fourteen (10414) links, to the Makotoku Stream, and
of New Zealand, being satisfied that the lands de- by the Makotoku Stream to its junction with the
scribed in the Schedule hereto are free from Native Manawatu River; towards the South-east by the
claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, in Manawatu River; and towards the North-east by
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority the Manawatu River to the mouth of the Kahututai-
vested in me by "The Waste Lands Administration atua Stream, by that stream to a point where it is
Act, 1876," do hereby proclaim and declare the said joined by a small stream running into it from the
lands to be waste lands of the Crown, subject to be west, by that stream to Rakauwhaonuri; thence by a
sold and dealt with according to the provisions of line forming part of the south-western boundary of
the laws regulating the sale and disposal of waste Te Whiti Native Reserve, bearing three hundred and
ds of the Crown in force in the Land Districts of twenty-one degrees (321°) magnetic, one thousand
Hawke's Bay and Wellington respectively. and ninety-four (1094) links, to the Kahututaiatua
SCHEDULE. Stream at Waipukeaka, thence by the Kahututaiatua
NGAMOKO, OR MANAWATU No. 5. Stream to part of the south-western boundary of Te
Whiti Native Reserve, and thence by lines forming
ALL that parcel of land situate partly in the Provin- part of the south-western boundary of that reserve,
cial District of Hawke's Bay, and partly in the Pro- bearing three hundred and eleven degrees (311°)
vincial District of Wellington, known as Ngamoko, magnetic, one thousand six hundred and eighty-two
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🗺️ Proclamation declaring Ngamoko and Tuatua lands as Waste Lands of the Crown
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey5 February 1878
Proclamation, Waste Lands, Crown Land, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Land Survey, Ngamoko, Tuatua, 1876 Act
- George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor
- G. S. Whitmore
NZ Gazette 1878, No 11