✨ Land Reservations and Withdrawals




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Lands permanently reserved.

NORMANBY, Governor.

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WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted that
the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then
held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in
the said section mentioned:

And whereas by the one hundred and forty-fifth section of the said Act it is provided that land tempo-
rarily reserved under the said one hundred and forty-fourth section may, at the expiration of one month
but not later than six months after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation,
be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas the lands specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto were, by the several
warrants the dates of which are specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and the notifications of
which were published in the Gazettes specified in the fourth column, temporarily reserved under the autho-
rity of the said Act for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do
hereby permanently reserve the lands so temporarily reserved as aforesaid, and enumerated in the first
column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, being
the same purposes for which the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

First Column.
DESCRIPTION OF RESERVES.

Second Column.

Third Column.

Fourth Column

Provincial District. Locality. Lot. Block. A. R. P. Purpose for which Land Reserved. Date of Warrant. Gazette.
Auckland Puni ... 62 ... 27 1 10 For water and stone re-
serve 1878. 28 August 1878. No.85, 5 Sept.
" Kamo ... 111 ... 2 3 20 For a school site 27 August
" Thames ... Known as Tanu Tanu 8 2 7 For a cemetery 22 July
Wellington Whareama ... A 5 0 0 For a landing-place and
public buildings 24 August No. 84, 29 Aug.
Nelson Aorere River ... ... 20,000 0 0 For a tramway 30 April
Canterbury Ashburton ... 2348 ... 10 0 0 For a cemetery 18 Sept.
" " ... 2349 ... 10 0 0
Otago Tapanui ... 3 XXII. 2 0 0 For public gardens 2 Sept.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.


Land withdrawn from Sale in the Provincial
District of Canterbury.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested in this behalf by the one hundred and
sixty-seventh section of "The Land Act, 1877," I,
George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby withdraw from sale the land described in the
Schedule hereunder written.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Canter-
bury, containing by estimation forty thousand
(40,000) acres, more or less. Bounded towards the
North by a right line due East from the issue of the
Tekapo River from the Tekapo Lake, five hundred
(500) chains; towards the East by a right line due
South, six hundred and forty (640) chains; towards
the South by a right line due West to the Tekapo
River, six hundred and forty (640) chains; and to-
wards the West by the Tekapo River to Tekapo Lake,
the starting point, excepting therefrom pre-emptive
rights and sold land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this first day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

ROBERT STOUT.

Commissioners appointed under "The Auckland Public
Buildings Act, 1876."

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Auckland Public Buildings
Act, 1876," Reader Gilson Wood, James
Thomas Boylan, Patrick Dignan, William Swanson,
and George Maurice O'Rorke were appointed Com-
missioners to carry out the several undertakings
authorized by the Act of the Province of Auckland
intituled "The Public Buildings Act, 1875:" And
whereas by the said "Auckland Public Buildings
Act, 1876," it is enacted that, if any of the said Com-
missioners, or any Commissioners appointed in their
places, shall die, resign, or leave the Colony of New



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Permanent Reservation of Crown Lands under The Land Act, 1877

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
30 October 1878
Land reservation, Crown lands, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, Otago, Water reserve, School site, Cemetery, Tramway
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • ROBERT STOUT, Minister of Lands

πŸ—ΊοΈ Withdrawal of 40,000 Acres from Sale in Canterbury Provincial District

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
1 November 1878
Land withdrawal, Sale restriction, Canterbury, Tekapo River, Tekapo Lake, Surveyed area
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • ROBERT STOUT

🏘️ Commissioners appointed under The Auckland Public Buildings Act, 1876

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Auckland Public Buildings Act, Commissioners, Appointment, Resignation, Death
  • Reader Gilson Wood, Appointed Commissioner
  • James Thomas Boylan, Appointed Commissioner
  • Patrick Dignan, Appointed Commissioner
  • William Swanson, Appointed Commissioner
  • George Maurice O'Rorke, Appointed Commissioner

  • NORMANBY, Governor