✨ Road District Boundary Proclamations




1792
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Boundaries of Knapdale and Otaraia Road Districts
altered.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section seven of "The Otago
Roads Ordinance 1871 Amendment Ordinance,
1874," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Superintendent, upon the recommendation of the
Provincial Council, from time to time, by Proclama-
tion in the Gazette, to alter the boundaries of any
district, and either to enlarge or diminish the area
thereof:

And whereas by "The Abolition of Provinces Act,
1875," the hereinbefore recited power is vested in
and is to be exercised and performed by the Gover-
nor:

And whereas there exists in the Provincial District
of Otago two road districts named respectively the
Knapdale Road District and the Otaraia Road Dis-
trict:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the bounda-
ries of the said two districts:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
hereinbefore recited Act and Ordinance, and of every
other power and authority enabling me in that behalf,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the boundaries
of the said two districts are altered so that the
boundaries set forth in the First Schedule hereto
shall be the boundaries of the Knapdale Road
District, and the boundaries set forth in the Second
Schedule hereto shall be the boundaries of the
Otaraia Road District; and the areas of the
respective districts shall be and they are hereby
enlarged or diminished accordingly.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
KNAPDALE ROAD DISTRICT.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, bounded towards the North by Wendon and
Greenvale Survey Districts; towards the East by
Glenkenich Survey District and Blocks III. and VI.,
Waikaka Survey District; towards the South by the
Pukerau Stream and the Township of East Gore;
and towards the West by the Mataura River, to the
commencing point on the southern boundary of
Wendon Survey District.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
OTARATA ROAD DISTRICT.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, bounded on the North by the Township of
East Gore and Pukerau Stream; thence towards the
West by Block II., Waikaka Survey District; thence
again towards the North by Glenkenich Survey Dis-
trict; towards the East by the Clutha County, to a
point due east of the south-eastern corner of Tuturau
Survey District; on the South by a right line through
Slopedown Survey District, to and along the northern
boundary of Wyndham Survey District; and towards
the West by Tuturau Road District and the Mataura
River.

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
sixteenth day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Setting apart Lands in Otago for Agricultural Leases
and Alienation by Occupation Licenses on Deferred
Payments.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifty-fourth section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to
cause Crown lands situate within a gold field to be
selected and set apart for the purpose of granting
agricultural leases thereon and therefor; or for
alienation by occupation licenses on deferred pay-
ments under any law for the time being in force in
the land district in which such mining district is
situate:

And whereas the lands described in the First
Schedule hereto are Crown lands subject to be dealt
with under the provisions of the said fifty-fourth
section of "The Mines Act, 1877," and it is deemed
expedient to set the same apart for the purpose of
granting agricultural leases thereon and therefor:

And whereas the lands described in the Second
Schedule hereto are also Crown lands subject to be
dealt with under the said Act for alienation by
occupation licenses on deferred payments as afore-
said:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby select and set apart, for
the purpose of granting agricultural leases thereon
and therefor, the lands described in the First Schedule
hereto, and do fix the twenty-first day of January next
ensuing, at the Warden's and District Land Office at
Roxburgh, as the day and place on which the said
land shall be open for application in allotments, as
surveyed and marked on the survey map in the office
of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

And I do hereby further select and set apart, for
the purpose of alienation by occupation licenses on
deferred payments, the lands described in the Second
Schedule hereto; and do fix the twenty-first day of
January aforesaid as the day on which the said
allotments shall be open for application in allot-
ments, as surveyed and marked on the survey map
in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
SETTING APART SECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
GRANTING AGRICULTURAL LEASES.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, being Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Block XII.,
and Section 1, Block XIII., in the Benger District;
as the same is delineated on the plans deposited in
the Provincial District Survey Office, Dunedin.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
SETTING APART SECTIONS FOR ALIENATION BY OCCU-
PATION LICENSES ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of



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🏘️ Proclamation altering boundaries of Knapdale and Otaraia Road Districts in Otago

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
16 December 1878
Road Districts, Boundary alteration, Otago, Knapdale, Otaraia, Proclamation
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor
  • G. S. Whitmore

πŸ—ΊοΈ Proclamation setting apart Otago Crown lands for agricultural leases and occupation licenses

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Crown lands, Otago, Agricultural leases, Occupation licenses, Deferred payments, Mines Act, Roxburgh, Dunedin
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor