Land Grants and Appointments




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Persons entitled to Land under "The Immigrants
Land Act, 1875."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
thirteenth day of August, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Immigrants Land Act
Amendment Act, 1875," it is enacted that, in
any case where any person who, since the passing of
"The Immigrants Land Act, 1873" (hereinafter re-
ferred to as "the said Act"), and prior to the coming
into operation of the now reciting Act, has paid her
own passage to the colony with the intention of
settling upon and cultivating land therein, and who
has omitted to obtain any certificate or to do any
other act by the said Act required to entitle her
to a free grant of land thereunder, whether such
omission shall have occurred prior to or after arrival
in the colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by
Order in Council, on receiving proof that such person
had a bonâ fide intention to comply with the said Act,
to direct and declare that such person shall have and
be entitled to all the privileges and benefits which
she would have had under the said Act but for such
omission as aforesaid. And, further, that every such
Order in Council shall state specifically the nature of
the omission in respect of which such order shall be
made, and shall be forthwith published in the New
Zealand Gazette; and thereupon the person named
in such Order in Council shall have all the privileges
and benefits which she would have had but for such
omission as aforesaid:

And whereas proof has been received by the
Governor that the person mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto has paid her own
passage to the colony with the intention of settling
upon and cultivating land therein, and also that she
had a bonâ fide intention to comply with the said
Act, but has omitted to do the acts mentioned in the
second column of the said Schedule, by the said Act
required to entitle her to a free grant of land there-
under:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
vested in him by the said "Immigrants Land Act
Amendment Act, 1875," doth hereby direct and
declare that the person mentioned in the first column
of the Schedule hereto shall have and be entitled to
all the privileges and benefits which she would have
had under the said Act but for such omission as
aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.
Immigrant's Name in full.

SECOND COLUMN.
Statement of the Omission or
Matter in respect of which "The
Immigrants Land Act, 1873,"
has not been complied with.

Macalister, Harriet Mary,
formerly Pitts

Failed to apply to be registered
within sixty days after arrival.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Trustees appointed for Maintenance of Manutahi
Cemetery.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in me by the second section
of "The Cemeteries Management Act, 1877," I,
George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Nor-
manby, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby appoint the several persons whose names
are specified in the first column of the Schedule
hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance
and care of the Public Cemetery specified in the
second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Names of Trustees.
Edmund James
Morgan.
Richard Blair Ha-
milton.
John George Ginger.
Henry Wright.
Thomas Bayly.

Name of Public Cemetery, and Description
of Land.

MANUTAHI CEMETERY.
Bounded towards the North-east by a
public road, 706 links; towards the
South-east by Lot No. 11, 1465 links;
towards the South-west by part of
Lot 9, 696 links; and towards the
North-west by a public road, 1525
links.

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

Notification of the Payment of Money on and Entry
into Negotiations for the Purchase of Native Lands
in the North Island.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the provisions of "The Government
Native Land Purchases Act, 1877," it is hereby
notified that money has been paid by or on behalf of
Her Majesty the Queen for the purchase or acquisi-
tion of the block of Native land in the North Island
which is more particularly described and mentioned
in the Schedule hereto; and, further, that negotia-
tions in respect of such purchase or acquisition as
aforesaid have been entered into by or on behalf of
Her said Majesty.

SCHEDULE.

TAHUNAROA.

ALL that parcel of land in the Bay of Plenty District,
Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name
of Tahunaroa, containing by admeasurement 21,736
acres or thereabouts. Bounded on the North by the
Waitahanui River, on coast line Bay of Plenty; on
the East by the western boundary of Allotment
numbered 63, Parish of Matata, from the coast line
to the northern shore of Rotoma Lake; on the South
by the northern shore of Rotoma Lake, part of the
southern boundary of the original Otamarakau Block,
and a portion of the northern shore of Rotoehu Lake;
and on the West by the Waitahanui Block, from
Rotoehu to the mouth of the Waitahanui River on
the coast line: as delineated on the plan deposited
in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Auckland. This
block has passed the Native Land Court.

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

JOHN SHEEHAN,



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🗺️ Declaration of entitlement to land grant under Immigrants Land Act.

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
13 August 1878
Immigrants Land Act 1875, Free grant, Land entitlement, Registration omission, Female immigrant
  • Harriet Mary Macalister, Entitled to free grant of land

  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏘️ Appointment of Trustees for Manutahi Cemetery maintenance.

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
19 August 1878
Cemetery Trustees, Manutahi Cemetery, Land maintenance, Appointment
  • Edmund James Morgan, Appointed Trustee for Manutahi Cemetery
  • Richard Blair Hamilton, Appointed Trustee for Manutahi Cemetery
  • John George Ginger, Appointed Trustee for Manutahi Cemetery
  • Henry Wright, Appointed Trustee for Manutahi Cemetery
  • Thomas Bayly, Appointed Trustee for Manutahi Cemetery

  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • G. S. Whitmore

🪶 Notification of Native land purchase negotiations for Tahunaroa block.

🪶 Māori Affairs
19 August 1878
Native Land Purchase, Tahunaroa block, Bay of Plenty, Auckland, Land negotiation
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • JOHN SHEEHAN