✨ Land Orders and Reserve Changes
1338
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
shall to the Governor in Council be shown to belong,
to such infant, or lunatic, or other person under legal
disability, shall be vested in trustees, as the Governor
in Council shall think fit:
And whereas by virtue of a memorial of ownership
bearing date the thirteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, the parcel of land
and hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Wahakai and others, of the District
of Waikato, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand:
And whereas the said Wahakai died intestate:
And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Cambridge, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, on the twentieth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, Te Raihi claimed to
succeed to the said Wahakai in the parcel of land
described in the said Schedule, and it was ordered by
the said Court that Meri Wahakai, infant under the
age of twenty-one years, should succeed to the in-
terest and share of the said Wahakai in the here-
ditaments aforesaid; and it is expedient that Te
Raihi be appointed trustee under the said Act, on
behalf of the said Meri Wahakai:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the colony, in
exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in him by the said Act, doth hereby order
that the interest and share of the said Meri Wa-
hakai in the land described in the Schedule hereto
shall be and remain vested in
TE RAIHI,
as Trustee, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Meri Wahakai during
her minority.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing
by admeasurement 86 acres 2 roods 11 perches,
more or less, situate at Matamata, in the District of
Waikato, being called or known by the name of
Taramoarahi No. 3. Bounded towards the North-
west by the Whakatakataka Block, 7184 links;
towards the North-east by the eastern edge of a
swamp, forming part of the Western boundary of the
Aratiatia Block; towards the South-east by the Tara-
moarahi No. 1 Block, 7084 links; and towards the
South-west by the Wairenga Block, 988 links.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Changing the Purpose of a Reserve.
HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
WHEREAS by "The Public Reserves Act Amend-
ment Act, 1878," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that the Governor may declare his intention
to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of
any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her
Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes
named in Part II. of the Schedule to the said Act,
whether the same be granted or not; and, in the case
of any reserves made under the authority of section
one hundred and forty-four of "The Land Act,
1877," if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be
expedient to change the purpose of such reserves or
any part thereof from the purpose or presumed pur-
pose for which it was set apart to any other purpose,
or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be
expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in
[Ост. 2
such reserve for other land of equal value, to be
dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said
Part II., the Governor may, by notice in the Gazette,
declare his intention to make such change, exchange,
or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice
declare the manner and terms in which the same is
intended to be so made:
Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by "The Public
Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," aforesaid,
change the specific purposes of the reserves described
in the first column of the said Schedule hereto to the
specific purpose set opposite such description in the
second column of the said Schedule, and such land
shall henceforth be deemed to be reserved and set
apart for such last-mentioned specific purpose, and
no other.
SCHEDULE.
Description and Purpose of Reserve. Intended Purpose.
PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHLAND.
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Block XVII.,
Town of Riverton. As a site for public
buildings of the General Government.
Section 13, Block XVII., Town of River-
ton. For municipal purposes.
As a recreation-
ground.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-second day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)
Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.
HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
WHEREAS by "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," it is, amongst other
things, enacted that the Governor may declare his
intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedi-
cation of any public reserve now or hereafter vested
in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the pur-
poses named in Part II. of the Schedule to the said
Act, whether the same be granted or not; and, in the
case of any reserves made under the authority of
section one hundred and forty-four of "The Land
Act, 1877," if it shall, in the opinion of the Go-
vernor, be expedient to change the purpose of such
reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or
presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any
other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the
Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land
comprised in such reserve for other land of equal
value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes
named in the said Part II., the Governor may, by
notice in the Gazette, declare his intention to make
such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may
be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms
in which the same is intended to be so made:
Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of
the powers and authorities vested in me by "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878,"
aforesaid, change the specific purpose of the
reserve described in the first column of the said
Schedule hereto to the specific purpose set opposite
such description in the third column of the said
Schedule, and such land shall henceforth be deemed
to be reserved and set apart for such last-mentioned
specific purpose, and no other.
Next Page →
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🪶
Appointment of Te Raihi as Trustee under Maori Real Estate Management Act.
(continued from previous page)
🪶 Māori Affairs23 September 1879
Trustee appointment, land vesting, Matamata, Waikato, Meri Wahakai, Te Raihi, Maori Real Estate Management Act
- Wahakai, original owner of vested land
- Te Raihi, appointed trustee for land
- Meri Wahakai, infant successor to land interest
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
🗺️ Changing the Specific Purposes of Public Reserves in Southland.
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey22 June 1879
Public Reserves Act, land dedication change, Riverton, Southland, recreation ground
- HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor
- J. BALLANCE, (for the Minister of Lands.)
🗺️ Changing the Specific Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyPublic Reserves Act, land dedication change, reserve purpose alteration
- HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor
NZ Gazette 1879, No 101