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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Constituting Turanga District under "The Marriage
Act Amendment Act, 1858."

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in
me by "The Marriage Act Amendment Act,
1858," I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of
Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby
revoke so much of the Proclamation bearing date the
sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, as relates to the constitution and
definition of the Districts of Turanga and Waiapu;
and do proclaim and declare that the territory
therein comprised shall be constituted into one dis-
trict, the name and boundaries whereof shall be as
follow :-

TURANGA DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the North and East by high-
water mark of the sea from Lottin Point to latitude
38Β° 57' South; towards the South by a straight line
from the point last mentioned to the summit of the
Whakapunake Mountain; and towards the West by
a straight line from the summit of the Whakapunake
Mountain aforesaid in a north-westerly direction to
the summit of Huiarau; thence by a straight line to
the summit of Maungawaru; thence by a straight
line to the summit of the Raukamaru Mountain;
thence by the summit of the Pukemaru Range, and
by a right line northerly from the said range to
Lottin Point.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall
come into operation and take effect on the day of the
date hereof.

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 Coun-
cil; 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 fifteenth day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Constituting the Road District of Deep Dell.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the sixth section of the Ordi-
nance of the Superintendent and Provincial
Council of the Province of Otago shortly intituled
"The Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871," it is enacted
that if a majority in number of persons on the roll
or rolls for the time being in force under "The
Registration of Electors Act, 1866," or any other Act
for the like purpose, shall sign and cause to be pre-
sented to the Superintendent a petition in the form
in the Second Schedule thereto, or to the like effect,
praying him to constitute the portion of the province
in which such persons shall reside a road district
under this Ordinance, and in such petition shall set
forth the boundaries of the portion of the province to
which such petition shall refer, it shall be lawful for
the Superintendent, if he shall think fit so to do, by
Proclamation, to constitute such portion of the pro-
vince a road district, by such name as in and by the
Proclamation shall be assigned to the same:

And whereas by the seventh section of "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," it is, among
other things, enacted that all powers, duties, and
functions which, immediately before the date of the
abolition thereunder of any province, were, under or
by virtue of any law not expressly or impliedly re-
pealed or altered thereby, vested in or to be exercised
or performed by the Superintendent of such abolished
province, either alone or with the advice and consent
of or on the recommendation of the Executive or
Provincial Council of such province, shall, on the day
of the date of the abolition of such province, and for
the purposes of the district included within such
abolished province, vest in and be exercised and per-
formed by the Governor:

And whereas the Province of Otago has been
abolished under the provisions of "The Abolition of
Provinces Act, 1875:"

And whereas a petition in the form in the Second
Schedule of "The Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871," or
to the like effect, and signed by such number of per-
sons as is required by the sixth section of the said
Ordinance, was, on the tenth day of October last
past, presented to the Governor, praying him to con-
stitute the portion of the Provincial District of Otago
described in the Schedule hereto a road district under
the said Ordinance:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power
and authority vested in me in that behalf, do hereby
constitute and proclaim that portion of the Provincial
District of Otago described in the Schedule here-
under written a road district under the said Ordi-
nance, by the name of the Deep Dell Road District.

SCHEDULE.

DEEP DELL ROAD DISTRICT.

ALL that parcel of land situated in the Provincial
District of Otago, being Sections numbered 1 to 15,
Block II., Budle District; Sections numbered 1 to
26, Block I., Budle District; Sections numbered 1
to 6, Block VI., Budle District; and Sections num-
bered 1 to 7, Block XII., Rock and Pillar District;
and part of Pre-emptive Right E, Run 250, containing
by admeasurement eleven thousand one hundred
(11,100) acres, more or less, together with all road
lines therein. Bounded towards the North by Crown
land, the line forming the north-western boundary
of the Strath-Taieri Road, the line forming the north-
eastern boundary of the Macraes road, and Crown
land; towards the East by the line forming the
eastern boundary of a road line from the north-
eastern boundary of Section 11, Block II., Budle
District, to the Southern boundary of Section 6,
Block VI., of said district; towards the South by a
line due west through Trig. D.; and towards the
West by a line due north through Trig. HH., to the
north-western corner of Section 23, Block I., Budle
District, as the same is delineated on the plans
deposited in the Survey Office, Dunedin.

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



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🏘️ Proclamation constituting Turanga District under Marriage Act Amendment Act, 1858

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
15 February 1879
Proclamation, Turanga District, Boundaries, Revocation, Waiapu District, Marriage Act
  • Normanby, Governor (George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby)
  • G. S. Whitmore

🏘️ Proclamation constituting the Road District of Deep Dell in Otago

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
15 February 1879
Proclamation, Road District, Deep Dell, Otago, Land Sections, Boundaries, Abolition of Provinces Act
  • Normanby, Governor (George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby)