✨ Land Orders and Maori Appointments
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 248
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 Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, 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 Feb-
ruary, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
J. MACANDREW.
Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Changing the Purpose of a portion of a Reserve.
NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 1879.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column
of the Schedule hereto is a portion of a reserve
granted to the Superintendent of the Province of
Wellington on the twenty-ninth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, for public
buildings (other than for purposes of the General
Government):
And whereas the said reserve is for one of the pur-
poses named in Part I. of the Schedule to "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," and, in
the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to change
the purpose of the portion of such reserve referred
to above to another of the purposes named in the said
Part I. as hereinafter mentioned:
Now, therefore, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the sixth section of "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby order and direct
that the purpose of the portion of the reserve men-
tioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall
be changed from that of a reserve for public
buildings, and doth hereby declare and define the
purposes of the said portion of such reserve to be
those specified in the second column of the said
Schedule, the same being one of the purposes named
in Part I. of the Schedule to the said Act.
SCHEDULE.
| Description of Land Reserved. | Purpose to which Reserve Changed. |
|---|---|
| All that area in the Town of Wanganui, in |
the Provincial District of Wellington, con-
taining by admeasurement one (1) rood, more
or less. Bounded towards the North-east by
the Oddfellows' Reserve, two hundred (200)
links; towards the South-east by Ridgway
Street, one hundred and twenty-five (125)
links; towards the South-west by the Queen's
Park, two hundred (200) links; and towards
the North-west by the said Queen's Park, one
hundred and twenty-five (125) links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same
is delineated on the plans deposited in the
General Survey Office, Wellington. | Site for library
and museum. |
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Appointing Tamati Te Maru and Heni Te Maru
Trustees under "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867."
NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 1879.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1877" (hereinafter called "the said
Act"), it is enacted that, if any title to or interest in
any hereditaments shall accrue to any Maoris, who
or any of whom shall be infants, lunatics, or under
legal disability, it shall be lawful for the Governor in
Council, if he think fit, to order that such here-
ditaments, or any part thereof or interest therein, as
shall to such infant, or lunatic, or other person under
disability, shall be vested in trustees, as the Governor
in Council shall think fit :
And whereas by virtue of a Crown grant bearing
date the eighteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto be-
came vested in Hori te Ngere and others, of the
Northern District, in the Province of Auckland,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand:
And whereas the said Hori te Ngere died in
testate:
And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Ohaeawai, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, on the eleventh day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, Te Koki claimed to
succeed to the said Hori te Ngere in the parcel of
land described in the said Schedule, and it was ordered
by the said Court that Marama te Ngere, Kokeroa
te Ngere, and Hori te Ngere should succeed to the
interest and share of the said Hori te Ngere in the
hereditaments aforesaid :
And whereas the said Hori te Ngere is an infant
under the age of twenty-one years, and it is expedient
that Tamati te Maru and Heni te Maru be appointed
trustees under the said Act, on behalf of the said
Hori te Ngere :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the colony, in exercise and in
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the said Act, doth hereby order that the interest
and share of the said Hori te Ngere in the land de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto shall be and remain
vested in
TAMATI TE MARU
and
HENI TE MARU,
as Trustees, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Hori te Ngere during
his minority.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland,
in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by ad-
measurement 2,542 acres, more or less, situate in the
Northern District, being called or known by the
name of Te Ruatahi. Bounded towards the North-
east by high-water line on the sea shore; towards
the South-east by the Opuawhanga Block 954
links, 1620 links, 2520 links, 536 links, 2245 links,
990 links, 2075 links, 982 links, 1566 links, and
895 links; towards the South-west by the block
aforesaid 2000 links, 972 links, 417 links, 600 links,
584 links, 1507 links, 2396 links, 668 links, 940 links,
and 2215 links, to the Wai-o-kahitangata River, and
by the said river; towards the North-west by the
aforesaid, by the Wai-o-te-neira River, and by the
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🗺️ Changing purpose of Wanganui reserve from public buildings to library and museum site.
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey15 February 1879
Land reserve, Wanganui, Public buildings, Library, Museum, Order in Council, Wellington Provincial District
- NORMANBY, Governor
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
🪶 Appointment of Trustees for Maori land interest in Auckland under 1867 Act.
🪶 Māori Affairs15 February 1879
Maori Real Estate Management Act, Trustees, Land vesting, Auckland, Native Land Court, Hori te Ngere
7 names identified
- Hori te Ngere, Land vested in trustees
- Te Koki, Claimed succession to land
- Marama te Ngere, Ordered to succeed Hori te Ngere
- Kokeroa te Ngere, Ordered to succeed Hori te Ngere
- Hori te Ngere, Interest vested in trustees
- Tamati te Maru, Appointed trustee for Hori te Ngere
- Heni te Maru, Appointed trustee for Hori te Ngere
- NORMANBY, Governor
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
NZ Gazette 1879, No 20