✨ Land Reservation Orders
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Reservation of Land for the Purpose of granting it
to the Corporation of the Borough of Thames.
HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of August, 1879.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and au-
thority vested in him by the three hundred and
fiftieth section of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1876," and upon request of the Borough of Thames,
His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony
of New Zealand, doth hereby order that the lands
described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the
same are hereby reserved out of the waste lands of the
Provincial District of Auckland, for the purpose of
granting the same to the Corporation of the Borough
of Thames.
SCHEDULE.
RUAHINE No. 1.
ALL that piece of land at Ohinemuri, in the District
of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
known by the name of Te Ruahine No. 1, containing
by admeasurement 87 acres 1 rood 16 perches, more
or less. Bounded towards the North-east by the
Waihou River, 2830 links; towards the South-east
by the Ruahine No. 2 Block, 6420 links; towards the
South-west by Te Tautiti No. 1 Block, 1317 links;
and towards the North-west by the Kahamiroi Block
and the Ruahine Stream, 5327 links.
AHIKOPE No. 1.
Also all that piece of land at Ohinemuri, in the
District of Thames, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Ahikope No. 1,
containing by admeasurement 282 acres, more or less.
Bounded towards the East by the Waihou River and
the Ahikope No. 2 Block, 5880 links; towards the
South-east by Te Nihinihi Block, 4510 links; towards
the South-west by the Totarapapa Block, 7370 links;
and towards the North-west by the Ruahine
Block, 6280 links.
WHAREKAHU.
Also all that piece of land at Waihou, in the Dis-
trict of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, known by the name of Wharekahu, containing
by admeasurement 259 acres, more or less. Bounded
towards the North-east by lines, 8038 links; towards
the South-east by the Kahamiroi Block, 4030 links;
towards the South-west by Te Tautiti No. 1 Block,
7188 links; and towards the North-west by the last
named block, 4259 links.
TOTARAPAPA
Also all that piece of land at Waihou, in the Dis-
trict of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, known by the name of Totarapapa, containing
by admeasurement 126 acres 1 rood 8 perches,
more or less. Bounded towards the North-east by
the Ahikope No. 1 Block, 7370 links; towards the
South-east by Te Nihinihi Block, 3863 links; and
towards the West by Te Tautiti No. 1 Block, 9716
links.
TE KAHAMIROI.
Also all that parcel of land at Waihou, in the Dis-
trict of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, known by the name of Te Kahamiroi, containing
by admeasurement 33 acres, more or less. Bounded
towards the North-east by the Waihou River and the
Ruahine Stream, 1400 links; towards the South-east
by the Ruahine No. 1 Block, 4627 links; towards the
South-west by Te Tautiti No. 1 Block, 682 links; and
towards the North-west by the Wharekahu Block
and the Rauwheroa Stream, 4730 links.
And also all that piece of land at Waihou, in the
District of Thames, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, being part of the block known by the
name of Te Tautiti No. 1, containing by admeasure-
ment 1213 acres, more or less. Bounded towards
the East by the Waihou River, the Wharekahu Block,
the Kahamiroi Block, the Ruahine No. 1 Block, the
28883 links; towards the South-east by the Houru-
rangi Block, 6718 links; towards the South-west by
a line, about 26000 links; and towards the North-
west by a line, about 4500 links.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Vesting a Reserve.
HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of August, 1879.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule
hereto was reserved on the sixth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five, for the purposes of the Nelson Waterworks:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is
expedient to vest the said land in the Corporation of
the Borough of Nelson:
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 declare that,
from and after the twelfth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, the
said reserve shall become vested in the Mayor,
Councillors, and Burgesses of the said Borough of
Nelson, in trust for the purposes aforenamed.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing by
admeasurement 1,416 acres, be the same more or
less, situated in the Land District of Nelson, being
Section No. 14, Square 18, on the plan of the
said district, and bounded as follows: On the North-
eastward by a line bearing 143° 39' 3" for a distance
of 860 links, by part of Section No. 22 on Square
18 on the plan of the said district; on the
Northward by a line following the contour of the
hills at an average distance of 500 links from
the centre of the Dun Mountain Tramway, by other
part of said Section 22, and by Sections 20 and 27 on
Square 18; on the Eastward and Southward by
Crown land; on the South-westward by a line bear-
ing 125° 56' for a distance of 200 links, by Section
numbered 30 on Square 18; on the Westward by a
line bearing 32° 28' 24" for a distance of 3909 links,
thence by a line bearing 8° 48' 16" for a distance of
5900 links, thence by a line bearing 35° 56' for a
distance of 75 links, by an abandoned road; on the
North-westward by a line bearing 53° 39' 3" for a
distance of 2836-9 links, by Section numbered 9 on
the plan of Brook Street Valley and Maitai District.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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🏘️ Reservation of Land for Grant to the Corporation of the Borough of Thames
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government12 August 1879
Land reservation, Municipal Corporations Act 1876, Thames Borough, Auckland Provincial District, Land Schedule
- Hercules Robinson, Governor
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
🏘️ Vesting of Nelson Waterworks Reserve in the Borough of Nelson Corporation
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government12 August 1879
Land vesting, Nelson Waterworks, Public Reserves Act Amendment Act 1878, Nelson Borough, Land District of Nelson
- Hercules Robinson, Governor
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
NZ Gazette 1879, No 88