✨ Land Reservations and Delegation




FEB. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 193

WEST COAST (NORTH ISLAND).
Town of Opunake.

All those several parcels in the West Coast North
Land District, viz.:
Block IX., Section 3, Block XIII., Section 7, Block
XIV., Section 6, Block XVIII., Section 8, Block
XIX., Section 1, Block XX., Sections 7 and 8, Block
XXII., Section 9, Block XXIII., Section 12, Block
XXIV., Section 8, Block XXV., Section 7, Block
XXVI., Section 12, Block XXVII., Section 9, Block
XXIX., Section 9, Block XXXIII., Section 3;
Block XXXIV., Section 12, Block XXXV., Sections
1 and 2; Block XXXVIII., Section 9, Block XL.,
Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,* and 12, Block XLI., Section
8, Block XLII., Section 3, Block XLIII, Section 6,
Block XLIV., Section 1, Block XLV., Section 10;
containing $\frac{1}{4}$ acre each. For municipal endowments.

Block XLVI.: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, con-
taining $\frac{1}{4}$ acre each; Section 9, containing 34 perches;
Section 10, containing 1 rood 2 perches; Suburban
Section 19, containing 13 acres 3 roods. For educa-
tion endowments.

Block XXVI., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, containing
$\frac{1}{4}$ acre each. For a school site.

Block X., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, containing $\frac{1}{4}$ acre each. Block XV.: Sections 1,
2, 3, containing $\frac{1}{4}$ acre each; Section 4, containing
34 perches; Sections 5, 6, 7, containing 31 perches
each. For harbour purposes.

Also part of Section 34, containing 5 acres 3 roods;
bounded on the West and North by Bowen Crescent;
on the East by other part of Section No. 34 and a
road; and on the South by the sea. For harbour
purposes.

WELLINGTON.

All that parcel of land in the County of Wairarapa
West, in the Land District of Wellington, estimated
to contain about 8 acres, being an island in the bed
of the Tauherenikau River, immediately below the
bridge on the main road between Featherston and
Greytown, and marked on the official plans in the
Survey Office, Wellington. For a racecourse reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of
Wellington, containing by admeasurement 22 acres,
more or less, being the Section numbered 338 on the
plan of the Township of Featherston. Bounded
towards the North by Section No. 487 and main
line of road from Wellington, 2400 links; towards
the East by Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Town of Feather-
ston, 720 links; and towards the South by the
Otauira River, 4400 links: as the same is delineated
on the official maps in the Survey Office, Wellington.
For a recreation-ground.

CANTERBURY.

All those two several parcels of land in the Borough
of Timaru, in the Land District of Canterbury, viz :β€”
46 acres 2 roods 4 perches, more or less, being a
portion of Reserve No. 344 (in red). Bounded
Northward by the Hospital grounds 660 links, by
Queen Street, and by Reserve 278 (in red); East-
ward by the Hospital grounds 695 links, and by
High Street; Southward by the Boulevard, 2 chains
wide; and Westward by King Street and by Re-
serve 278 (in red). For a public park.

5 acres 3 roods 37 perches, more or less, being
a portion of Reserve No. 262 (in red). Bounded
Northward by Browne Street; Eastward by Rose
Street, 1136 links; Southward by the Gaol grounds;
and Westward by the Boulevard, 2 chains wide. For
a public garden.

All that parcel of land containing 20 acres, more

  • 25 perches.

or less, in the Orari* Survey District, Land District
of Canterbury. Bounded-North-eastward by Re-
serve 2163 (in red); South-westward by a line parallel
to the last-mentioned boundary and 719 links distant
therefrom; and North-westward and South-eastward
by road-lines: and numbered 2167 (in red) on the
official map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Geraldine Survey
District, Provincial District of Canterbury, contain-
ing 22 acres 2 roods, more or less. Bounded-North-
ward by the River Orari; Southward by a road-line;
Eastward by Section 4233; and Westward by a line
in continuation of the western boundary-line of Lot
No. 1 of Reserve 389 (in red): and numbered 2488
(in red) on the official map in the Survey Office,
Christchurch. For the improvement and protection
of the Orari River-banks.

OTAGO.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land Dis-
trict of Otago, containing by admeasurement 10 acres,
more or less, situate in the Oamaru District, and
being Section No. 62 of Block IV. of said district.
Bounded towards the North by Sections Nos.
52 and 54 of same block, 1000 links; towards
the East by said Section No. 54 and a road-
line, 1000 links; towards the South by said Sections
Nos. 52 and 54, 1000 links; and towards the West
by said Section No. 52, 1000 links: be all the afore-
said linkages more or less; as the same is delineated
on the official maps in the Survey Office, Dunedin.
For a lighthouse.

SOUTHLAND.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Southland
Land District, containing 1 acre, more or less, being
part of Section 33, Block I., Town of Seaward Bush.
Bounded towards the West by a road-line, 268.5 links;
towards the South by a road-line, 372.2 links; towards
the East by Section 32 of aforesaid Block I., 268.5
links; and towards the North by main portion of
Section 33, 372.2 links: as the same is delineated on
the official maps in the Survey Office, Invercargill.
As a site for a town hall.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fourth day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

  • This reserve was temporarily reserved in warrant of the
    13th October, 1880 (Gazette No. 96, 14th October, 1880), as
    in the "Opuha" Survey District, in error.

Delegation of Powers under "The Mines Act, 1877."

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

W HEREAS by the one hundredth section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," the Governor is empowered
to delegate to the Chairman of the County Council
of any county in any mining district all the powers
vested in the Governor by subsections four and five
of section fifty-one of that Act:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby,
in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said
Act, delegate unto the Chairman for the time being
of the County Council of Bruce all the powers vested
in the Governor by section fifty-one of "The Mines
Act, 1877," of making, altering, and amending and
revoking rules and regulations for the purposes con-
tained in subsections four and five of the said section
fifty-one; and I do hereby declare that the powers
hereby delegated shall be exercised and performed
only within the said County of Bruce, and by and



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Reservation of Crown Lands for Public Purposes across several districts (continued from previous page)

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 February 1881
Land reservation, Public purposes, Opunake, Wellington, Timaru, Orari, Oamaru, Seaward Bush, Endowments
  • WM. ROLLESTON, Minister of Lands

🌾 Delegation of Governor's powers under The Mines Act, 1877, to Bruce County Council Chairman

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Mines Act 1877, Delegation of powers, Governor, Bruce County Council, Mining regulations
  • Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Governor