New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 44

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✨ Land Reserves and Appointments

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

RURAL LANDS.

	Block.	Section.	Area.
			A. B. P.
Tunapohepohe, Kerikeri Survey District	...	3233A	2,170 1 28
Ngatuaka, Hokianga Survey District	...	866	1,762 0 0
Puketapu No. 5, Omapere Survey District	...	572	82 1 33
Tihitibi, Whangarei Survey District	...	3492	4,138 0 0
Waikanae No. 1, Harataunga Survey District	...	2950	2,950 0 0
Waipapa, Kumeu Survey District	...	2217	1,973 0 0
Moehau, Moehau Survey District	I.	1	980 0 0
Takahue, Takahue Survey District	XV.	1	67 0 0
"	...	2	57 0 0
"	...	3	47 0 0
"	...	4	107 0 0
"	...	5	114 0 0
"	...	6	99 0 0
"	...	7	100 0 0
"	...	8	72 0 0
"	...	10	134 0 0
Te Aroha, Waitoa Survey District	XII.	9	300 0 8
"	IX.	4	139 3 38
Patutahi, Patutahi Survey District	...	116	988 0 0

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees appointed for the Maintenance of the Cardrona
Public Cemetery.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,”
I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons
whose names are specified in the first column of the Schedule
hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance and care
of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the
said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Names of Trustees.	Name of Public Cemetery, and Description of Land.
John Kerin.	CARDRONA.
Alfred Austin.	All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by ad-measurement 1 acre, more or less, situate one mile north of the Town of Cardrona, and marked “Cemetery” on the map deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.
James Austin.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-three.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

NOTE.—This warrant will supersede that published in Gazette
No. 35, of the 26th April, 1883.

Defining the Purpose of Reserves at Featherston.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by the fifth section of “The Public Reserves
Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that,
in the case of any public reserve now vested in Her Majesty or
the Governor, whether the same be granted or not, such re-
serves not being for one of the purposes comprised in Class I.,
if there shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be any doubt or
uncertainty as to the purpose for which such reserve was set
apart, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, define such pur-
pose or purposes as to either the whole or any part of such
reserve:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was
reserved by the Superintendent of Wellington for public
purposes: And whereas it is expedient to define the specific
purpose for which such lands shall hereafter be set apart:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, 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, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my inten-
tion to define the specific purpose of the reserves described in
the first column of the said Schedule hereto to be the purpose set
opposite such descriptions in the second column of the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Description and Purpose of Reserve.	Intended Purpose.
All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 13 perches, more or less, being part of a Government reserve on the plan of the Town of Featherston. Bounded towards the North-east by Fox Street, 204 links; towards the South-east by other part of the said reserve, 469·5 links; towards the South by Fitzherbert Street, 234 links; and towards the North-west by Daniel Street, 558 links: as the same is delineated on the plan, being a portion of land reserved by the Superintendent of Wellington for public purposes.	For a public library and other purposes of the Featherston Town Board.
All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 9 perches, more or less, being part of a Government reserve on the plan of the Town of Featherston. Bounded towards the North-east by Fox Street, 298 links; towards the South-east by Clifford Square, 231 links; towards the South by Fitzherbert Street, 250 links; and towards the West by other part of the said reserve, 332 3 links: as the same is delineated on the plan, being a portion of land reserved by the Superintendent of Wellington for public purposes.	For a public library and other purposes of the Featherston Town Board.
All that part or parcel of land numbered 126 on the Crown-grant record-map of the Town of Featherston, and containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less. Bounded towards the North-east by Section No. 127, 200 links; towards the South-east by Section No. 128, 500 links; towards the South-west by Woodward Street, 200 links; and towards the North-west by Bethune Street, 500 links: being land reserved by the Superintendent of Wellington for public purposes.	For purposes of the Featherston Town Board.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight-
hundred and eighty-three.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1883, No 44

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🗺️ Rural Lands

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated14 May 1883
KeywordsLand Reserves, Survey Districts, Area
👩‍💼 Officials

Wm. Rolleston, Minister of Lands

🏥 Trustees Appointed for Cardrona Public Cemetery

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated9 May 1883
KeywordsCemetery, Trustees, Maintenance
👱🏽 Names

John Kerin, Appointed Trustee
Alfred Austin, Appointed Trustee
James Austin, Appointed Trustee

👩‍💼 Officials

Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
EDWD. T. CONOLLY, (for the Minister of Lands)

🗺️ Defining the Purpose of Reserves at Featherston

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated23 April 1883
KeywordsPublic Reserves, Featherston, Library, Town Board
👩‍💼 Officials

Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
Wm. Rolleston, Minister of Lands

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