Maori Trustees and Public Domains




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 126

Appointing Trustee under Maori Real Estate Management Acts, 1867 and 1877.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of November, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867” (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 hereditaments, or any part thereof or interest therein, as shall to the Governor in Council be shown to belong to such infant or lunatic or other person under legal disability shall be vested in trustees, as the Governor in Council shall think fit:

And whereas by “The Maori Real Estate Management Act Amendment Act, 1877,” it is provided that, in all cases in which no trustee of such estate of any infant Maori prior to the passing of the said last recited Act has been appointed, the Governor may appoint such trustee only on the recommendation of a Judge of the Native Land Court:

And whereas, in pursuance of an order bearing date as contained in the first column of the Schedule hereto, made by the Judge named in the second column thereof, the person named in the third column was recommended to the Governor as trustee under the said Acts on behalf of the persons named and under the disability described in the fourth column, in respect of the land described or referred to in the fifth column:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Acts, doth hereby order that the interests and shares of the persons under disability named in the Schedule hereto in the block of land referred to therein shall be and remain vested in the person named in the third column thereof as trustee within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Acts for the said persons during the terms of their minority; the said parcel of land having the area and boundaries set forth in the memorial of ownership affecting the same, and in the record map in the office of the Surveyor-General.

SCHEDULE.

Date of Order. Judge by whom made. Trustee hereby appointed. Names, Sex, and Age of Persons under Disability. Land in respect of which Trustee is appointed. Derivation of Estate of Cestui que Trust.
1884. 11 Nov. F. M. P. Brookfield Hone Pihama Te Hokia, m., 10 yrs.; Te Hana, m., 6 yrs.; Mere, f., 8 yrs. Mangamingi No. 2, District of Patea. Succession order for interest of Ngahuinga.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Kirwee Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the twenty-second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present order, delegate, but only with respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Kirwee Public Domain Board, namely,—

Colonel the Hon. DE RENZIE JAMES BRETT,
THOMAS HAMILTON ANSON,
ARCHIBALD MCNAE,
GEORGE BEDFORD,
WILLIAM J. SIMPSON, and
JAMES HARRIS BRETT

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

  1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Monday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the Kirwee Hotel, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the twenty-second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

  2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

  3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

  4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the second Monday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

  5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

  6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may, at any monthly or special meeting, appoint a Chairman.

  7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Hawkins Survey District, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing 10 acres, more or less. Bounded—Northward by Reserve No. 2358 (in red), 885 links; Eastward by Section No. 28280, 1160 links; Southward by Section No. 16807, 856 links; and Westward by Reserve No. 1752 (in red), 1138 links: and numbered 2416 (in red) on the official map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Kelso Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve made



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🪶 Order Appointing Maori Trustees (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
22 November 1884
Trustees, Maori, Legal Disability, Land Management
  • Hone Pihama, Appointed Trustee for Mangamingi No. 2
  • Te Hokia, Under legal disability, Mangamingi No. 2
  • Te Hana, Under legal disability, Mangamingi No. 2
  • Mere, Under legal disability, Mangamingi No. 2

  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • F. M. P. Brookfield, Judge of the Native Land Court
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏘️ Delegation of Powers to Kirwee Domain Board

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 November 1884
Kirwee, Domain Board, Delegation, Public Domains Act
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • Colonel the Hon. De Renzie James Brett
  • Thomas Hamilton Anson
  • Archibald McNaee
  • George Bedford
  • William J. Simpson
  • James Harris Brett

🏘️ Kelso Recreation-ground Brought Under Public Domains Act

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 November 1884
Kelso, Recreation-ground, Public Domains Act
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council