Land Proclamations




Jan. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 93

Land withdrawn from the Deferred-payment System in Southland.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifty-third section of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time set apart out of any suburban or rural lands such blocks or allotments of land as he shall think fit, and set the same aside for sale on deferred payments, and in such Proclamation may fix a day on which the land shall be open for application; and that he may also in like manner set apart for sale on deferred payments such blocks or allotments as may be recommended by any Land Board, and may also from time to time alter, amend, or revoke any such Proclamation:

And whereas the land specified in the Schedule hereto was, with other lands, set apart for sale on deferred payments on the seventeenth day of February and twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three:

And whereas the Land Board of Southland have passed a resolution recommending that the said land should be withdrawn from the deferred-payment system:

And whereas it is expedient to give effect to the aforesaid recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the above-named Act, do hereby revoke the Proclamations above referred to, so far as they relate to the sections therein mentioned, and included in the Schedule hereto, and do proclaim and declare that the said sections are hereby withdrawn from the operation of the deferred-payment system.

SCHEDULE.

LONGWOOD.

Block. Section. Area.
I. 3 A. R. P.
171 0 0
5 207 2 11
6 318 0 29
XV. 1 157 0 32
3 313 0 6
4 264 3 30
5 289 1 12
9 204 1 0

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart on Deferred Payments in Southland.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifty-third section of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time set apart out of any suburban or rural lands such blocks or allotments of land as he shall think fit, and set the same aside for sale on deferred payments, and in such Proclamation may fix a day on which the land shall be open for application; and that he may also in like manner set apart for sale on deferred payments such blocks or allotments as may be recommended by any Land Board, and may also from time to time alter, amend, or revoke any such Proclamation:

And whereas the Land Board of Southland did, on the eighteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, pass a resolution recommending that the land described in the Schedule hereto annexed should be set apart for sale on deferred payments:

And whereas it is expedient to give effect to the aforesaid recommendation, and to set apart the said land accordingly:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the above-named Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is set apart for sale on deferred payments; and that Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, shall be the day on which the said land shall be open for application, in allotments as surveyed and marked on the selection map in the principal land office of the district.

And, further, in pursuance of the fifth section of “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879,” I do hereby fix the price at which the land so described shall be sold to be the price stated in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WALLACETOWN.

Block. Section. Area. Upset Price.
XIII. 4 A. R. P. £ s. d.
0 1 0 7 10 0
5,6 0 2 0 35 0 0
7,8 0 2 0 35 0 0
9,10 0 2 0 35 0 0
11 0 1 0 7 10 0
13 0 1 0 7 10 0
19 0 1 0 27 10 0
20,21 0 2 0 35 0 0

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Setting apart Land in Otago for Agricultural Lease.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifty-fourth section of “The Mines Act, 1877,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to cause Crown lands situate within a gold field to be selected and set apart for the purpose of granting agricultural leases thereon and therefor, or for alienation by occupation licenses on deferred payments, under any law for the time being in force in the land district in which such mining district is situate:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is Crown land subject to be dealt with under the provisions of the said Act, and it is deemed expedient to set the same apart for the purpose of granting an agricultural lease thereon and therefor:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby select and set apart, for the purpose of granting an agricultural lease thereon and therefor, the land described in the Schedule hereto; and do fix Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of February, next ensuing, at the Warden’s Offices at Clyde and Naseby, as the day and place on which the said lands shall be open for application, as surveyed and marked on the survey map in the said office.

SCHEDULE.

District. Block. Section. Area.
Blackstone .. XV. 1 A. R. P.
135 2 2

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and



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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
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Land Withdrawal, Southland, Deferred-Payment System, Proclamation
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Edward Richardson, for the Minister of Lands

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10 January 1885
Land Set Apart, Southland, Deferred-Payment System, Proclamation
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Edward Richardson, for the Minister of Lands

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10 January 1885
Agricultural Lease, Otago, Land Selection, Proclamation
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Edward Richardson, for the Minister of Lands