Census Proclamation, Land Proclamation




Num. 65. 1331

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1885.

Time for taking Census, &c.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Census Act, 1877,” it is provided that an account shall be taken in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six of the number and condition of persons, and of the live stock and of the land in cultivation, within New Zealand, and of other particulars relating thereto; and that such account shall be taken in such month and on such day or days, not being later than the first day of April, as the Governor shall, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, appoint:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said account shall be taken in the month of March, of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, on Monday, the twenty-ninth day of the said month, and for the night of Sunday, the twenty-eighth day of the aforesaid month.

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 the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart on Deferred Payments in Southland.

(L.S.) WM. F DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and fourth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” 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 has passed 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 thirtieth day of December, 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 in pursuance of the one hundred and tenth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” 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.

EAST WINTON (SUBURBAN) DISTRICT.

Block. Section. Area. Upset Price per Acre.
VII. 27 A. R. P. £ s. d.
8 1 21
28 8 3 0
29 9 0 35 5 0 0
30 9 2 36
31 10 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!



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🏛️ Census Proclamation

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
19 November 1885
Census, 1886, Population, Livestock, Cultivation
  • WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor
  • P. A. BUCKLEY

🗺️ Land Proclamation for Southland

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
11 November 1885
Land, Southland, Deferred Payments, East Winton, Sale
  • WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor
  • ROBERT STOUT, for the Minister of Lands