New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 73

Page 1489

✨ Land Reservations, Constabulary Regulations, Cemetery Trustees

Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1489

Lands permanently reserved.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth section of “The Land Act, 1877,” it was enacted that the Governor might from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same had been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may have been then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion were required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

And whereas by the two hundred and twenty-eighth section of “The Land Act, 1835,” it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said one hundred and forty-fourth section may, at the expiration of one month but not later than six months after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas the lands specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto were, by the several warrants the dates of which are specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and the notifications of which were published in the Gazette specified in the fourth column, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Act for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule:

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 said Act, do hereby permanently reserve the lands so temporarily reserved as aforesaid, and enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, being the same purposes for which the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
DESCRIPTION OF RESERVES.	Purpose for which Land reserved.	Date of Warrant.	Gazette.
Land District.	Locality.	Section.	Block.
Auckland	Opaheke	5	..
"	Town of Papakura	1	Lot 1
"	"	Part 2	..
Hawke’s Bay	Takapau	66	IX.
Canterbury	Ashburton	2682	(in red)
Otago	Waipahi	28	X.
"	Lake County, Roy’s Island, in Lake Wanaka.	..	..

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

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Regulations as to Travelling Allowances, Armed Constabulary.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authorities conferred by the fifth section of “The Armed Constabulary Act Amendment Act, 1869,” and of every power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations for the travelling allowances of the various branches of the New Zealand Armed Constabulary, namely:—

REGULATIONS.

Commissioned officers of the Armed Constabulary Force shall receive the same rates and be subject to the same conditions with respect to travelling allowances as those allowed to or affecting Civil servants receiving similar salaries.
Non-commissioned officers and constables shall receive 6s. per day.
Detectives shall receive their actual expenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE.

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Trustees appointed for the Maintenance of the Mount Wesley 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.

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SCHEDULE.

Names of Trustees.	Name of Public Cemetery, and Description of Land.
Frederick William Matthews.	MOUNT WESLEY. All that piece or parcel of land in the Hobson County, Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 3 roods 24 perches. Bounded as follows: Commencing at the westernmost corner; on the North by a line, 4115 links, bearing 60° 16' in a north-easterly direction to peg, line undefined; thence by a line, 312·2 links, bearing 103° 17' in a south-easterly direction to peg on boundary-line of Aoroa No. 1, line undefined; thence on the East by a line, 336·5 links (93 links and 243·5 links), bearing 165° 30' south-easterly to peg on side of road, this being dividing line between cemetery and Aoroa No. 1, undefined; thence on the South by a line, 1550·8 links, bearing 227° 14' in a south-westerly direction to peg, and following side of road, line undefined; thence on the west by a line, 349·5 links, bearing 327° 9' in a north-westerly direction to starting point, line undefined. Portion 1A, containing 21 perches, and portion 1B, containing 2 acres 3 roods 7 perches, being portions of Aoroa Block. Portion Aoroa No. 3 being part of Aoroa No. 3 Block, and containing 3 acres 3 roods 36 perches.
Samuel Dodd.
George Clark.
George McVay.
William Arthur Marriner.
Richard Mitchelson.
Alfred Ernest Harding.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1885, No 73

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🗺️ Permanent Reservation of Crown Lands

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated16 December 1885
KeywordsCrown Lands, Reservations, Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Canterbury, Otago
👩‍💼 Officials

W. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
J. Ballance, Minister of Lands

🛡️ Regulations for Travelling Allowances of Armed Constabulary

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated16 December 1885
KeywordsArmed Constabulary, Travelling Allowances, Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, Detectives
👩‍💼 Officials

W. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
J. Ballance

🏥 Appointment of Trustees for Mount Wesley Public Cemetery

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated19 December 1885
KeywordsCemetery Trustees, Mount Wesley, Hobson County, Auckland
👱🏽 Names

7 names identified

Frederick William Matthews, Appointed Trustee
Samuel Dodd, Appointed Trustee
George Clark, Appointed Trustee
George McVay, Appointed Trustee
William Arthur Marriner, Appointed Trustee
Richard Mitchelson, Appointed Trustee
Alfred Ernest Harding, Appointed Trustee

👩‍💼 Officials

W. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
J. Ballance, Minister of Lands

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