Proclamations and Orders




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

Certain Rivers, &c., notified under “The Timber-floating Act, 1884.”

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

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the second section of “The Timber-floating Act, 1884,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the following rivers, streams, and tidal creeks within the colony may be used under license for the purposes of the said Act:—

The Manaiā River, the Taurarāhi Stream, Kakatarahae Stream, Tawawahi Stream, Kohipo Stream, and Pakihauraki Stream, with all their respective tributary streams and branches, all situate in the Coromandel County, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

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 twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is vested in certain aboriginal natives of New Zealand, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is the intention of His Excellency the Governor, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land.

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 fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister for Native Affairs.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

ALLOTMENT No. 74, PARISH OF WAIOTahi.

ALL that parcel of land in the Opotiki Survey District, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known as Allotment No. 74 of the Parish of Waiotahi, containing by admeasurement 20 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North by Allotment No. 70, 1545 links; towards the East by a road-line, 1385 links; towards the South by Allotment No. 76, 1402 links; and towards the West by a road-line, 1653 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

Native Land taken for Portion of Waikato-Thames Railway (Morrinsville-Te Aroha Section).

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of October, 1885.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir 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, doth hereby order that the Government work known as the Waikato-Thames Railway (Morrinsville-Te Aroha Section) shall and may be constructed on or through the parcel of land more particularly described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land required to be taken. Being Section or Portion of Section No. Situated in Block No. Subdivision of Section 17. Situated in the Survey District of
Block. Section.
A. R. P. XXV. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
XX. 1
2
3
4
5
6
11
12
13
14
15
16
XIX. 1
12
13
14
LIV. 3
4
5
6
7
8
LVII. 1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
LVIII. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14 1 34 17 IX.
2 0 6 1303 VI. Native reserve
24 1 19 1303 II., III., VI. Maunga-tapu

*Native owners, but held under Crown grant.
†Native owners, but held under certificate, Native Land Act, partly leased to Europeans.

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 12336 and 13460, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.



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🗺️ Rivers Notified for Timber Floating

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
24 December 1885
Timber-floating, Rivers, Streams, Coromandel County, Licensing
  • W. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • J. Ballance, Minister of Lands

🪶 Notice of Removal of Restrictions on Native Land

🪶 Māori Affairs
5 November 1885
Native Land, Restrictions, Alienation, Waiotahi, Opotiki
  • W. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Jos. A. Tole, for the Minister for Native Affairs

🏗️ Native Land Taken for Railway Construction

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
13 October 1885
Native Land, Railway, Waikato-Thames, Morrinsville-Te Aroha, Survey District, Auckland
  • W. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council