New Zealand Gazette – 1886 – No. 27

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✨ Proclamations and Land Leasing

Num. 27.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1886.

Proclaiming Devonport, County of Waitemata, a Borough under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876.”

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” the Governor is empowered, by Proclamation, to declare any district in New Zealand to be a borough under the said Act from and after a date to be named in such Proclamation:

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 proclaim and declare that the district described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby constituted, as from the date hereof, a borough under the said Act and the Acts amending the same, and that the name of such borough shall be the Borough of Devonport, and that the boundaries of such borough shall be those described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

BOUNDED towards the North by Sections Nos. 8 and 7, Parish of Takapuna, the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 5, and the southern side of that road produced to the sea; thence towards the East by the sea to the North Head of Waitemata Harbour; thence towards the South by that harbour to O'Neill’s Point; and thence towards the West generally by Shoal Bay.

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 sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart in the Pahiatua Village Special Settlements for Perpetual Leasing.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the sections of land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open, on and after Friday, the eighteenth day of June next, for the Pahiatua Village Special Settlement, upon the terms and conditions fixed by Order in Council of even date herewith, and made under the one hundred and sixty-third section of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

Section.	Area.	Capital Value.	Section.	Area.	Capital Value.
	A. R. P.	£		A. R. P.	£
1	4 2 26	20	33	5 2 0	16
2	5 0 0	20	34	10 0 17	30
3	5 0 0	20	35	5 2 0	16
5	4 2 26	20	36	10 0 17	30
6	5 0 0	20	37	5 1 27	22
7	5 0 0	20	38	8 1 23	34
8	5 0 0	20	39	11 1 30	46
9	4 2 26	22	40	10 0 17	40
10	5 0 0	22	41	9 3 24	40
11	5 0 0	22	42	19 3 27	55
12	5 0 0	22	43	19 2 8	54
13	5 2 20	24	45	18 1 11	50
14	6 0 6	27	46	20 0 0	55
15	5 1 27	24	47	16 1 22	45
16	7 0 24	28	49	17 1 24	47
18	9 2 5	38	50	20 0 0	55
19	6 3 20	28	51	20 0 0	70
20	10 0 0	40	52	20 0 0	70
21	10 1 14	42	53	19 3 36	70
22	10 0 0	45	54	19 3 38	70
23	10 0 0	45	55	19 3 20	70
24	12 3 20	58	56	4 0 32	20
26	16 0 23	72	58	20 0 0	70
27	15 2 16	70	59	19 2 25	70
28	17 3 28	81	61	19 3 22	70
29	5 0 6	15	62	19 0 26	70
30	8 2 36	26	63	14 0 25	63
31	5 2 0	16	64	16 2 18	45
32	10 0 17	30	65	19 3 3	55

J. BALLANCH,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1886, No 27

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Proclamation of Devonport as a Borough

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated6 May 1886
KeywordsProclamation, Borough, Devonport, Waitemata, Municipal Corporations Act
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor
P. A. Buckley

🗺️ Land Set Apart for Perpetual Leasing

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated6 May 1886
KeywordsLand, Pahiatua, Village Special Settlement, Perpetual Leasing, Land Act
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor
J. Ballanch, Minister of Lands

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