New Zealand Gazette – 1886 – No. 31

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✨ Proclamations and Land Set Aside

Num. 31.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1886.

"Administration Act 1879 Amendment Act, 1885," assented to by Her Majesty in Council.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her Majesty's reign, entitled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is, amongst other things, enacted that no Bill which shall be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon shall have any force or authority within the Colony of New Zealand until the Governor of the said colony shall signify, by speech or message to the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said colony, or by Proclamation, that such Bill has been laid before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same:

And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said colony, entitled "An Act to regulate the Distribution of the Separate Property of Married Women dying Intestate as to such Property, and to amend the Law as to Administration of Estates," was presented to the Governor of the said colony for Her Majesty's assent, and the said Bill was reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said in part recited Act, do, by this Proclamation, signify and proclaim to all to whom it may concern that the said Bill has been laid before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same.

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 twentieth 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 for the Woodville Village Special Settlement 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 for the Woodville Village Special Settlement, upon the terms and conditions fixed by Order in Council issued on the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and made under the one hundred and sixty-third section of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
Block IV.—Woodville Survey District.

Section.	Area.	Capital Value.	Section.	Area.	Capital Value.
A. R. P.	£		A. R. P.	£
21	5 0 0	33	26	6 1 30	39
22	5 0 8	32	27	5 0 0	25
23	5 0 0	33	29	5 0 0	30
24	7 1 16	51	30	8 0 14	53
25	6 1 24	42	31	7 3 39	48

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1886, No 31

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🏛️ Royal Assent to Legislation

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated20 May 1886
KeywordsRoyal Assent, Legislation, Administration Act, Married Women Property
👩‍💼 Officials

W. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
P. A. Buckley

🗺️ Land Set Aside for Woodville Village Special Settlement

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated25 May 1886
KeywordsLand Set Aside, Woodville Village, Special Settlement, Leasing
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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