Land Reservations for Education




SEPT. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1089

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

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!


Land reserved as Endowments for Primary Education.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1885,” the reserves enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto were temporarily reserved as endowments for education, and were also temporarily and permanently reserved as such endowments upon the respective dates specified in the second and third columns of the said Schedule, and severally set opposite the respective descriptions of the said reserves:

And whereas notices of such reservations were laid upon the table of each House of the General Assembly: And whereas the two Houses have not jointly agreed to alter, vary, or modify the area of any of the reserves, or to nullify any of such reservations, by a resolution disapproving thereof, in terms of the two hundred and thirtieth section of “The Land Act, 1885:”

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by “The Land Act, 1885,” do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be reserved as endowments for primary education, as herein specified respectively.


SCHEDULE.

First Column. Second Column. Third Column. Fourth Column.
Locality. Section. Block. Area.
--------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
AUCKLAND.
Maungaru .. .. ..
TARANAKI.
Huiroa .. 20 I.
" .. 55 "
" .. 16 II.
Ngaiire .. 29 XIV.
HAWKE’S BAY.
Woodville .. 8 XI.
Matamau .. 4 X.
" .. 15 "
" .. 18 "
WELLINGTON.
Hunter ville .. 47 ..
" .. 56 ..
" .. 65 ..
" .. 98 ..
" .. 152 ..
" .. 198 ..
" .. 223 ..
" .. 229 ..
" .. 241 ..
Mangawhero .. 13 VI.
OTAGO.
Bonger .. 12 XIII.
Pomahaka .. 20, 37 XIV.

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

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!



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🗺️ Proclamation of Land Reservations for Primary Education

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 September 1886
Land Act, 1885, Education, Reservations, Primary Education, General Assembly
  • William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Robert Stout, Minister of Lands