New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 57

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✨ Land Withdrawal Proclamation

Num. 57. 1143

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1887.

Land in Otago withdrawn from the Deferred-payment System.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section six of “The Land Act, 1885,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the notification mentioned in the First Schedule hereto in so far as it relates to the land named in the Second Schedule hereto; and I do further proclaim and declare that the land described in the Second Schedule aforesaid shall, as from the day of the date hereof, be withdrawn from the operation of the deferred-payment system.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Nature of Instrument.	By whom issued.	Authority for issuing.	Date when published.
Notification ..	Commissioner of Crown Lands	“The Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872” ..	Otago Provincial Gazette, No. 891, 28th January, 1874.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
TIGER HILL DISTRICT.

Section.	Block.	Area.
16	V.	A. R. P. 83 2 8
29	"	95 0 0

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-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ERRATA.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 55, of 25th August, 1887, page 1122, under “Promotion and Appointment of Volunteer Officers, for “Captain and Adjutant Frederick Wyatt Frances,” read “Captain and Adjutant Frederick Wyatt Francis;” for “George Howie to be Captain, Wairoa Light Horse,” read “George Howie to be Lieutenant;” and under “Formation of Cadet Battalion,” for “Hyde School Cadets,” read “High School Cadets.”

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1887, No 57

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Proclamation: Land Withdrawal from Deferred-payment System

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated24 August 1887
KeywordsLand Act, 1885, Otago, Deferred-payment System, Tiger Hill District
👩‍💼 Officials

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
J. Ballance, Minister of Lands

📰 Errata: Corrections to Previous Issue

Domain📰 NZ Gazette
Dated1 September 1887
KeywordsErrata, Corrections, Volunteer Officers, Cadet Battalion
👱🏽 Names

Frederick Wyatt Frances (Captain and Adjutant), Correction of name
George Howie (Lieutenant), Correction of rank

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