Proclamations and Land Sales




Numb. 56.

(L.S.) Police-gaol proclaimed.
ONSLOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND,
TO WIT.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New
Zealand, intituled "The Prisons Act, 1882," it is
enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation published
in the Gazette, declare that such police-stations as he shall
name therein shall be police-gaols: And whereas it is desir-
able to proclaim the police-station at Rotorua, in the Pro-
vincial District of Auckland, to be a police-gaol:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the
above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that
the said building shall be a police-gaol from and after the
appearance of this Proclamation in the Gazette.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of
Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley,
of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron
Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and
of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron
Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-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-third day of
September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Rural Land in the Hawke's Bay Land District open for
Sale or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the third section of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), I, Wiliam Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the
Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is
provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection,
after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days
from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the

1007

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1889.

manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act,
and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Area. Cash Price per Acre.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.
UNSURVEYED LAND.
Wakarara Survey District.
Block IX.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
5 392 0 0
6 266 0 0
7 311 0 0 1 0 0
8 419 0 0
9 320 0 0
10 395 0 0
11 510 0 0
12 457 0 0
Description of Land: Good land, limestone formation;
mixed timber, principally birch; well watered.
Block XIII.
7 557 0 0 1 5 0
8 384 0 0 1 0 0
9 355 0 0 1 0 0
10 536 0 0 1 0 0
11 340 0 0 1 0 0
12 454 0 0 1 0 0
13 402 0 0 1 5 0
14 508 0 0 1 5 0
15 566 0 0 1 5 0
Description of Land: Same as above. Nearest railway-
station is Waipawa, distant about twenty-five miles, by
fairly-good road.

SURVEYED LAND.

Weber Survey District.

Block X.
| 2 | 593 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 3 | 387 0 0 | 1 5 0 |
| 4 | 422 0 0 | 1 5 0 |
Description of Land: Fair land, with mixed bush, and
good road-access.

Block XVIII.
| 2 | 627 0 0 | 1 0 0 |



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⚖️ Proclamation declaring Rotorua Police-station a Police-gaol

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
23 September 1889
Proclamation, Police-gaol, Rotorua, Auckland, Prisons Act 1882
  • William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, Governor
  • THOS. FERGUS

🗺️ Declaration of Rural Land open for Sale or Selection in Hawke's Bay

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land sale, Land selection, Hawke's Bay Land District, Rural land, Wakarara Survey District, Weber Survey District
  • ONSLOW, Governor
  • Surveyor-General