✨ Government Orders and Land Acquisitions




Numb. 25.

425

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1891.

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Lighthouse on
Stephen Island.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of February, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the
construction of a lighthouse and other works in connection
therewith :

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native
owners, and the title thereto is not derived from the Crown:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
vested in him by " The Public Works Act, 1882," and the
amendments thereof, and of all other powers in anywise
enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby order that the public work hereinbefore mentioned
shall and may be constructed on the land mentioned in the
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land containing 370 acres or thereby,
situated at the northern entrance to Cook Strait, and lying
in a north-eastern direction from Cape Stephens, D'Urville
Island, being the whole of that island commonly known as
Stephen Island or Takaporewa; which said Island of Taka-
porewa is one of the islets enumerated in the description and
delineated on the plan embodied in certificate of title No.
52, dated the 20th November, 1883, issued by the Native
Land Court of New Zealand, at a Court held at Nelson, in
the Provincial District of Nelson, on the said 20th November,
1883; all in the D'Urville Survey District, in the said Pro-
vincial District of Nelson: as the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 16720, deposited in
the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington,
in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured
red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Corporation of the Borough of
Kaitangata under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
fifth day of March, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in him by " The Public Domains Act, 1881," His
Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council dated
the twenty-second day of November, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-one, making delegation of certain powers in
manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice
and consent, by this present order, delegate, but only with
respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the
Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act afore-
said, except the powers under or conferred by sections five
and twelve thereof, to the

The Corporation of the Borough of Kaitangata,
which shall be known as the Kaitangata Public Domain
Board (hereinafter referred to as "the Board"), subject
to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,β€”

  1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
    the fourth Wednesday in each month, at eight o'clock p.m., at
    the Corporation Offices at Kaitangata, or at such other time
    or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board.
    The first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the twenty-
    second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
    one.

  2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
    by any two members of the Board, provided that two days'
    notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying
    the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and
    no other business than that so specified shall be transacted
    at such meeting.

  3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any
    meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

  4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting,
    and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the fourth
    Wednesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter,
    elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the
    discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Land Acquisition for Lighthouse on Stephen Island

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
27 February 1891
Lighthouse, Stephen Island, Public Works, Native Land, Cook Strait
  • The Honourable the Premier, Presiding in Council
  • His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, Governor
  • Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏘️ Delegation of Powers to Kaitangata Public Domain Board

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 March 1891
Public Domains Act, Kaitangata, Delegation, Corporation, Borough, Public Domain Board
  • The Honourable the Premier, Presiding in Council
  • His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand