Land Takings, Native Land Court Jurisdiction




1098
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Lands taken for widening Streets in the Borough of Greytown.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken, under "The Public Works Act, 1894," for a certain work, to wit, the widening of certain streets in the Borough of Greytown:

And whereas the Greytown Borough Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by "The Public Works Act, 1894," and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the widening of the said streets.

SCHEDULE.

Parts of Sections Nos. Area. Situated in the Shown on Plan marked Coloured on Plan
5* A. R. P. 0 0 3 Borough of Grey-town S.G. 26536 Pink.
6* 0 0 8 Ditto " "
7 to 19 inclusive* 0 2 24 " " "
20* 0 0 15 " " "
21* 0 0 15 " " "
22 to 35 inclusive* 0 2 32 " " "
36* 0 0 8 " " "
37 to 45 inclusive* 0 1 32 " " "
46 to 50 inclusive* 0 1 14·8 " " "
51 to 57 inclusive* 0 1 16 " " "
Hospital Reserve* 0 0 13·1 " " "
58 to 60 inclusive* 0 0 24 " " "
109* 0 0 19·9 Town Sections of Township of Greytown " "
89* 0 0 20·2 Ditto " "
61* 0 0 12·2 " " "
112* 0 0 20·1 " " "
  • Town Belt sections of Greytown.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 26536, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of July, 1895.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," it is enacted that the Native Land Court shall, as regards all lands within the meaning of sub-

section ten of section fourteen aforesaid, have jurisdiction as in the said subsection mentioned: Provided that the Court shall not proceed to exercise such jurisdiction unless the Governor in Council shall by order authorise the same to be done: And whereas the land specified in the Schedule hereto is land in respect whereof the Court has jurisdiction as aforesaid, and it is expedient that the Court should be authorised to exercise the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency 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 authorise the said Court to exercise in respect of the said land the jurisdiction conferred as aforesaid—that is to say, to determine whether or not the said land or any part thereof was, on the investigation of title thereto, intended by the Native Land Court, or by the nominal owner or owners of such land, to be held by such nominal owner or owners in trust for Natives not named in the title, and to determine who are the Natives (if any) entitled beneficially to such land, and to order the inclusion of such Natives in the title, either together with or in lieu of the nominal owners or any of them—and for the purpose aforesaid to order the cancellation or amendment of any existing instrument of title, and the issue of such new Crown grants or other instruments of title as may be necessary, and generally to exercise in respect of the said land all the jurisdiction and powers conferred on the Native Land Court by subsection ten of section fourteen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

SCHEDULE.

All that block of land known as Wharekawa No. 1 Block, containing 6,430 acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of July, 1895.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," it is enacted that the Native Land Court shall, as regards all lands within the meaning of subsection ten of section fourteen aforesaid, have jurisdiction as in the said subsection mentioned: Provided that the Court shall not proceed to exercise such jurisdiction unless the Governor in Council shall by order authorise the same to be done: And whereas the land specified in the Schedule hereto is land in respect whereof the Court has jurisdiction as aforesaid, and it is expedient that the Court should be authorised to exercise the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency 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 authorise the said Court to exercise in respect of the said land the jurisdiction conferred as aforesaid—that is to say, to determine whether or not the said land or any part thereof was, on the investigation of title thereto, intended by the Native Land Court, or by the nominal owner or owners of such land, to be held by such nominal owner or owners in trust for Natives not named in the title, and to determine who are the Natives (if any) entitled beneficially to such land, and to order the inclusion of such Natives in the title, either together with or in lieu of the nominal owners or any of them—and for the purpose aforesaid to order the cancellation or amendment of any existing instrument of title, and the issue of such new Crown grants or other instruments of title as may be necessary, and generally to exercise in respect of the said land all the jurisdiction and powers conferred on the Native Land Court by subsection ten of section fourteen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

SCHEDULE.

All that block of land known as Te Koutu Block, containing 3 acres 3 roods 20 perches, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.



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🗺️ Lands taken for widening Streets in Greytown

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
16 July 1895
Land takings, Greytown, Public Works Act, Street widening
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🪶 Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court - Wharekawa No. 1 Block

🪶 Māori Affairs
16 July 1895
Native Land Court, Jurisdiction, Wharekawa No. 1 Block, Auckland
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court - Te Koutu Block

🪶 Māori Affairs
16 July 1895
Native Land Court, Jurisdiction, Te Koutu Block, Auckland
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council