✨ Land Proclamations




Land set apart for Settlement.

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the second section of "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891" (herein termed "the said Act"), it is, amongst other things, enacted that, before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land, it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the block of land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

SCHEDULE.

Hokonui Block.

Area. Section. Survey District.
A. R. P.
269 3 0 824 Hokonui.
198 0 0 825
208 0 0 826
210 0 0 827
215 0 0 828
178 2 0 829
225 2 0 830

As the said areas are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 25711, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured blue.

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 twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

God save the Queen!

Land set apart for an Improved-farm Special Settlement.

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by the one hundred and sixty-second section of "The Land Act, 1892," and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the block of land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby set apart and declared open for a special settlement.

SCHEDULE.

WHANAMOMONA IMPROVED SMALL-FARM SETTLEMENT BLOCK.

ALL that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District, being part of the Taumatamahoe Block, containing by admeasurement 10,543 acres, exclusive of road, railway, and other reserves, situated in the Pouatu and Mahoe Survey Districts. Bounded towards the north-east by the southern boundary of the Whitianga Block, and towards the south-east, south, and west by other parts of the Taumatamahoe Block aforesaid; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 11999, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington.

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 St. 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 twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

God save the Queen!

Land taken for widening a District Road, Otago Peninsula.

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under "The Public Works Act, 1894," and its amendments, for a certain work, to wit, widening the district road in the Otago Peninsula Road District:

And whereas the Peninsula Road Board has laid before the Governor a memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, required by the said Act:



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Proclamation setting apart Hokonui Block for settlement

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
21 January 1896
Land settlement, Hokonui Block, Government Loans Act
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

πŸ—ΊοΈ Proclamation setting apart Whanamomona Improved Small-Farm Settlement Block

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
21 January 1896
Small-farm settlement, Whanamomona Block, Taranaki Land District
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

πŸ—οΈ Proclamation taking land for widening Otago Peninsula district road

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
21 January 1896
Road widening, Otago Peninsula, Public Works Act
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • Peninsula Road Board