✨ Mining and Land Proclamations
1738
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, as set forth in the
Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the provisions of the
said Act and the regulations made thereunder, in so far as
the same are not inconsistent with the terms of the said
deed.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
All those parcels of land, situated in the Tairua Survey
District, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known as
the Pakirarahi Nos. 2A and 2B Blocks, containing together
2,495 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by
the Pakirarahi No. 1 Block, 16050 links: towards the south-
east by the Oneura Stream; by the Ohuka Block, 1000 links
and 283 links; by the Apakura Stream; by lines, 1580 links,
3250 links, 435 links, 245 links, 373 links, 275 links, 251 links,
486 links, 297 links, 255 links, 362 links, 330 links, and 382
links; by Te Raha-o-Taranga No. 2 Block, 200 links, 488
links, 358 links, 614 links, 710 links, 217 links, 227 links, 254
links, 440 links, 596 links, 581 links, 271 links, 330 links, 215
links, 114 links, 164 links, 269 links, 138 links, 446 links, 150
links, 171 links, 375 links, 458 links, and 60 links; and by the
Whangaimokopuna Block, 386 links, 391 links, 386 links, 287
links, 218 links, and 505 links: towards the south by the
Taupapa Block, 3156 links: and towards the west and north-
west by the Kotorepupuai Stream; by the northern portion
of the Ruapekapeka Block, 9420 links; by a stream; by the
northern portion of the Ruapekapeka Block aforesaid, 360
links: by the Taparahi No. 2 Block, 358 links, 244 links, 276
links, and 517 links; and by the Taparahi No. 1 Block, 209
links, 742 links, 535 links, 1095 links, 402 links, 134 links,
308 links, 328 links, 357 links, 421 links, 161 links, 557 links,
444 links, 179 links, 492 links, 229 links, 202 links, 190 links,
274 links, and 665 links.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
"The said land," in this Schedule, means the land de-
scribed in the First Schedule to the foregoing Proclamation.
-
Any person mining for gold or other metal or mineral,
or otherwise occupying any parts of the said land, shall be
the holder of a miner's right, for which the sum of £1 shall
have been paid, issued under the provisions of "The Mining
Act, 1891," or any Act for the regulation of mining for the
time being in force within the colony. -
Any person holding a miner's right shall be entitled to
cut timber (other than kauri or reserved trees) on the said
land, provided such timber is used for himself for mining
and domestic purposes. Any person cutting timber for sale
must be the holder of a timber license duly authorising him
in that behalf, for which he shall pay a fee of £5 for any
area prescribed on such timber license; and all persons em-
ployed by him shall each be the holder of a miner's right
issued at £1. -
Any holder of a miner's right may at any time purchase
any kauri-trees required for mining purposes for the sum or
price of £1 5s. for each tree. -
Mining and occupation licenses of land, and machine,
business, and residence sites situated on the said land, shall
be granted at such rents and on such terms and conditions
as are prescribed by "The Mining Act, 1891," and its amend-
ments, and the regulations made thereunder, or as shall from
time to time be prescribed by the Mining Act then being in
force in the mining district including the said land, or any
regulation made thereunder. -
Lands required for townships shall be reserved and
proclaimed. Any person occupying any allotment in such
township for business purposes shall pay a business-license
fee of £5 annually. Any person occupying any allotment for
residence shall pay a fee or rental of £1 annually. -
Any person digging for kauri-gum within the said land,
or doing any act of occupation not herein specified, shall be
the holder of a miner's right, for which a fee of £1 shall have
been paid. -
Reserves for Native occupation and residence shall be
set aside and proclaimed, and such reserves shall not be
subject to the provisions of the Mining Act, or any Act
amending or repealing the same. -
All rents, royalties, revenues, moneys, and fees (other
than registration-fees) payable to the Receiver of Gold
Revenue for the Hauraki Mining District, whether the same
shall arise or accrue under "The Mining Act, 1891," or
otherwise, shall be deemed to be the property of the Native
owners of the said land, and all such money shall be paid to
the Native owners of such blocks quarterly.
[Deed No. 1991, Auckland.]
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 October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
six.
A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Setting apart Land in Canterbury for Leasing as a Small
Grazing-run.
(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the one hundred and seventy-second
section of "The Land Act, 1892," and of every other power
and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, David, Earl of
Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule
hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections one
hundred and seventy-two to one hundred and eighty-six of
Part V. of "The Land Act, 1892," relating to small grazing-
runs.
SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. - ASHLEY COUNTY. - WAITOHI
SURVEY DISTRICT. - PATOA SETTLEMENT.
SECTION 36569, containing 293 acres.
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-fourth day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allot-
ments in Canterbury.
GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth
day of October, 1896.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-ninth section
of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon
which the lands in any village settlement shall be disposed
of, subject as in the said section is provided: And whereas
by a Proclamation made under the said Act on the sixteenth
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the seven-
teenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-six, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto
have been set apart under the said Act and declared open for
lease as village-homestead allotments, and it is expedient to
fix the terms and conditions upon which the said lands shall
be disposed of:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred by the said Act, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby fix the terms and conditions on which
the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be
disposed of by way of lease in perpetuity, and which said
terms and conditions are set forth in the Second Schedule
hereto, and also doth direct that the lands in the said village
settlements shall be leased as village-homestead allotments
only.
Next Page →
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🌾
Mining Blocks Declared Open
(continued from previous page)
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources21 October 1896
Mining, Pakirarahi Blocks, Native land cession, Mining Act 1891
- A. J. Cadman, Minister of Mines
🗺️ Setting apart Land for Grazing
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey24 September 1896
Land leasing, Canterbury, Small grazing-run, Land Act 1892
- John McKenzie, Minister of Lands
🗺️ Village-homestead Allotments Terms
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey12 October 1896
Land leasing, Canterbury, Village-homestead allotments, Land Act 1892
- David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
NZ Gazette 1896, No 81