Government Proclamations




Num. 4.

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1897.

Proclaiming Borough of New Brighton, County of Selwyn,
under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Municipal Corporations Act,
1886,” the Governor is empowered, by Proclamation,
to declare any portion of the Colony of New Zealand to be a
borough under the said Act, from and after a day to be
named in such Proclamation :

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the district described in
the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby consti-
tuted, as from the first day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven, a borough under the said Act.

And I do further proclaim and declare that the name of
such borough shall be the Borough of New Brighton, and
that the boundaries thereof shall be those described in the
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF NEW BRIGHTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, situate
in the Christchurch Survey District, bounded towards
the north by the road forming the northern boundaries of
Rural Section No. 6856, and its continuation through
Reserve No. 1579 to and along the northern boundary of
Sections Nos. 33181, 32867, and 17573, Block VIII., to the
sea; thence towards the north-east by the sea to the estuary
of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers; thence towards the
south and south-west generally by the estuary of the Heath-
cote and Avon Rivers to the Avon River, and thence by
the left bank of the said Avon River to the bridge on the
road to New Brighton near the westernmost corner of
Reserve No. 3061, thence by the road to New Brighton to
its junction with the North Avon Road; thence towards the
north-east by the said North Avon Road to the Racecourse
Road; and thence towards the west by the said Racecourse
Road, passing Sections Nos. 4665, 6385, 7196, and 6856, to
the road forming the northern boundary of the last-men-
tioned section aforesaid: including that portion of Section
No. 460 to the eastward of the present channel of the Avon
River.

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
nineteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

J. CARROLL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Setting apart Land in the Canterbury Land District for
Leasing as Small Grazing-runs.

(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 lands 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.

Mackenzie County.

Section. Survey District. Block. Area.
36458 { Burke IV. A. R. P.
Tengawai I. 932 0 0
36461 { Burke VIII., XII. 1,093 0 0
Tengawai V.
36462 { Burke XII. 1,200 0 0 .
Tengawai IX.
36463 { Burke XII., XVI. 1,400 0 0
Tengawai IX., XIII.
36464, { Burke XII. 3,057 0 0
36465 { Tengawai V., IX.

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 December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ERRATUM.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 1, page 34, of the 7th January, 1897, in notice of laying-off of a road over
Native land in Rotoma Survey District, for “the Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, in the Wellington
Land District,” read “the Lands and Survey Department, Auckland, in the Auckland Land District.”

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🏘️ Proclamation of New Brighton as a Borough

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
19 December 1896
Borough, Proclamation, New Brighton, Selwyn County, Municipal Corporations Act
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • J. Carroll

🗺️ Land Set Aside for Small Grazing-runs

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
21 December 1896
Land, Grazing-runs, Proclamation, Mackenzie County, Canterbury Land District
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

📰 Correction to Previous Gazette Notice

📰 NZ Gazette
Errata, Correction, Gazette Notice, Rotoma Survey District