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New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 37

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✨ Land Reservations and Sales

May 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 869

Lands temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly appointed Deputy, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Land Districts of Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, and opposite the descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

First Column.	Second Column.	Record Number.
DESCRIPTION OF RESERVES.	Purpose for which Land reserved.
Land District.	Locality.	Section.

Wellington	Town of Raetihi ..	211
Canterbury	Town of Ashburton	298 X (in red)
"	Albury Settlement—
"	Tengawai S.D. ..	3246
"	" ..	3247
"	" ..	3248
"	" ..	3249
"	Opawa S.D. ..	3250
"	" ..	3251
"	Tengawai S.D. ..	"
"	Opawa S.D. ..	3252
"	" ..	3253
"	Tengawai S.D. ..	3254
"	Opawa S.D. ..	3255
"	Tengawai S.D. ..	3256
"	Opawa S.D. ..	3257
"	Tengawai S.D. ..	3258
"	" ..	3259
"	" ..	3260
"	" ..	3261
Otago ..	Rimu S.D. ..	16 "
" ..	Dunback S.D. (Makareao Estate)	16
Southland	Town of East Gore	15

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly appointed Deputy, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1898, No 37

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Temporary Reservation of Crown Lands for Public Purposes

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated5 May 1898
KeywordsLand reservation, Public recreation, Coal mine, School site, Gravel pit, Water supply, Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, Southland
👩‍💼 Officials

Ranfurly, Governor
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, Deputy
John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Rural Lands in Southland Land District Open for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated5 May 1898
KeywordsLand sale, Land selection, Southland, Cash price, Lease in perpetuity, Occupation with right of purchase, Mineral lease
👩‍💼 Officials

Ranfurly, Governor
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, Deputy

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