✨ Land Reservations and Place Name Change
Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1779
Lands temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Auckland, Wellington, and Marlborough.
RANFURLY, Governor.
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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, 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 Auckland, Wellington, and Marlborough 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. | Block. | Area. | ||
| Auckland .. | Parish of Koma-korau | 242 | .. | A. R. P. 5 2 0 | Public cemetery | 39101 |
| " .. | Village of Upper Tuakau | 7 | .. | 2 1 23 | Railway purposes | 38406 |
| Wellington | Town of Ohakune.. | 1, 2, 3, 4 | .. | 1 0 0 | Public-school site | 39114 |
| " | Suburbs of Ohakune | 38, 39 | .. | 12 2 14 | " | " |
| " | Village of Torere .. | 49 | .. | 5 2 22 | Primary education | 39113 |
| " | Rangitoto S.D. .. | 45 | XV. | 2 0 0 | Gravel reserve | 39112 |
| " | " .. | 46 | " | 2 0 0 | " | " |
| " | " .. | 47 | " | 1 0 0 | " | " |
| " | Village of Tutaekara | 52 | .. | 0 2 16 | Public-school site | 39108 |
| " | Mangahao S.D. | .. | XIV. | } | Public cemetery | " |
| " | Suburbs of Makuri | 146 | .. | 7 0 10 | Site for reservoir | " |
| " | " | 151 | .. | 11 1 18 | Gravel reserve | 39107 |
| " | Waitohu S.D. .. | 31 | VII. | 3 2 21 | " | " |
| " | Kaitawa S.D. .. | 55 | X. | 2 2 0 | " | " |
| " | " .. | 8 | XII. | 4 3 12 | Public-school site | " |
| " | Waiopenu S.D. .. | 1 | XIII. | 5 2 0 | " | " |
| " | Town of Shannon .. | 703 (Buckley Square) | .. | 5 3 0 | Public recreation-ground | " |
| " | Akatarawa S.D. .. | 14 | IX. | 20 3 0 | Gravel reserve | 38809 |
| " | Sub’s of Pohangina | 5 | .. | 3 2 4 | Rubbish depot | 39195 |
| " | " | 10 | .. | 1 3 28 | Public cemetery | " |
| " | Forirus District—{ | Lots 2 and 3 of Sections 1 and 2 | XI. | 31 1 0 | Public domain | 36693 |
| " | Belmont S.D. | |||||
| Marlborough | Hautapu S.D. .. | 12 | XV. | 100 3 0 | Preservation of scenery and forest | 39254 |
| " | Gore S.D. .. | 5 | VII. | 3 0 0 | Public-school site | 39207 |
| " | " .. | 6 | " | 3 0 0 | Public landing-place | " |
| " | " .. | 16, 17 | " | 6 0 0 | Resting-place for travelling stock | " |
| " | " .. | 1 | VIII. | 3 0 0 | Public-school site | " |
| " | Arapawa S.D. .. | 25 | I. | 3 0 0 | " | " |
| " | Gore S.D. .. | 10 | XII. | 3 0 0 | " | " |
| " | " .. | 11 | XI. | 3 1 0 | Public landing-place | " |
| " | " .. | 5 | " | 3 1 0 | Resting-place for travelling stock | " |
| " | " .. | 3 | X. | 3 0 0 | Public-school site | " |
| " | " .. | 17 | VI. | 3 0 0 | Resting-place for travelling stock | " |
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.
Altering the Name of the Town of Birmingham.
(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in the colony:
And whereas the Kiwitea County Council has requested that the present name of “Birmingham,” within the County of Kiwitea, be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with such request:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Township of Birmingham, in the County of Kiwitea aforesaid, shall, on and after the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Kimbolton,” and the name of the said Township of Birmingham is hereby altered accordingly.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
R. J. SEDDON.
Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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NZ Gazette 1898, No 79
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🗺️ Temporary reservation of Crown lands in Auckland, Wellington, and Marlborough for public purposes
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey31 October 1898
Crown land, Temporary reserve, Public cemetery, Railway, School site, Gravel reserve, Recreation ground, Rubbish depot, Scenic preservation
- Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
- John McKenzie, Minister of Lands
🏛️ Proclamation altering the name of the township of Birmingham to Kimbolton
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration1 August 1898
Place name change, Township, Birmingham, Kimbolton, Kiwitea County, Proclamation
- Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
- R. J. Seddon
- J. F. Andrews, Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council