Land Proclamations




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 91

Land set apart for Settlement.

(l.s.)

RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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.

PUHI PUHI BLOCK.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 24,800 acres, more or less, situated in Mount Fyffe, Kaitarau, and Puhipuhi Survey Districts. Bounded towards the north by Waipapa Run; towards the south-east by Native Reserve A; towards the south generally by Crown land, the Puhipuhi and Clinton Streams, and the Kaitao Block; towards the west by the western boundary of Mount Fyffe Survey District and its production to the summit of the Seaward Kaikoura Range; and towards the north-west by the said summit: as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 40072, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with blue.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Settlement.

(l.s.)

RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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.

PURIRI BLOCK.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, being Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Block IX., and Section No. 1 of Block X., both of Rangiriri Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1,856 acres and 21 perches, more or less; as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 38951, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart as Village-homestead Allotments in the Canterbury Land District.

(l.s.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the allotments of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for lease as village-homestead allotments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Section. Block. Area.
A. R. P.
36487 X. 47 0 0
4 XI. 4 3 28
5 XV. 20 0 0

Shepherd’s Bush Survey District.

Orari Township.

Waimate Survey District.

Reserve 1126.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Setting apart Land in Otago for Leasing as a Small Grazing-run under “The Land Act, 1892.”

(l.s.)

RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—MANIOTOTO COUNTY.

Section. Block. Survey District. Area.
30 III. Maniototo .. A. R. P.
152 0 32

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!



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🗺️ Puhi Puhi Block set apart for settlement

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
17 December 1898
Land settlement, Proclamation, Marlborough Land District, Mount Fyffe, Kaitarau, Puhipuhi
  • Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Puriri Block set apart for settlement

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
17 December 1898
Land settlement, Proclamation, Auckland Land District, Rangiriri Survey District, Crown land
  • Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Village-homestead allotments set apart in Canterbury

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
17 December 1898
Village-homestead, Lease, Canterbury Land District, Shepherd’s Bush, Orari Township
  • Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Land in Otago set apart for small grazing-run leasing

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
17 December 1898
Small grazing-run, Leasing, Otago Land District, Maniototo County, Land Act 1892
  • Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands