✨ Land Reservations and Borough Name Change
APRIL 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 831
Lands temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of 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, 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 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. | Block. | Area. | ||
| A. R. P. | ||||||
| Wellington | Tiriraukawa S.D. . . | 2 | IX. | 1 0 0 | For deposit of road-material . . | 40084 |
| " | " | 21 | V. | 1 0 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 22 | IV. | 10 2 32 | " | " |
| " | " | 15 | VIII. | 3 0 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 10 | III. | 10 0 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 61 | V. | 10 0 0 | Gravel . . . . | " |
| " | Makotuku S.D. . . | 14 | VI. | 1 1 0 | For roadman’s hut . . | 40226 |
| " | " | 28 | " | 1 0 0 | For deposit of road-material . . | " |
| " | " | 5 | V. | 2 2 23 | " | " |
| " | Manganui S.D. . . | 1 | IX. | 2 0 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 13 | XIII. | 8 1 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 31 | XIV. | 5 0 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 32 | " | 2 0 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 33 | " | 0 0 4 | " | " |
| " | " | 34 | " | 0 0 22 | " | " |
| " | " | 9 | XV. | 4 0 0 | Gravel . . . . | " |
| " | " | 24 | XI. | 135 0 0 | Preservation of forest and scenery | " |
| " | " | 11 | XIII. | 5 1 0 | Bridge . . . . | " |
| " | " | 21 | " | 11 0 0 | Acclimatisation . . | " |
| " | " | 14 | " | 4 2 0 | Resting-place for travelling stock | " |
| " | " | 24 | XIV. | 6 1 20 | Public-school site . . | " |
| " | Town of Waverley | 117, 118 | .. | 2 0 0 | " | 40347 |
| " | Akatarawa S.D. . . | 2A | XV. | 2 2 0 | " | 40334 |
| " | " | 4 | III. | 4 2 0 | " | " |
| " | Apiti S.D. . . | 45 | XVI. | 0 3 0 | Gravel reserve . . | 40472 |
| " | " | 41 | " | 0 3 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 28 | XII. | 3 3 0 | " | " |
| " | " | 45 | IV. | 0 3 7 | " | " |
| " | " | 44 | " | 5 0 0 | Public-school site . . | " |
| Canterbury | Town of Mackenzie | 8 | XXV. | 0 1 0 | Police buildings and purposes . . | 17883 |
| Otago . . | Nevis S.D. . . | 12 | III. | 1 0 0 | Public cemetery . . | 40307 |
| " . . | Tuapeka East S.D. | 140 | XIX. | 6 1 16 | Site for reservoir . . | 40083 |
| " . . | Town of Naseby . . | 193 | I. | 0 0 34 | Site for fire-brigade station . . | 40091 |
| " . . | Town of Kelso . . | 1 | VII. | 0 2 37 | Addition to the Agricultural Show grounds, Kelso | 14294 |
| Southland. . | Centre Hill S.D. . . | 12 | III. | 11 0 0 | Public cemetery . . | 39582 |
| " . . | Town of Mataura Bridge | 8 | X. | 0 0 38 | Municipal purposes . . | 39519 |
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.
Altering the Name of the Borough of Newton.
(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 Newton Borough Council has requested that the present name of “Newton” 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 Borough of Newton aforesaid shall, on and after the sixteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Grey Lynn,” and the name of the said Borough of Newton 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 sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
W. C. WALKER.
Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !
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NZ Gazette 1899, No 35
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- Ranfurly, Governor
- James Prendergast, Deputy
- William Hall-Jones, For Minister of Lands
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- Ranfurly, Governor
- W. C. Walker
- Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council