New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 7

Page 177

✨ Land Reservations

Jan. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 177

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

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, Taranaki, Wellington, 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.
Auckland ..	Onewhero S.D. ..	8
" ..	" ..	7
" ..	" ..	12
" ..	Awakino North S.D.	26
" ..	" ..	21
" ..	Onewhero S.D. ..	5
" ..	Otai Parish ..	67
" ..	Maramarua S.D. ..	9,10
" ..	Onewhero S.D. ..	11
" ..	Awakino North S.D.	23
" ..	" ..	39
" ..	Village of Awakino	48
" ..	" ..	56
" ..	Onewhero S.D. ..	4A
" ..	Maramarua S.D. ..	13
" ..	Kawakawa S.D. ..	18
" ..	Tarawera S.D. ..	5
Taranaki ..	Mimi S.D. ..	24
" ..	Whangamomona Town	8
" ..	Ditto .. ..	16
Wellington..	Mangawhero S.D..	50
" ..	" ..	50A
" ..	Puketoi S.D. ..	12
" ..	" ..	14
" ..	Tiriraukawa S.D..	2
" ..	Hautapu S.D. ..	12
" ..	Ongo S.D. ..	31
" ..	" ..	1
" ..	Ruahine S.D. ..	17
" ..	Makuri S.D. ..	50
" ..	" ..	67A
" ..	" ..	48
" ..	" ..	49
" ..	" ..	57
" ..	" ..	40
" ..	" ..	43
" ..	" ..	45
" ..	" ..	74
" ..	" ..	77
" ..	" ..	10
" ..	" ..	68
" ..	" ..	26
" ..	" ..	27
" ..	" ..	28
Otago ..	Maruwenua S.D.	51
Southland ..	Limehills Town ..	1
" ..	East Winton Town	31
" ..	" ..	13

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands permanently reserved.

RANFURLY, Governor.

And whereas by the two-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section may, at the expiration of one month but not later than six months after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas the lands specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto were, by the warrant the date of which is specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and the notification of which was published in the Gazette specified in the fourth column, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Act for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule:

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1899, No 7

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🗺️ Temporary Reservation of Crown Lands for Public Purposes in Multiple Land Districts

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated20 January 1899
KeywordsLand Reservation, Temporary Reserve, Public Cemetery, School Site, Education, Recreation Ground, Forest Preservation, Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Otago, Southland
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Permanent Reservation of Previously Temporarily Reserved Crown Lands

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated20 January 1899
KeywordsLand Reservation, Permanent Reserve, Temporary Reserve, Land Act 1892, Crown Lands
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor

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