Land Reservations




Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 647

Lands temporarily reserved in the Land District of Taranaki.

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 District of Taranaki 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.
Taranaki .. Mahoe S.D. .. 57 and 169
" .. " .. 63
" .. Pouatu S.D. .. 105
" .. " .. 54
" .. " .. 35
" .. Omona S.D. .. { 1 1 }
" .. Opaku S.D. .. 8

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Auckland, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, 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 powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Land Districts of Auckland, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, being Section 28 of Block X., Waipoua Survey District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road, 244·5, 97·3, 204·3, 78, 224·4, 148·3, 124·8, 94·5, 80·1, 227, 370·3, and 198 links; towards the south-west by a public road, 88·4, 574·8, 202·1, 386·7, and 224·5 links; and towards the west by a line, 772·1 links. Site for a public cemetery.

NELSON.

All that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 27 perches, more or less, being Section No. 263, Town of Millerton. Bounded towards the north and north-east by the Westport Coal Company’s tramway reserve, 487 links and 541 links respectively; towards the south-east by a public road, 23 links; and towards the south-west by Section 142, Millerton, 949 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Nelson. For a public recreation-ground.

MARLBOROUGH.

All that parcel of land in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 51 acres, more or less, being Section No. 7, Block VIII., Wakamarina Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Small Grazing-run No. 150, 3507·1 links; towards the east by Section No. 8, 1823·8 links; towards the south by Section No. 18, scenic reserve, 4652·4 links, and towards the west by Section No. 5, 1598·8 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Blenheim. For the preservation of scenery.

CANTERBURY.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing 17 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 3501, Block II., Arowhenua Survey District, Bounded towards the north by Reserve 881; towards the east by the bridge over the Opihi River on the Main Road; and towards the south-west by the River Opihi: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch. For river and bridge protective purposes.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 13 acres 3 roods, more or less, situate in Block VI., Halswell Survey District, being a strip of land 200 links wide extending in a north-westerly direction from the western side of the road forming the eastern boundary of Section 3700 to the eastern side of the road reserved along the Halswell River; the said parcel of land being bounded on the north by Sections 1429, 3695, and 13589, and on the south by Sections 804 and 3700. For the conservation of flax and for forest-plantation purposes.

OTAGO.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres, more or less, being Section No. 8, Block II., Sutton Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 4 of same block and district, 1256 links; towards the east by a road-line, 1329 links; towards the south by Section 3 of Block I. of same district, 717½ links; and towards the west by said Section No. 4, 1216 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin. For a public-school site.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, Block LXXIII., Town of Kaitangata. Bounded towards the north by Wyre Street, 200 links; towards the east by sections numbered 5 and 20 of same block, 501 links; towards the south by Market Street, 200 links; and towards the west by Salcombe Street, 501 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin. For police purposes.

SOUTHLAND.

All that parcel of land in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres and 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 234, Wairio Survey District. Bounded towards the east and north-east, 340 links, 779 links, and 1233 links respectively, by a public road; towards the south-west, 160 links, by Section No. 3 in the said district; and towards the west by Wairio Stream: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Invercargill. For a gravel reserve.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.



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