New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 62

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✨ Crown Land Proclamation

Num. 62.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1900.

Native Lands acquired by Her Majesty declared to be Crown Lands.

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and fifty of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that whenever the Governor is satisfied that any Native lands acquired by Her Majesty in any way, or purchased out of any sums authorised or to be authorised to be issued and expended in the purchase of lands in the North Island of New Zealand, are free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, he shall, by Proclamation, declare such lands to be Crown lands, subject to be sold and dealt with as in the said Act is more particularly mentioned: And whereas the lands hereinafter mentioned have been purchased out of sums so authorised to be issued and expended as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, being satisfied that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are free from Native claims, and all difficulties in connection therewith, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, proclaim and declare the lands so enumerated as aforesaid to be Crown lands, subject to be sold and dealt with according to the provisions of the laws regulating the sale and disposal of Crown lands in force in the land districts in which they are respectively situated.

SCHEDULE.

Names of Blocks.	Area.	Survey Districts.	Number of Map, and District Lands and Survey Office in which deposited.	Deed.
				Number.
1. Utakura No. 1B No. 1	215 2 0	Mangamuka and Omapere	6562¹	3284
2. Ruatahi No. 1	847 1 13	Opuawhanga	314A	3280
3. Ketetangariki A	570 0 0	Tutamoe	4827A	3281
4. Te Karaka	83 0 0	Russell	6582	3282
5. Oteao No. 4A	175 0 0	Whitianga	3689A	3242
6. Tutukau East A	2,000 0 0	Tatua	5504A	3283
7. Puketarata No. 2D Reserve	30 1 13	Puniu	6157P	3285
8. Horowhenua No. 3E No. 5	835 1 32	Waiopehu	W.D. 1136	812
9. Horowhenua No. 6C	100 0 0	Waiopehu	1052 over 17	813
10. Waimarino No. 7	950 0 0	Piopiotea	W.D. 1370	814

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 eleventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ERRATUM.—In the introductory notice, dated the 27th June, to the special order of the Featherston Road Board, published in New Zealand Gazette No. 56, page 1239, of the 28th June, for the words “Result of Poll for Proposed Loan,” in the italic heading, read “Special Order made by”; for the word “Notice,” in the first line, read “Special Order”; and for the words “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” in the last line, read “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1900, No 62

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🗺️ Proclamation declaring Native Lands acquired by Her Majesty to be Crown Lands

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated11 July 1900
KeywordsCrown Lands, Native Lands, Proclamation, Land Act 1892, Survey Districts, Auckland, Wellington
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands

🏘️ Erratum correcting heading and text in previous Gazette notice regarding Featherston Road Board

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsErratum, Featherston Road Board, Local Bodies’ Loans Act, Road Boards Act 1882, Gazette correction

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