New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 82

Page 2843

✨ Native Land Declarations

SEPT. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2843

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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, and by “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” proclaim and declare the lands so enumerated as aforesaid to be Crown lands, subject to be sold and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

Name of Block.	Area.	Survey District.	Land District.	Deed No.
Te Akau “C” .. ..	A. 13,494 0 0	Parish of Tainui .. ..	Auckland ..	3604.
Kapuarangi No. 1 West ..	11,474 2 0	Tokata, Waiawa, and Waiawa East ..	Auckland ..	3609.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Native Lands taken for the Purposes of a Road in Mangatu No. 1 Block, Blocks V, VI, X, and XI, Mangatu Survey District.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of August, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a public work, to wit, for the purposes of a road in the Mangatu Block No. 1, Blocks V, VI, X, and XI, Mangatu Survey District:

And whereas the said lands are held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, as required by the eighty-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-ninth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the lands shown upon the map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said road; and the said lands shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the nineteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

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SCHEDULE.

Approximate Area of the Parcels of Land taken.	Being Portion of	Situated in Block	Situated in Survey District of	Shown on Plan	Coloured on Plan
A. R. P.
21 1 37	Section 3 of Subdivision 4 .. ..	XI	Mangatu ..	R. 8938	Red.
12 1 12	Section 0 of Subdivision 4 .. ..	“	“ ..	“	Raw sienna.
18 3 22	Lot 4 of Subdivision 1 .. ..	X and XI	“ ..	R. 8938A	Red.
24 3 27	Lot 6 of Subdivision 1 .. ..	X	“ ..	“	Raw sienna.
14 1 24	Lot 1 of Subdivision 1 .. ..	V, VI, X	“ ..	“	Red.
3 0 0	Lot 7 of Subdivision 1 .. ..	V	“ ..	“	Raw sienna.

All in the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1907, No 82

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Native Lands Acquired by His Majesty Declared to be Crown Lands

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated13 September 1907
KeywordsNative land, Crown land declaration, Land Act 1892, Maori Land Settlement Act 1905
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
Robert McNab, Minister of Lands

🪶 Native Lands taken for the Purposes of a Road in Mangatu No. 1 Block, Blocks V, VI, X, and XI, Mangatu Survey District

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated23 August 1907
KeywordsLand acquisition, Public works, Road construction, Mangatu Survey District
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council

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