New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 11

Page 551

✨ Land Reservations for Education

Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 551

Lands reserved as Endowments for Educational Purposes.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” the reserves enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto were temporarily reserved as endowments for educational purposes as specified in the second column of the said Schedule, upon the respective dates specified in the third column, and severally set opposite the respective descriptions of the said reserves:

And whereas notices of such reservations were laid upon the table of each House of the General Assembly: And whereas the two Houses have passed resolutions, upon the dates specified in the fourth column, approving, in terms of the two-hundred-and thirty-eighth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” of the lands being permanently set aside as endowments for educational purposes:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by “The Land Act, 1892,” do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be reserved as endowments for educational purposes as specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
Locality.	Section.	Block.	Area.

Auckland Land District.

Waimana Parish .. 364 .. 341 0 0 Primary-education endowment 29th April, 1907 ..
Whareorino Survey District 2 VIII 448 0 0 Ditto .. 30th October, 1907
" 6 V 860 0 0 " .. "
Taupiri Parish .. 506 .. 462 0 0 " .. "
Rangaroa Village .. 18 IV 9 3 30 " .. "
Awakino North Survey District 2 X 125 1 0 " .. "
Te Kuri Survey District .. 16 III 20 0 0 " .. "
Rotorua Survey District .. 16 IV 570 0 0 " .. "
" .. 6 and 9 VI 1,003 0 0 " .. "
Rotoma Survey District .. 6 VIII 1,121 3 0 " .. "
Waioeka Survey District .. 3 XI 590 0 0 " .. "
Tutamoe Survey District .. 13 III 1,178 2 16 " .. "
" .. 3 XII 397 3 32 " .. "
Punakitere Survey District 3 XIV 398 0 0 " .. "
Waitoa Survey District .. 2 V 520 0 0 " .. "
Waihi South Survey District 1 X 2,020 0 0 " .. "
Whangape Survey District 45 III 309 3 20 " .. "
Takahue Survey District .. 28 VI 34 2 4 " .. "
Tarawera Survey District .. 4 XIII 55 0 33 " .. "
Rangaunu Survey District 1 " 202 0 0 " .. "
Piako Survey District .. 4 XVI 477 0 27 " .. "
Pirongia Survey District .. 4 XV 100 0 0 " .. "
Maungamangero Survey District 13A VII 192 0 0 " .. "
Ditto .. .. .. 28 " 207 1 0 " .. "
" .. .. .. 16 XVI 37 2 14 " .. "

Resolutions of the Legislative Council dated 7th August and 18th November, 1907, and resolution of the House of Representatives dated 22nd November, 1907.

Taranaki Land District.

Aria Survey District .. 21 XV 639 0 0 Primary-education endowment 1st February, 1907
Ohura Survey District .. 24 XIII 352 2 0 Ditto .. "
" .. 25 " 258 0 0 " .. "
Opaku Survey District .. 9 VIII 732 0 0 " .. "
Waro Survey District .. 1 XVI 404 0 0 " .. "
Totoro Survey District .. 13 XI 302 0 0 " .. 21st September, 1907
Opaku Survey District .. 9 and 15 XV 10 1 25 University-education endowment 23rd October, 1907

Wellington Land District.

Ngamatea Survey District 1A XIII 270 0 0 Primary-education endowment 15th December, 1906
Waiouru Township (suburban) 8 III 1 0 0 Ditto .. 6th June, 1907 ..
Waiouru Township .. 6 V 0 1 0 " .. "
Kaitieke Survey District .. 1 II 1,365 0 0 " .. 3rd August, 1907 ..
" .. 5 V 1,065 2 0 " .. "

Nelson Land District.

Wakapuaka Survey District 3A (Square No. 23) VI 29 0 24 Primary-education endowment 14th September, 1906
Otumahana Survey District 16 I 500 0 0 Ditto .. 27th March, 1907
Inangahua Survey District 38 V 176 0 7 " .. 10th April, 1907 ..
Rahu Survey District .. { 10 XV } 1,125 0 0 " .. "
3 XVI

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 Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1908, No 11

After a massive fire destoyed the wooden Parliament complex in 1907, Old Government House (depicted) became the seat of Parliament until 1918. Demolished in 1969 to make way for the Beehive.

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🗺️ Lands Reserved as Endowments for Educational Purposes

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated6 February 1908
KeywordsLand reservation, Education endowment, Primary education, University education, Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson
👩‍💼 Officials

Plunket, Governor
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 Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies
Robert McNab, Minister of Lands

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