New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 62

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✨ Land Proclamation

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908.

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

(r.s.)

PLUNKET, 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 the Crown in any way, or purchased out of any sums 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 in accordance with the provisions of clause twenty of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” the lands hereinafter mentioned have been purchased out of sums authorised to be issued and expended as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion 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.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Block.	Area.	Survey District.	Land District.	Deed No.
Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 3D No. 1	A. R. P.	Aria	Taranaki	403.
" No. 37A	542 1 2	Pahi, Ongarue, Mapara, Tangitu	"	404.
" No. 57A	2,349 1 22	Mapara, Totoro	"	405.
" No. 611, Section 1	4,547 2 0	Totoro	"	406.
" No. 77A No. 2, Section A	400 0 0	Tangitu, Mapara	"	407.
	14,602 0 0

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 fifth day of August, 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 62

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🗺️ Proclamation declaring Native lands acquired by the Crown to be Crown lands.

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated5 August 1908
KeywordsNative lands, Crown lands, Land Act 1892, Maori Land Settlement Act 1905, Taranaki, Aria, Ongarue, Mapara, Totoro, Tangitu
👩‍💼 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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