Proclamations and Land Notices




NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. VIII. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1864. No. 325.


PROCLAMATION.

Cancellation of License to Depasture Stock on certain Waste Lands of the Crown.

By the Honorable John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS on the fifteenth day of September, 1863, I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in the exercise of the powers to me delegated in that behalf, did, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, constitute and appoint a certain portion of the Province of Otago to be a Gold Field, under the provisions of the "Gold Fields’ Act, 1862," under the name of the Dunstan Gold Field, and the limits of which Gold Field I did, in and by the said Proclamation, define;

AND WHEREAS the lands hereinafter described are Crown Lands, and are now or lately were held and occupied, with other lands, by Watson Shennan, Esquire, for depasturing purposes, under a license numbered 21, and are within the limits of the said Gold Field;

AND WHEREAS I, under the powers in that behalf delegated to me, have determined to cancel the said license as to such of those lands held under the said license as are within the area hereinafter described;

Now THEREFORE I, John Hyde Harris, the Superintendent of the said Province, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority delegated to me in this behalf under the "Gold Fields’ Act, 1862," Cancel and declare to be Cancelled the said license numbered 21, over the lands hereinafter described, that is to say,

All that area containing by admeasurement two thousand and fifty (2050) acres, more or less, situate in the north-eastern District of the Province of Otago, bounded towards the north-west by a line parallel to the north-western boundary of the township of Alexandra, distant therefrom three thousand two hundred and fifty (3250) links, and extending from the Clutha River, above the said township, to the Manuherikia River, thirty-six thousand seven hundred and forty-five (36,745) links; towards the east by the Manuherikia River, fifteen thousand two hundred (15,200) links, be the same more or less; towards the south-east by Crown Lands, fifteen thousand one hundred (15,100) links, be the same more or less, also by the Town Belt of Alexandra and a Cemetery Reserve, eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty (11,850) links; and towards the south-west by the Clutha River, three thousand seven hundred (3700) links, be the same more or less, also by the Town Belt of Alexandra and a Cemetery Reserve, five thousand and fifty (5050) links.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

J. Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
James Paterson,
Provincial Secretary.


PROCLAMATION.

Reserving and Withdrawing for the purposes of Sale certain Waste Lands of the Crown of the Province of Otago.

By the Honorable John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the Lands hereinafter described should be reserved and withdrawn for the purposes of sale,

Now THEREFORE I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that I do Reserve and Withdraw for the purposes of sale the Lands hereinafter described, that is to say,

All that area containing by admeasurement two thousand and fifty (2050) acres, more or less, situate in the north-eastern district of the Province of Otago, bounded towards the north-west by a line parallel to the north-western boundary of the...



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🗺️ Cancellation of License to Depasture Stock on Crown Lands

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 October 1864
License cancellation, Depasturing, Crown Lands, Dunstan Gold Field, Otago
  • Watson Shennan (Esquire), Holder of canceled depasturing license

  • John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago
  • James Paterson, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Reserving and Withdrawing Crown Lands for Sale

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 October 1864
Land reservation, Crown Lands, Sale, Otago
  • John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago