Proclamations and Land Notices




PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," it is enacted that it should be lawful for the Superintendent of any Province, by Proclamation published in the Government Gazette of such Province, to declare that any complete parts of the several parts of the said Act numbered from two to twenty-two inclusive, as he should consider applicable, should extend and be applied to any city, town, or place in such Province incorporated at the time of the passing of the said Act under any Act or Ordinance of the Legislature of such Province, and in such Proclamation to fix a time at which such parts or any of them should extend to any such city, town, or place:

And whereas the Incorporated Town of Lawrence, in the Province of Otago, was at the time of the passing of the said "Municipal Corporations Act, 1867" a town or place incorporated under an Ordinance of the Legislature of the Province of Otago, intituled "The Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance 1855" extended by another Ordinance of the Legislature of the said Province, intituled "An Ordinance to Amend the Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance 1855"

And whereas it is expedient that the several parts of the said Act which are hereinafter mentioned and enumerated should be extended and applied to the said Incorporated Town of Lawrence:

Now, therefore, I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, and in exercise and pursuance of the power vested in me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the twenty-fourth day of July instant the complete part of the several parts of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," numbered

d

Government of Boroughs and Bye-Laws;

shall extend and be applied to the said Incorporated Town of Lawrence.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, in the said Province, this tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

(L.S.) J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command—
JULIUS VOGEL,
Provincial Secretary.


NOTICE

Of certain Lands in the Province of Otago, having been reserved for Educational purposes.

By His Honor James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS the Provincial Council of Otago have, under and by virtue of Section 62 of "The Otago Waste Lands Act, 1866," recommended that the lands hereinafter described should be reserved from sale, and set aside for, and appropriated to, the establishment and maintenance of a University in the City of Dunedin, and of Public Schools in different parts of the Province of Otago, and for the general advancement of education in the said Province, and it is expedient that the said lands should be so reserved for that purpose:

Now, therefore, I, James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me in this behalf do hereby publish and declare that I have made and dedicated the lands hereinafter described for the purpose of the establishment and maintenance of a University in the City of Dunedin, and of public Schools in different parts of the Province of Otago, and for the general advancement of education in the said Province, that is to say—

All that area in the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement two hundred and twenty-eight (228) acres, two (2) roods, and sixteen (16) poles, more or less, situate in the Glenkenich District, being sections numbered respectively twenty-eight (28), thirty (30), thirty-six (36), and thirty-seven (37), Block Eleven (XI), on the map of the said district, bounded towards the north north-west by a road line one thousand three hundred and fifty-one (1351) links, and four thousand and fifty-five (4055) links; towards the north-east by a road line three thousand one hundred and thirty (3130) links; towards the east by a road line two thousand three hundred (2300) links; towards the south by sections numbered respectively 38 and 43, three thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine (3759) links, also by section numbered 27, three thousand and seventy-five (3075) links; and towards the west by the said section numbered 27, eight hundred and thirty-three (833) links, also by a road line three thousand one hundred and fifty-eight (3158) links.

Also, all that area in the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement thirteen (13) acres, (3) roods, and twenty-four (24) poles, more or less, situate in the Glenkenich District, being section numbered seventeen (17), Block Thirteen (XIII), on the map of the said district, bounded towards the north by section numbered 62, nine hundred and eleven (911) links; towards the east north-east by a road line eight hundred and thirty (830) links; towards the east south-east by a road line one thousand one hundred and thirty-nine (1139) links, and ninety (90) links; towards the south by a road line seven hundred and twenty (720) links; and towards the west by section numbered 16, two thousand (2000) links.

Also, all that area in the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement ten (10) acres, more or less, situate in the Akatore District, being section numbered thirty-eight (38) Block One (I), on the map of the said district, bounded towards the north by section numbered 33, nine hundred and sixty (960) links; towards the east by a road line one thousand one hundred and ninety (1190) links; towards the south by a road line seven hundred and seventy (870) links; and towards the west by the said section numbered 33, one thousand and ninety (1090) links.

Also, all that area in the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement one (1) acre and one (1) rood, more or less, situate in the Town-Belt of Tapanui, being sections numbered respectively eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), and twelve (12), Block Five (V), on the map of the said Town, bounded towards the north by Crown Lands, five hundred (500) links; towards the east by York-street, two hundred and fifty (250) links; towards the south by Norwood-street, five hundred (500) links; and towards the west by Lincoln-street, two hundred and fifty (250) links.

Dated this 10th day of July, 1868.

(L.S.) J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.



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🏛️ Proclamation extending Municipal Corporations Act to Lawrence

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
10 July 1868
Proclamation, Municipal Corporations Act, Lawrence, Otago
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago
  • Julius Vogel, Provincial Secretary

🎓 Notice of lands reserved for educational purposes

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
10 July 1868
Land reservation, Education, University, Public Schools, Dunedin, Otago
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago