Provincial Proclamations




Crown Lands of the same class not within a Gold Field and it shall not be necessary to withdraw lands from the operation of the said Act for the purposes aforesaid: And whereas at the date of the passing of the “Gold Fields Act 1866” all Depasturing Licences hitherto existing over the Crown Lands specified in the Schedule hereto have been cancelled: And whereas the Executive Government of the Province of Otago have determined to open up for sale the Crown Lands specified in the Schedule hereto in sections of the size and form in which the same have already been surveyed and as the same are now laid off and delineated in the maps of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Otago relative thereto: Now therefore His Honor James Macandrew Superintendent of the Province of Otago by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province doth hereby by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to the Executive Government of the said Province in this behalf by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand in Council under the authority of the “Gold Fields Act Amendment Act 1867” and of any and every other power in anywise enabling the said Executive Government in this behalf proclaim and declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the Crown Lands specified in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale in sections of the size and form in which such lands have already been surveyed and as the same are now laid off and delineated on the map in the Office of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Otago relative thereto.

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO:

All that area in the Province of Otago containing by admeasurement nine acres two roods and thirty-seven poles more or less situate in Tuapeka East District being sections numbered 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -22 block ten (X) on the map of the said district.

Alex. Willis,
Clerk to the Executive Council.


PROCLAMATION
Varying the Boundaries of the Road District of Waiwera.

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

WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, intituled the “Otago Roads Ordinance 1865,” it is amongst other things enacted that until otherwise provided, pursuant to the provisions of the said Ordinance, there should be sixty-one districts, which should be named as specified in the Schedule to the said Ordinance annexed, marked B: And it is also by the said Ordinance provided, that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, from time to time, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to alter, vary, diminish, or enlarge the boundaries of any or all of such districts: And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of the Waiwera Road District, in manner and as described in Schedule hereto: Now therefore I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of said Province, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, do hereby proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the said Waiwera Road District shall, from the day of the date hereof, be altered, and that the boundaries of the said District shall henceforth be as described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Waiwera Road District.

All that area in the Province of Otago and Colony of New Zealand, bounded on the north by the Main South Road to the Waiwera River; thence on the west by the Waiwera River to the boundary of the Hundreds; south by the boundary of the Hundreds; and east by the western side of section 12, block III, Warepa Survey District; thence to the south-east angle of section 10, block CLV, Clutha Survey District, and continuing the east boundary of section 10 to its junction with the Main South Road.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, this 7th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

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


PROCLAMATION
Varying the Boundaries of the Road District of Te Houka.

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

WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, intituled the “Otago Roads Ordinance 1865,” it is amongst other things enacted that until otherwise provided, pursuant to the provisions of the said Ordinance, there should be sixty-one districts, which should be named as specified in the Schedule to the said Ordinance annexed, marked B: And it is also by the said Ordinance provided, that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, from time to time, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to alter, vary, diminish, or enlarge the boundaries of any or all of such districts: And whereas it is expedient to alter and enlarge the boundaries of the Te Houka Road District, in manner and as described in Schedule hereto: Now therefore I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of said Province, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, do hereby proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the said Te Houka Road District shall, from the day of the date hereof, be altered, and that the boundaries of the said District shall henceforth be as described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Te Houka Road District.

All that area in the Province of Otago, and Colony of New Zealand, bounded on the north-east by the Clutha River, from the confluence of the Waiwera Stream to the Main South Road; south by the Main South Road to the Waiwera River; thence by the Waiwera River to the boundary of the Hundreds; and east by the boundary of the Hundreds.


PROCLAMATION
Varying the Boundaries of the Road District of Popotunoa.

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

WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, intituled the “Otago Roads Ordinance, 1865,” it is amongst other things enacted that, until otherwise provided, pursuant to the provisions of the said Ordinance, there should be sixty-one districts, which should be named as specified in the Schedule to the said Ordinance annexed, marked B: And it is also by the said Ordinance provided that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, from time to time, by proclamation in the Gazette, to alter, vary, diminish, or enlarge the boundaries of any or all of such districts: And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries...



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🗺️ Order in Council regarding Otago Gold Field (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 June 1870
Gold Fields Act, Proclamation, Otago Gold Field, Delegation of Powers
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago
  • Alex. Willis, Clerk to the Executive Council

🏗️ Proclamation Varying the Boundaries of the Road District of Waiwera

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
7 June 1870
Road District, Boundary Adjustment, Waiwera, Otago
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago

🏗️ Proclamation Varying the Boundaries of the Road District of Te Houka

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
7 June 1870
Road District, Boundary Adjustment, Te Houka, Otago
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago

🏗️ Proclamation Varying the Boundaries of the Road District of Popotunoa

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Road District, Boundary Adjustment, Popotunoa, Otago
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago