Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 14

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✨ Roads and Land Regulations

ROADS AND BRIDGES ORDINANCE,

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
New Plymouth, 20th July, 1859.

THE following approximate statements of the manner in which the Boards of Commissioners for the districts specified propose expending the funds at their disposal are published for the information of the ratepayers.

J. C. Richmond,
Provincial Secretary.

SECOND DISTRICT.

	£	s.	d.
In Devon-road—taking off the top of Stewart’s Hill, and filling gully near Mr. Hamblyn’s...	10	0	0
Repairing the line between Mr. Flight’s and Mr. Mogridge’s towards the beach...	1	0	0
Bush road by Shackson’s...	0	12	4½
Filling hollow and rounding up the road by Mr. Marsh’s and Dr. Neild’s farm...	6	0	0
Making one drain and rounding one side of the road from Batten’s bridge leading to the bush, the distance about 26 chains...	4	0	0
	£21	12	4½

(Signed) Samuel Matthews,
Robert Gollop,
Henry Barriball,
Commissioners.

FIFTH DISTRICT.

	£	s.	d.
Frankley Road, from seaward boundary to Veale Road...	13	6	4½
Frankley Road to Hempton’s Section...	25	0	0
Veale Road...	20	0	0
Frankley Road, from Revel’s corner to inland boundary, including opening of Barrett Road...	35	0	0
	£93	6	4½

(Signed) I. W. Davis,
J. Newland,
Thomas Veale,
Commissioners.

NOTICE.

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, 19th July, 1859.

THE following proposed amended Land Regulations are published for general information in conformity with the provisions of an Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the “Waste Lands Act, 1858”

G. Cutfield,
Superintendent.

J. C. Richmond,
Provincial Secretary.

PROPOSED amended Regulations for the disposal of Land in the Province of Taranaki, New Zealand.

The 37th, 38th, and 39th clauses of the Land Regulations now in force in the Province are hereby repealed, and the following additional Regulations shall be in force from and after a day to be appointed by Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor.

Naval and Military Settlers.

Every commissioned Officer of Her Majesty’s army or navy, and every Officer of the Royal Marines, whether on full or half-pay, who shall become a settler in the Province, shall in the purchase of land be allowed a remission of the purchase money to the amount of £400—and at the expiration of three years from the date of purchase, the Officer on showing to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands that he is bona fide a resident settler in the Province, and that he has resided continuously since the purchase, and also that one fourth part of the land so purchased has been cleared and cropped, or laid down in grass, or other artificial pasturage, shall be entitled to a Crown Grant of the same. But if within three years from the date of purchase the above terms shall not have been complied with, the purchase shall be considered to have lapsed and the land will be open to grant or sale.
Prior to the purchase by any Officer of Her Majesty’s army or navy being made under these Regulations the certificate alluded to in the third clause of the “Information for the use of Military and Naval Officers proposing to settle in certain of the British Colonies,” issued in July, 1853, must be deposited with the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

FOURTH DISTRICT.

	£	s.	d.
Improving Brooklands road near Mr. Jonas’s...	5	0	0
Cutting down hill near Mr. Broadmore’s on Brooklands road...	20	0	0
Improving 3 cuttings on Hurworth road...	10	0	0
Hacking in ruts, &c., from the belt line to Messrs. Ronalds’ clearing...	69	0	0
--660 chains @ 3/...
Cutting track as far as Mr. Hughes’ land—100 chains @ 5/...	25	0	0
Cutting down green stuff between Messrs. Ronalds’ and Mr. Wood’s clearings—153 chains @ 1/...	7	13	0
Miscellaneous expenses...	29	0	1½
	£165	13	1½

Estimated amount of road rates for the current year... | 128 | 12 | 3 |
Balance from last year... | 37 | 0 | 10½ |
| | £165 | 13 | 1½ |

(Signed) H. R. Richmond,
C. Brown,
Commissioners.

VUW Te Waharoa — Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1859, No 14

The Taranaki Provincial Council building (depicted) was on lower Brougham Street in New Plymouth.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Roads and Bridges Ordinance Expenditure

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated20 July 1859
KeywordsRoads, Bridges, Expenditure, Taranaki
👱🏽 Names

20 names identified

Stewart, Landowner near Devon-road
Hamblyn, Landowner near Devon-road
Flight, Landowner near beach
Mogridge, Landowner near beach
Shackson, Landowner near bush road
Marsh, Landowner near road
Neild (Doctor), Landowner near road
Batten, Landowner near bridge
Frankley, Road name
Veale, Road name
Hempton, Landowner near Frankley Road
Revel, Landowner near Frankley Road
Barrett, Road name
Brooklands, Road name
Jonas, Landowner near Brooklands road
Broadmore, Landowner near Brooklands road
Hurworth, Road name
Ronalds, Landowner near clearing
Hughes, Landowner near track
Wood, Landowner near clearing

👩‍💼 Officials

J. C. Richmond, Provincial Secretary
Samuel Matthews, Commissioner
Robert Gollop, Commissioner
Henry Barriball, Commissioner
I. W. Davis, Commissioner
J. Newland, Commissioner
Thomas Veale, Commissioner
H. R. Richmond, Commissioner
C. Brown, Commissioner

🗺️ Amended Land Regulations

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated19 July 1859
KeywordsLand Regulations, Taranaki, Naval and Military Settlers
👩‍💼 Officials

G. Cutfield, Superintendent
J. C. Richmond, Provincial Secretary

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