✨ Land Acquisition Proclamation
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
PROVINCE OF TARANAKI,
NEW ZEALAND.
Published by Authority.
NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1859.
[Reprinted from the New Zealand Gazette.]
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Colonel Thomas
Gore Browne, Companion of the
Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s
Colony of New Zealand and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.
WHEREAS, the lands hereinafter mentioned, have been acquired by purchase from the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand, and
it is expedient that the acquisition thereof should be notified by Proclamation accordingly.
Now, therefore, I, the Governor, do hereby proclaim and notify that the Native Title has been extinguished over the Blocks of Land
whereof the boundaries are mentioned or described in the schedule hereunto annexed.
Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the
Colony, at the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Thomas Gore Browne.
By His Excellency’s command,
H. J. Tancred,
For the Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
SCHEDULE.
Province of Wellington.
District of Waikanae.
Matahuka Block (supposed to contain 34,000 acres).
BOUNDARIES:
A line commencing on the sea coast, at the mouth of the Whareroa stream; thence along the sea coast in a northerly direction to Wharemauku-a-Pakahi; thence striking inland in a south-westerly direction, and crossing to Hakokohia-a-Toheahumu, it proceeds in a direct line over the mountain ranges to Tararua, to the boundary of the land formerly ceded by Ngatikahungunu to the Crown, following the said boundary to the southern end of Paparauponga; thence striking off towards te Kapekape, and on to te Ahihura; thence descending to te Pahoahoa on the Whareroa stream, and following the said stream to its mouth.
Excepting the following Reserves:
- Wharemauku ... 200 acres
- Tamati te Whakapakeke’s Reserve at Whareroa ... 50 acres
... 250 acres
Province of Taranaki.
District of Taranaki.
Tarurutangi Block (Area 14,000 acres).
BOUNDARIES:
A line commencing at Tarurutangi, at the corner of the European’s fence; thence in a straight line to Takapu, Hinaukuwai, and te Waiteao; thence to Mangaoraka, crossing to the other side, it runs straight to Puremu, Kirikirinui, te Kore, te Fingaoaroro, Mangatuokura, till
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1859, No 8
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🗺️ Proclamation of Land Acquisition from Aboriginal Inhabitants
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey25 February 1859
Land purchase, Proclamation, Native Title, Waikanae, Taranaki, Matahuka Block, Tarurutangi Block
- Thomas Gore Browne (Governor), Issued proclamation
- H. J. Tancred, Issued proclamation on behalf of Colonial Secretary
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
- H. J. Tancred, For the Colonial Secretary