✨ Public Works and Reserves
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(Province of Taranaki).
Published by Authority.
Vol. XI.] NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1863. [No. 24.
PUBLIC WORKS.
THE following Tenders for Carting and Spreading Metal, &c., were received on the 17th October, 1863, and are published for general information:—
Richard Jury (accepted) 1s. 8d. per yard.
R. Rundle … £2 per chain.
WALTER J. MORRISON,
Act. Eng. Surveyor.
20th October, 1863.
- REPORT
UNDER THE
PUBLIC RESERVES TRUST ORDINANCE, 1861.
The first meeting of the Board was convened by his Honor the Superintendent on January 22, 1862. Mr. Northcroft was appointed Secretary at a salary of £25 per annum for the first year, he resigned his seat at the Board and Capt. Harry Albert Atkinson was appointed in his place.
The Public Reserves Ordinance, 1862, provides that the lands under the management of the Board shall be let by public Auction or tender for any period not exceeding 21 years.
The Board determined that the system of letting by public tender should first be tried, advertisements were issued inviting tenders for certain Reserves, 39 tenders were received, 16 were accepted and 23 rejected.
The Board then determined that the system of letting by public Auction should next be tried, this appears to have given more satisfaction than the previous plan and is for the present adopted, 5 portions of Reserves have been let by this system.
The lands placed under the management of the Board by the Ordinance, 1862, comprise about 273⅓ acres, of which about 18 acres are estimated as sand, leaving about 255⅓ acres of available land.
The quantity of land let at present is 47 acres, 1 rood, 11 perches, the annual income from which is £81 or at an average of about £1 14s. 2¼d. per acre per annum, the highest rent being £3 1s. 0d. per acre per annum and the lowest rent £1 per acre per annum.
The Board has been unable to deal with more than a limited number of the Reserves, for the following reasons: difficulties were soon encountered from the Ordinance limiting the powers of the Board to letting only, no power is given to exchange or otherwise dispose of a section, or part of a section, however advantageous it might
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1863, No 23
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🏗️ Tenders for Carting and Spreading Metal
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works20 October 1863
Tenders, Carting, Spreading Metal, Public Works
- Richard Jury, Tender accepted
- R. Rundle, Tender submitted
- WALTER J. MORRISON, Act. Eng. Surveyor
🗺️ Report under the Public Reserves Trust Ordinance, 1861
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyPublic Reserves, Board Meeting, Land Letting, Auction, Tender
- Northcroft (Mr.), Appointed Secretary
- Harry Albert Atkinson (Captain), Appointed to Board