Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 6

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✨ Land Claims and Order in Council

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Name of Claimant.	No. of Allotment and District.	Date.
George Poynten Betts, New Plymouth, New Zealand	No. 853, Town of New Plymouth	17th February, 1866.
George Young, New Plymouth, New Zealand	No. 1,400, Town of New Plymouth	18th August, 1866.
Reverend Vesey Germain Hine, Torbryan, Devonshire, England	No. 948, Town of New Plymouth	19th November, 1866.
William George, New Plymouth, New Zealand	No. 6, Omata District	22nd November, 1866.
Thomas Harrison, New Plymouth, New Zealand	No. 1,507, Town of New Plymouth	11th December, 1866.

[From the New Zealand Gazette, Feb. 11.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the twelfth day of January, 1867.

Present: HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled, "The Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862," it is amongst other things provided that where, under the provisions of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856," the assent of the aboriginal inhabitants is required to bringing land under the operation of the said "Native Reserves Act, 1856," the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare such assent to have been ascertained, and thereupon the title of the aboriginal inhabitants in the land to which the same shall relate shall be deemed to be extinguished, and the land shall, from the date of such Order in Council, vest in Her Majesty for the purposes and subject to the provisions of the said "Native Reserves Act, 1856," as altered by the recited Act, and that as effectually as if the same had been ceded and conveyed by such aboriginal inhabitants to Her Majesty:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby declare that the assent of the aboriginal inhabitants to the bringing the pieces of land described in Schedules A B C hereunder written under the operation of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856," has been ascertained.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE A.

All that piece of land situate at Puketotara, bounded towards the North by a roadway five thousand six hundred and twenty-five (5625) links, and rural allotment numbered two hundred and three (203), eight hundred (800) links; towards the East by the Mangorei Road, one thousand three hundred (1300) links, and the Waiwakaiho River; towards the South by rural allotment numbered seven hundred and seventy (770), four thousand seven hundred (4700) links; and towards the West by rural allotments numbered seven hundred and sixty-nine (769), seven hundred and sixty-eight (768), seven hundred and sixty-eight A (768A), seven hundred and sixty-eight B (768B), seventy-six (76), sixty-three (63), and a roadway nine thousand three hundred and ninety-five (9395) links.

SCHEDULE B.

All that piece of land situate at Waiwakaiho, bounded towards the North by rural allotment numbered one hundred and sixty-five (165), three thousand one hundred and fifty (3150) links; towards the East by the Waiwakaiho River, towards the South by rural allotment numbered one hundred and eighty-four (184), three thousand three hundred and fifteen (3315) links; and towards the West by a roadway one thousand four hundred and forty (1440) links.

SCHEDULE C.

All that piece of land situate at Te Henui, bounded towards the North by the Henui River, and towards the East by the Henui River and town allotment numbered two thousand and twenty-nine (2029), sixty-one (61) links; towards the South by Elvington Place and town allotment numbered two thousand and thirty (2030), two hundred and forty-two (242) links; town allotment two thousand and twenty-nine (2029), one hundred and

VUW Te Waharoa — Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1867, No 6

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Report on Lost Land Order Claims (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated31 December 1866
KeywordsLost Land Orders, Crown Grants, New Plymouth
👱🏽 Names

GEORGE POYNTEN BETTS, Claimant of Land Order
GEORGE YOUNG, Claimant of Land Order
VESEY GERMAIN HINE (REVEREND), Claimant of Land Order
WILLIAM GEORGE, Claimant of Land Order
THOMAS HARRISON, Claimant of Land Order

🪶 Order in Council for Native Reserves

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated12 January 1867
KeywordsNative Reserves Act, Land Assent, Puketotara, Waiwakaiho, Te Henui
👩‍💼 Officials

G. GREY, Governor
FORSTER GORING, Clerk to the Executive Council

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