✨ Land Reserves
TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
WHEREAS by the Regulations of the sale and disposal of lands taken under the authority of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865," contained in the Schedule to an Order in Council made and issued, bearing date the 13th day of April, 1870, it is provided that reserves for roads and all other public purposes whatever, and for education, and the sites for churches and chapels or other places of worship for different religious denominations, may be made by Government out of any confiscated lands, and that notices of all such reserves shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette: It is hereby notified, that the lands specified in the Schedule hereunder written shall be reserved for the purposes therein mentioned, and set opposite the descriptions of the said parcels of land respectively.
W. Gisborne,
Colonial Secretary.
10th day of May, 1871.
SCHEDULE.
PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.—TOWNSHIP OF OPUNAKE.
Town.
| Number or Description of Block. | Area. | Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| III. The triangular block at the intersection of Dieffenbach-street, Alison-street, and Bowen Crescent XXXI. | A. r. p. | |
| 2 2 13 | Sites for Public Buildings or other purposes of the General Government. | |
| 0 0 38 | Telegraph Station. | |
| 3 0 0 |
Suburban.
| Number or Description of Allotment. | Area. | Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 0 0 | General Government purposes. |
| 2 | 12 0 0 | Site for Cemetery. |
| 31 | 36 2 0 | General Government purposes. |
| 33 | 5 0 0 | |
| 34 | 8 0 0 |
The seven allotments marked "Railway Reserve" and "Town Belt," being bounded towards the North by Whitecombe Road and by suburban allotment 35; towards the East by the Waiana River and Longfellow Road; towards the South by Gisborne Terrace, Halse Place, and by suburban allotments 13, 12, and 11; and towards the West by the Otahi River, Heaphy Road, and Aytoun Road—the said allotments being separated by Heaphy Road, Longfellow Road, Allison-street, Layard-street, Aytoun Road, and South Road ...
For the purposes of a Railway and Town Belt.
The boundaries of all the aforesaid blocks and allotments are delineated upon the Plan of Opunake, in the General Crown Lands Office.
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1871, No 17
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🗺️ Land Reserves for Public Purposes in Opunake
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey10 May 1871
Land reserves, public buildings, telegraph station, cemetery, railway reserve, town belt, Opunake, Taranaki
- W. Gisborne, Colonial Secretary