✨ Land Sale Order
64 THE TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
G. F. Bowen, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington,
this seventeenth day of July, 1872.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," it is provided that after setting apart sufficient land for all persons who shall be entitled thereto under the contracts therein referred to, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to cause towns to be surveyed and laid out, and also suburban and rural allotments, and that all such town, suburban, and rural lands shall be sold, occupied, and disposed of at such prices, in such manner and for such purposes, upon such terms and subject to such regulations, as the Governor in Council shall from time to time prescribe for that purpose:
And whereas by "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1855," it is enacted that the order and manner in which land taken under the authority of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865," should be laid out for sale and sold from time to time in such manner, for such consideration, and in such allotments as he shall think fit, and subject to such regulations as he shall, with the advice of the Executive Council, from time to time prescribe:
And whereas by "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1866," it is provided that the said lands shall be sold for such consideration or at such price, and whether for cash or otherwise, as the Governor shall from time to time prescribe, and that all lands taken under the authority of the said "New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865," or either of them, and sold or disposed of under the authority of the said first-recited Act, shall be sold or disposed of under regulations to be made by the Governor in Council, which regulations shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette:
And whereas His Excellency the Governor did, on the 11th day of May, 1871, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, make regulations for the sale and disposal of lands in the West Coast District, taken under the said Acts:
And whereas it is expedient that the lands described in the Schedule hereto should be sold to the respective Flax Companies at the prices therein mentioned, and at the prices therein specified:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall and may be sold to the respective Flax Companies at the prices therein specified; and that John Stephenson Smith, Esquire, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province of Taranaki, shall and may conduct the said sale.
Foster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
| Name of Company | Section | Area | Price per acre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Egmont Flax Company | (Eastern portion of Suburban Section No. 34) | 2 a. 3 r. 9 p. | 3 0 0 |
| Western portion of Suburban Section No. 41 | 10 a. 0 r. 0 p. | 3 0 0 | |
| Opunake Flax Company | Suburban Section No. 34 | 15 a. 0 r. 0 p. | 3 0 0 |
| Suburban Section No. 50, excepting the old Native burial ground, and the right of road there... | 10 a. 0 r. 0 p. | 3 0 0 | |
| Opunake Flax Company | Town Sections Nos. 1 & 2, Block XVII | 20 a. 0 r. 0 p. | 0 0 0 |
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Taranaki, by Charles Brown, of Devon-street, New Plymouth, Printer to the Provincial Government for the time being.
Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1872, No 16
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🗺️ Order in Council for Sale of Lands to Flax Companies
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey17 July 1872
Land sale, Flax companies, Taranaki, Order in Council
- John Stephenson Smith (Esquire), Commissioner of Crown Lands for Taranaki
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
- Foster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council