Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1854 – No. 22

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✨ Land Regulations

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor’s command,

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. I.] THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1854. [No. 22.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, Dec. 14th, 1854.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication of the following Regulations for the Sale, Disposal, and Occupation of the Public Lands in the Province of Wellington, which will be proposed for adoption to the Provincial Council in the ensuing Session, in accordance with the third clause of “The Waste Lands Act, 1854.”

By His Honor’s command,

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

ADDITIONAL

LAND REGULATIONS

for the
Amendment and Extension of the Regulations of 4th March, 1853.

GENERAL.

I. The Superintendent shall from time to time by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, notify all new districts which shall be open to general purchase, with the boundaries and contents thereof as nearly as the same can be ascertained.

RESERVES.

II. All Reserves for the sites of Townships, for Town and Suburban Land, for the sites of Agricultural and Small Farm Settlements, or for any other purpose of public advantage, safety, convenience, health, or enjoyment, shall be determined by the Superintendent, who shall notify the same by Proclamation, wherein the objects shall be specified for which every reserve may be made.

III. In every district, ample reserves for the sites of Agricultural and Small Farm Settlements shall be made before the Lands in such District shall be thrown open to general purchase.

IV. Whenever any Association shall be formed for promoting the settlement and occupation of any reserve set apart for the site of Small Farms, and shall propose to the Superintendent a plan containing special rules for encouraging such settlement and occupation, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, on being satisfied of the probable ability of such Association to effect the speedy settlement of such reserve, by Proclamation to vest the administration of the land within such reserve according to such special rules, in Commissioners appointed by such Association, for a period not ex...

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🗺️ Publication of Land Regulations for Wellington Province

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated14 December 1854
KeywordsLand sale, Land disposal, Land occupation, Regulations, Wellington Province
👩‍💼 Officials

William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Additional Land Regulations for Wellington Province

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsLand regulations, Land purchase, Land reserves, Agricultural settlements, Wellington Province

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