Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 26

Page 155

✨ Land Sales and Road District Election

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, ESQUIRE, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Islands of New Zealand.

I, ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, do hereby in Pursuance of the Regulations in this behalf, Proclaim and notify that the several Suburban Sections of Land situate in the Whare Ponga Valley, in the Township of Featherston, in the Wairarapa District, and described in the Schedule hereto, will be put up for sale by Public Auction, at the Crown Land Office, in the Town of Wellington, on Friday, the 23rd day of December, now next, at one o’clock in the afternoon.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington, at Wellington, this Eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.
Provincial Secretary.

Schedule.

No. of Section.	Contents. A. R. P.	Upset Price. £ s. d.
486	22 3 0	68 0 0
487	18 2 35	56 0 0
488	20 0 0	60 0 0
489	20 0 0	60 0 0
490	20 0 0	60 0 0
491	20 0 0	60 0 0
492	20 0 0	60 0 0
493	16 2 31	50 0 0
494	24 3 32	75 0 0
495	20 0 0	60 0 0
496	20 0 0	60 0 0
497	20 0 0	60 0 0
498	20 0 0	60 0 0
499	20 0 0	60 0 0
501	20 0 0	60 0 0
502	20 0 0	60 0 0
503	20 0 0	60 0 0
504	20 0 0	60 0 0

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, ESQUIRE, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Islands of New Zealand.

WHEREAS the Crown Land Commissioner has upon the application of WILLIAM LANCASTER LUCENA, an intending purchaser, certified that the parcel of land hereinafter referred to, is, from its broken character and otherwise, so unavailable for agricultural purposes, that it is not worth ten shillings per acre. I, ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, Do hereby proclaim and notify that the parcel of land situate in the Featherston District, in the Wairarapa Block, containing (390) three hundred and ninety acres, and described on the Public Plan of the said District, as number (500) five hundred will be put to public auction, at the upset price of five shillings (5s.) per acre, at the Crown Land Office, Wellington, on Friday, the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, at one o’clock in the afternoon, under clause eight of section three of the Land Regulations, of the Fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington, at Wellington, this Sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1859.

THE following persons were, on the 29th day of October, last past, elected Wardens for the Wai-nui-o-mata Road District.

Messrs. J. Grace, Chairman
H. Sinclair
J. Wood
R. Prouse, jun.
W. Fitzherbert
W. Wakeham
R. Dick
R. Neill

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1859, No 26

The Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted) were shared with Parliament after 1865

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🗺️ Proclamation of Land Sale in Whare Ponga Valley

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated11 November 1859
KeywordsLand sale, Public auction, Whare Ponga Valley, Featherston, Wairarapa
👩‍💼 Officials

Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent
William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Proclamation of Land Sale for Unavailable Agricultural Land

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated16 November 1859
KeywordsLand sale, Public auction, Featherston District, Wairarapa, Unavailable for agriculture
👱🏽 Names

William Lancaster Lucena, Intending purchaser of land

👩‍💼 Officials

Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent
William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Election of Wardens for Wai-nui-o-mata Road District

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated7 November 1859
KeywordsElection, Wardens, Wai-nui-o-mata Road District
👱🏽 Names

8 names identified

J. Grace, Elected Warden, Chairman
H. Sinclair, Elected Warden
J. Wood, Elected Warden
R. Prouse (junior), Elected Warden
W. Fitzherbert, Elected Warden
W. Wakeham, Elected Warden
R. Dick, Elected Warden
R. Neill, Elected Warden

👩‍💼 Officials

William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary

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