Provincial Proclamations




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Extending Boundaries of Makirikiri Highway District (Turakina.)


PROCLAMATION.

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

I, ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in virtue of the powers vested in me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the date hereof, the following lands not included heretofore in any Highway District are annexed to and shall form part of the Makirikiri Highway District proclaimed on the 25th day of May, 1866, viz.:—The whole of the lands lying within the following boundaries: commencing at the North-west corner of Section 43 in the Makirikiri Highway District and along the northern boundary of Sections Nos. 17, 19, 21, 23, and 25 in the Turakina District: West by the western boundary of said Section No. 25 until it reaches the Great North Western Trunk Road: South by the said Great North Western Trunk Road until it reaches the south-western corner of Section No. 56 in the Makirikiri Highway District, thence northward and westward along the boundary of the said Makirikiri Highway District, as proclaimed on the 25th day of May, 1866, until it reaches the starting point above mentioned. As the said lands are more particularly delineated and described in the plan drawn or endorsed hereon and thereon colored red.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington, at (p.s.) Wellington, this first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
W. HICKSON,
Provincial Secretary.

West Masterton School District.


PROCLAMATION.

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

WHEREAS by an Act of the Second Session of the Provincial Council of Wellington, No. 6, intituled “An Act to promote the establishment of Common Schools in the Province of Wellington” it is enacted that for the purposes of the said Act it should be lawful for the Superintendent by Proclamation to divide the Province into Districts, and from time to time to subdivide such Districts and to re-unite any sub-divisions, and also by Proclamation to declare that such Act should come into operation within such district or sub-division at such time as he might appoint. And whereas it is deemed expedient to proclaim that portion of the province within the boundaries hereinafter set forth to be a district for the purposes of the said Act. Now therefore I, Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in virtue of the power and authority vested in me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that such portion of the said Province as is comprised within the following boundaries shall form and constitute a district for the purposes of the said Act to be called the West Masterton School District which said District shall be bounded as follows, namely:—

Bounded towards the North East by the Western Boundary of W. Bowler’s selection 183 acres, by the Whakamoekahi Stream, and by the Waipoua River towards the South East by that part of the North West boundary of the East Masterton School District, which lies between the Waipoua and Waingawa Rivers; towards the South West by the Waingawa River, and towards the North West by a line bearing 222 degrees from the North West corner of the aforesaid selection of William Bowler’s 183 acres until it strikes the Waingawa River as delineated in the plan drawn in the margin hereof or here-under annexed.

And also that the said Act shall come into operation within such District on the day of the date hereof.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington, at (p.s.) Wellington, this first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
W. HICKSON,
Provincial Secretary.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1867, No 31





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🏗️ Extension of Makirikiri Highway District Boundaries

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 November 1867
Highway District, Boundaries, Makirikiri, Turakina
  • Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent
  • W. Hickson, Provincial Secretary

🎓 Establishment of West Masterton School District

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
1 November 1867
School District, Boundaries, West Masterton, Education Act
  • W. Bowler, Boundary reference

  • Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent
  • W. Hickson, Provincial Secretary