Westland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 16

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✨ Land Sales and County Notices

Num. 16.

THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

HOKITIKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1868.

WE, the undersigned, Commissioners of the Waste Lands Board of the County of Westland, in accordance with the provisions of Section 21, of the Regulations for the sale, letting, occupation, and management of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the County of Westland, do hereby notify that Monday, the twenty-sixth day of October, in the Land Office, Hokitika, is fixed as the time and place when a Sale of Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands shall take place; and that all Improved Sections in the Town of Hokitika, which have not yet been offered for sale, will then be put up to auction.

G. S. SALE, Chief Commissioner.

MALCOLM FRASER,
JAS. A. BONAR,
A. MOWAT,
G. WINTER,
} Commissioners

WE, the undersigned, Commissioners of the Waste Lands Board of the County of Westland, in accordance with the provisions of Section 21, of the Regulations for the sale, letting, occupation, and management of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the County of Westland, do hereby notify that Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of October, in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, in Greymouth, is fixed as the time and place when a Sale of Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands shall take place; and that all the Improved Sections in the Town of Greymouth, then remaining unsold, will be offered for sale.

G. S. SALE, Chief Commissioner.

MALCOLM FRASER,
JAS. A. BONAR,
A. MOWAT,
G. WINTER,
} Commissioners.

TRESPASSING ON CROWN LANDS.

NOTICE is hereby given that after the Auction Sales of Town Lands, to be held in October, no valuation can be allowed for any improvements made on unbought land within the limits of the Towns of Hokitika, Greymouth, or Okarito. All persons desiring to occupy Town Lands, must apply at some sitting of the Waste Lands Board, in order that the section intended to be occupied may be put up to auction. Any person occupying unbought Town Lands after this notice, will be proceeded against according to law.

G. S. SALE,
Chief Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board.

Hokitika,
23rd September, 1868.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified that the next Sitting of the Council is further prorogued from the 1st October, 1868, to Tuesday, the 3rd November, 1868.

JAMES HEAWOOD,
Clerk of the Council.

Hokitika,
22nd September, 1868.

The following report is published for general information :

County Engineer’s Office,
Hokitika, Sept. 8, 1868.

THE HONOURABLE JAS. A. BONAR, Chairman of the County Council.

SIR— I have the honour to state that, in compliance with your instructions, I have examined the country in the

VUW Te Waharoa — Westland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 16

The Westland Provincial Council was based at Hokitika and met at the Supreme Court House (depicted) from 1868-1875.

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🗺️ Sale of Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands in Hokitika

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated23 September 1868
KeywordsLand sale, Auction, Town lands, Hokitika
👩‍💼 Officials

G. S. Sale, Chief Commissioner
Malcolm Fraser, Commissioner
Jas. A. Bonar, Commissioner
A. Mowat, Commissioner
G. Winter, Commissioner

🗺️ Sale of Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands in Greymouth

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated23 September 1868
KeywordsLand sale, Auction, Town lands, Greymouth
👩‍💼 Officials

G. S. Sale, Chief Commissioner
Malcolm Fraser, Commissioner
Jas. A. Bonar, Commissioner
A. Mowat, Commissioner
G. Winter, Commissioner

🗺️ Notice of Trespassing on Crown Lands

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated23 September 1868
KeywordsTrespassing, Crown lands, Hokitika, Greymouth, Okarito
👩‍💼 Officials

G. S. Sale, Chief Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board

🏘️ Prorogation of County Council Sitting

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated22 September 1868
KeywordsCounty Council, Prorogation, Hokitika
👩‍💼 Officials

James Heawood, Clerk of the Council

🏗️ County Engineer's Report

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated8 September 1868
KeywordsCounty Engineer, Report, Hokitika
👩‍💼 Officials

The Honourable Jas. A. Bonar, Chairman of the County Council

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