Land Reservations and Gold Fields Regulations




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other public purposes which in the said
Schedule are more particularly specified.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s
Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of
the same, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

Three roods and twenty-six perches, more
or less, situate in the Town of Hokitika, and
numbered 393 (in red), commencing at
the junction of Gibson’s Quay and Fitzherbert
Street, following a northerly direction along
Fitzherbert Street, a distance of two chains
eighty links; thence westerly, at a right
angle, a distance of two chains ninety-five
links; thence southerly, at a right angle, a
distance of three chains forty-nine links; and
returning along Gibson’s Quay to the commencing point, a distance of three chains five
links: for purposes in connection with the
Customs Service.

Five acres, more or less, situate on the
River Grey, and numbering 804 (in red).
Bounded—on the northward, seven hundred
and sixty-nine links, by a public street or
road known as Mawhera Quay, on the
banks of the said river; on the eastward by
a proposed line of road one chain in width;
on the southward, seven hundred and sixtynine links, by a Native Reserve; and on the
Westward, seven hundred links, partly by a
street, one chain in width, partly by Mackay
Street, and partly by Allotment numbered 1
on the plan of Native Township: for purposes in connection with the Customs Service.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No.
42, of the 31st August, 1872.

Public Works Office,
Gold Fields Department,
Wellington, August 26, 1872.

upon Gold Fields are republished for general
information.

C. E. HAUGHTON.

WHEREAS by the "The Immigration and
Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1871,"
it is, amongst other things, enacted that the
Minister for Public Works may receive applications from the owners or lessees of works
for the supply of water on Gold Fields for
mining and other purposes, or from other persons interested in such works about to be
constructed, for advances of money to aid in
the construction, extension, or improvement
of such works; and by the said Act it is further
enacted that the said Minister may make
Regulations prescribing the mode of making
and the form of such application, and for
proceeding on such application, as in the said
Act mentioned: And whereas it is expedient
that Regulations should be made for the purposes in the said Act mentioned:

Now therefore, I, the Honorable John
Davies Ormond, the Minister for Public
Works, in pursuance and exercise of the
authority vested in me by the said Act, do
hereby make the Regulations set forth in
the Schedule hereto, prescribing the mode of
making and the form of application for
advances of money to aid in the construction of
works for the supply of water on Gold Fields,
and for proceeding on such application.

Schedule of Regulations prescribing the
Mode of making Applications for Advances of Money to aid in the Construction, Extension, or Improvement
of Works for the Supply of Water
upon Gold Fields.

  1. Persons desirous of obtaining advances
    of money for the purposes specified shall make
    application in writing to the Warden of the
    District, and such application shall state—

(1.) The names and descriptions of the
Applicants, or if they be a Registered or
Joint Stock Company, then the registered
particulars thereof.

(2.) The names of the Engineer and Manager of the works.

(3.) The general description of the water-
race or races, dams, reservoirs, or other
works proposed to be constructed, together
with duly attested copies of the
certificate or certificates of title to the
water or ground; the quantity of water
intended to be conveyed or stored; the
length of the race or races; size of reser-

THE following Regulations respecting
Subsidies to Works for Water Supply



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🗺️ Proclamation of Land Reservation (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
18 September 1872
Land Reservation, Customs Service, Hokitika, River Grey
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🌾 Regulations for Water Supply on Gold Fields

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
26 August 1872
Gold Fields, Water Supply, Regulations, Public Works
  • C. E. Haughton
  • Honorable John Davies Ormond, Minister for Public Works