✨ Land Lease Regulations and Sheriff's District Definition
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PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Colonial Secretary, together with his recommendations thereon.
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Leases shall be granted for such term not exceeding twenty-one years as the Governor in Council shall determine.
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The annual rental for each section shall be the sum of twenty shillings per annum payable in advance.
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Every lease shall be made in such form as the Governor in Council shall determine, and shall contain all usual and necessary covenants on the part of the lessee, together with a covenant on his part that the land leased shall not be assigned nor underlet without consent by or on behalf of the lessor, and together also with conditions for re-entry and forfeiture on non-payment of rent or on breach of covenants on the part of the lessee, and such further or other additional covenants and conditions as the Governor in Council shall think fit to require.
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The cost of preparation of the lease and counterpart thereof shall be borne and paid by the lessee.
FORSTER GORING.
Clerk of the Executive Council.
[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 1, January 7, 1875.]
Sheriff’s District defined.
NORMANBY,
Administrator of the Government.
WHEREAS by “The Sheriffs Act 1858,” it is enacted that after the passing of the said Act it shall be lawful for the Governor and for no other person, to appoint fit persons to be Sheriffs within the Colony, who shall hold their office during pleasure; and that it shall be lawful for the Governor, and for no other person, to define the district, within which the jurisdiction of the several Sheriffs shall be exercised, and the limits of such districts from time to time to alter as occasion may require:
Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby define the district described and named in the Schedule hereto, to be, on and from the twenty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, a Sheriff’s District, under the provisions of “The Sheriff’s Act, 1858.”
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
DANIEL POLLEN.
SCHEDULE.
The Sheriff’s District of Central Westland.
This district is bounded towards the North by the Westland North District; thence towards the North-east by a right line from the summit of Mount Franklin to the summit of Mount Princess; thence towards the South-east by a right line to the saddle between the Hurunui and Teremakau Rivers; towards the South-west by a part of the southern boundary of the Province of Nelson; and towards the west by the sea.
Printed by W. Riley, at the Westland General Printing Office, Wharf-street, Hokitika, authorised printer for the time being for the Government of Westland.
Westland Provincial Gazette 1875, No 3
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Regulations for Lease of Lands in Township of Ross
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey5 January 1875
Lease regulations, Township of Ross, Gold Fields Act, Westland Province
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
⚖️ Definition of Sheriff’s District of Central Westland
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement6 January 1875
Sheriff’s District, Central Westland, Jurisdiction, Boundaries
- George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Administrator of the Government
- Daniel Pollen