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Little River Reserves Sales Ordinance 1869

1. The Little River Reserves Sales Ordinance 1869

Whereas by grant from the Crown bearing date the third day of May One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine all that piece or parcel of land in the Province of Canterbury in the Colony of New Zealand containing by admeasurement five hundred acres more or less and being Reserves Nos. 220 and 221 (in red) on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the said Province and more particularly described in the plan on the said Crown Grant was granted unto the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury and his successors in trust for a Reserve for Timber for Railway and other purposes of the Provincial Government:

And whereas by grant from the Crown bearing date the third day of May One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine all that piece or parcel of land in the Province of Canterbury in the Colony of New Zealand containing by admeasurement two hundred and fifty acres more or less and being Reserve No. 222 (in red) on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the said Province and more particularly described in the plan on the said Crown Grant was granted unto the Superintendent and his successors in trust for a Reserve for Timber for Railway and other purposes of the Provincial Government:

And whereas it is expedient that the above-named Reserves should be sold and that the proceeds thereof should be devoted to the construction of a road known as the Little River Road passing through the said Reserves:

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:

1. Superintendent may sell land.

It shall be lawful for the Superintendent with the advice and consent of the Executive Council to alienate by way of sale by Public Auction the whole or any part of such land in one or more parcels Provided that no part of such land shall be sold for a less sum than at the rate of Two Pounds per acre.

2. Sales to be made on such terms and conditions as Superintendent may direct.

All sales hereby authorised to be made shall be made upon such terms and conditions as the Superintendent may with the advice and consent of the Executive Council direct.

3. Proceeds, how to be appropriated.

The proceeds of all such sales as aforesaid shall be paid to the Provincial Treasurer and by him to the public account of the Province and shall be appropriated to the purpose of the construction of the road leading from Little River to the Head of the Bay Akaroa commencing at Section 4113 and ending at the south-western corner of Section 335 at Barry’s Bay.

4. Title.

This Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as “The Little River Reserves Sales Ordinance 1869.”