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Municipal Corporations Reserves Ordinance 1868

The Municipal Corporations Reserves Ordinance 1868.

Whereas the lands tenements and hereditaments described in the Schedules to this Ordinance annexed are vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury and his successors subject to the provisions of an Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand entituled “The Public Reserves Act 1854” And whereas an Act was passed by the said General Assembly of New Zealand entituled “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act 1862” whereby the Superintendent and Provincial Council of any Province may by any Ordinance duly passed in that behalf direct and declare that any lands vested or which might thereafter be vested in the Superintendent of any Province under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act 1854” upon trust for any public purposes should be transferred to and vested in and held by any Corporation Commissioners or other person or persons having corporate succession to be named in such Ordinance in such manner and with such powers of lease management and disposition over the same and over all rents issues profits and proceeds thereof and other powers provisoes and conditions as should in such Ordinance be expressed and declared And it is also by the said Act provided that every Act or Ordinance passed by any Superintendent and Provincial Council under the authority of that Act should be reserved for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereon and should have no force or effect until the confirmation by the Governor of the same should have been signified by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province to which the same right relate And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury entituled “The Municipal Councils Reserves Ordinance 1862” the lands tenements and hereditaments described in the schedules A and B to this Ordinance annexed were declared to be vested in the Christchurch City Council and the Lyttelton Municipal Council respectively upon certain trusts in such Ordinance mentioned But such Ordinance was not reserved for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereon and no proclamation of the confirmation of such Ordinance hath yet been published And whereas it is expedient that the specific purposes for which the lands tenements and hereditaments specified in schedule A to this Ordinance annexed should be changed and that such lands should be appropriated for other and different purposes of public utility And whereas it is also expedient that the said lands tenements and hereditaments vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury and respectively described in the schedules hereto annexed should be respectively vested in the Mayor Councillors and citizens of the city of Christchurch the Mayor Councillors and burgesses of the borough of Lyttelton

and the Mayor Councillors and burgesses of the borough of Timaru respectively.

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

1. Purposes of Reserves described in Schedule A.

That the specific purpose for which the lands tenements and hereditaments described in the Schedule A to this Ordinance annexed have been reserved shall be and are hereby changed and that henceforth the said lands tenements and hereditaments shall be reserved for the sites of public buildings for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Christchurch.

2. Lands tenements and hereditaments described in Schedule A transferred to the Mayor Councillors and Citizens of Christchurch.

That the said lands tenements and hereditaments described in the said Schedule A shall be and the same are hereby transferred to and vested in and held by the Mayor Councillors and Citizens of the City of Christchurch and their successors as a Body Corporate in trust as and for the sites for public buildings for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Christchurch and upon trust to use

and occupy the same when and so long as the same or any part thereof shall not be built upon for general Municipal purposes.

3. Lands tenements and hereditaments described in Schedule B transferred to the Mayor Councillors and Burgesses of Lytteltton.

That the lands tenements and hereditaments described in Schedule B to this Ordinance annexed shall be and the same are hereby transferred to and vested in and held by the Mayor Councillors and Burgesses of the Borough of Lyttelton and their successors as a Body Corporate in trust as and for the sites for public

buildings for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the borough of Lyttelton and upon trust to use and occupy the same when and so long as the same or my part thereof shall not be built upon for general Municipal purposes.

4. Lands tenements and hereditaments described in Schedule C transferred to the Mayor Councillors and Burgesses of Timaru.

That the lands tenements and hereditaments described in Schedule C to this Ordinance annexed shall be and the same are hereby transferred to and vested in and held by the Mayor Councillors and Burgesses of the Borough of Timaru and their successors as a Body Corporate in trust for such public purposes as the same have been respectively reserved.

5. Superintendent may grant and convey lands tenements and hereditaments.

That it shall be lawful for the Superintendent in Council to grant and convey to the said several Corporate Bodies respectively the said lands tenements and hereditaments hereinbefore declared to be vested in such bodies respectively upon trust for the several purposes hereinbefore expressed.

6. Corporate bodies may lease and manage said lands tenements and hereditaments.

That notwithstanding the trust hereinbefore declared it shall be lawful for the said Corporate Bodies respectively to lease and manage the lands tenements and hereditaments hereby transferred to them respectively at such rents issues and profits as they may deem expedient so that such rents or rack rents and such leases be not for any longer term than 21 years to take effect from the day of the execution thereof.

7. Rents issues and profits to form part of fund of such corporate bodies. All rents issues and profits received by virtue of this Ordinance shall form part of the City and Borough funds of the said Corporate Bodies respectively.

Schedule A. Reserve No. 9.

Containing sixteen perches more or less situate in Oxford Terrace West having one chain frontage to the south aide of Worcester Street and extending back southerly in a rectangular block a distance of one chain.

Containing sixteen perches more or less situate on Oxford Terrace West having one chain frontage to the north side of Worcester Street and extending back northerly in a rectangular block a distance of one chain immediately north of and opposite Reserve No. 9.

Reserve No. 15

Containing one rood and eighteen perches more or less in two blocks containing

29 perches each being situate in the Market Place Christchurch Block No. 1 extending three chains along the west side of Colombo Street and extending westerly in a rectangular block a distance of 61 links Block No. 2 extending 3 chains along the north side of Armagh Street and extending northerly in a rectangular block a distance of 61 links.

Schedule B.

Reserves Nos. 35 and 36

Two roods more or less situate in the Market Place Lyttelton being bounded on the north by the Market Place 356 links on the east by St. David's Street 143 links on the south by London Street 356 links and on the west by Oxford Street

143 links and numbered 35 and 36 (in red) on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury setting out and describing the town of Lyttelton.

Reserve No. 34

One acre two roods twenty-eight perches more or less situate in Oxford Street Lyttelton being bounded on the north by London Street 246 links on the north- east by Christchurch Road 180 links on the east by St. David's Street 361 links on . the south by Norwich Quay 356 links and on the west by Oxford Street 500 links and numbered 34 (in red) on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of (Canterbury - setting out and describing the town of Lyttelton.

Reserve No. 101.

Fifty-two acres one rood and thirty perches more or less situate on the north of

Lyttelton commencing at a point on the north-western boundary of Rural Section

350 a distance of 6 chains 25 links from the south-western corner of the said Section 350 thence to the north-eastward along the said north-western boundary of Section 350 and on in the same direction altogether a distance of 23 chains to a point 10 chains 50 links from the Trigonometrical Station on Mount Pleasant and extending north-westerly in a rectangular block above and adjoining Rural Section 501 a distance of 22 chains 80 links subject nevertheless to a road one chain wide through this reserve from the north-eastern boundary line of Section

601 to the summit of the hill as the same is more particularly delineated and numbered 101 (in red) on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury setting out and describing the town of Lyttelton.

Ninety-six acres more or less in two blocks Block I.–Lighty-five acres situate at the eastern end of the town of Lyttelton bounded on the north by Rural Sections Nos. 1 and 258 11 chains 33 links and 22 chains 10 links respectively on the eastward south-eastward and southward by the reserve for the Sumner Road a distance of 48 chains 50 links and on the westward by Town Sections 176 177

178 179 180 181 and 182 the Roman Catholic Cemetery Reserve No 45 (in red)

the Dissenters' Cemetery Reserve No. 46 and Town Sections 191 192 193 194

195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 315 316 317 318 319 320 and 321 Block II. contains eleven acres more or less being bounded on the northward by the reserve for the Sumner Road and Rural Section 130 distance of

35 chains 60 links and 5 chains respectively on the south-eastward and southward by the reserve of one chain above high-water mark n distance of 49 chains 20 links and on the north-westward by Town Section 341 a distance of

290 links.

Schedule C.

822 (in red)–Two roods and thirty-eight perches more or less being sections No.

53 74 and 75 in the Town of Timaru Nos. 74 and 75 situate in and fronting on

High Street and No. 53 fronting on the reserve from highwater-mark.

823 (in red)–One rood and thirty-eight perches more or less being Town Sections

Nos. 59 and 60 situate in and fronting on High Street in the Town of Timaru.

824 (in red)–One rood and four perches more or less being Town Sections No.

82 situate in the Town of Timaru and fronting on the reserve from highwater- mark.

825 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 92 situate in and fronting on High Street in the Town of Timaru.

827 in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 167 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street in the Town of Timaru.

828 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 169 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street in the Town of Timaru.

829 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 771 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street in the Town of Timaru.

830 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 176 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street and Rose Street in the Town of Timaru.

831 (in red)–One acre more or less being Town Sections Nos. 243 244 245 and

246 situate in and fronting on Rose Street and Russell Square in the Town of

Timaru.

832 (in red)–One rood three perches more or less being Town Section No. 267 situate in and fronting on King Street and Queen Street in the Town of Timaru.

833 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 270 situate in and fronting on King Street in the Town of Timaru.

834 (in red,)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 272 situate in and fronting on King Street in the Town of Timaru.

835 (in red)–One rood more less being Town Section No. 274 situate in and fronting on King Street in the Town of Timaru.

836 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 276 situate in and fronting on King Street in the Town of Timaru.

837 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 278 situate in and fronting on King Street in the Town of Timaru.

838 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 283 situate in and fronting on Charles Street and Prince's Street in the Town of Timaru.

839 (in red)–One rood and nine perches more or less being Town Section No.

287 situate in and fronting on King Street and Princes Street in the Town of

Timaru.

840 (in red)–Fifty three perches more or less being Town Section No. 296 situate in and fronting on King Street and Queen Street in the Town of Timaru.

841 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 315 situate in and fronting on Charles Street in the Town of Timaru.

842 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 329 situate in and fronting on Edward Street and Catherine Street in the Town of Timaru.

843 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 364 situate in and fronting on High Street in the Town of Timaru.

844 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 370 situate in and fronting on High Street in the Town of Timaru.

845 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 391 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street in the Town of Timaru.

846 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 396 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street in the Town of Timaru.

847 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 398 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street in the Town of Timaru.

848 (in red)–One rood more or less being Town Section No. 400 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street in the Town of Timaru.

849 (in red)–One rood more or leas being Town Section No. 402 situate in and fronting on Heaton Street in the Town of Timaru.

850 (in red)–Two roods more or less being Town Sections Nos. 401 and 416 situate in and fronting on Cross Street in the Town of Timaru Section 404 being situated also in Heaton Street and 416 in Browne Street.

851 (in red)–Two roods and two perches more or less being Town Sections Nos.

428 and 440 situate in and fronting on Cross Street in the Town of Timaru Section 428 being situated also in Browne Street and Section 440 situate in William Street.

852 (in red)–One rood and two perches more or less being Town Section No.

430 situate in and fronting on William Street in the Town of Timaru.

853 (in red)–One rood two perches more or less being Town Section No. 432 situate in and fronting on William Street in the Town of Timaru.

854 (in red)–One rood and two perches more or less being Town Section No.

434 situate in and fronting on William Street in the Town of Timaru.

855 (in red)–One rood and two perches more or leas being Town Section No.

336 situate in and fronting on William Street in the Town of Timaru.

856 (in red)–One rood and two perches more or less being Town Section No;

438 situate in and fronting on William Street in the Town of Timaru.