Taranaki Education Reserves Act 1871
Taranaki Education Reserves Act 1871
Taranaki Education Reserves Act 1871
Public Act |
1871 No 21 |
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Date of assent |
14 November 1871 |
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Contents
An Act to authorize the Governor to grant Land as an Endowment for the support of Common Schools in the Province of Taranaki.
Preamble.
WHEREAS it is desirable that out of Crown lands in the Province of Taranaki or lands taken under the provisions of “The New Zealand Settlements Act 1863”
and “The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act 1865”
or either of them that certain portions of the said lands he set apart and granted as an endowment for the support of Common Schools within the said Province And whereas there are in the said Province certain lands described in the First Schedule to this Act being Crown lands reserved by the Governor for public purposes and in the Second Schedule lands which have from time to time been set apart or reserved by the Superintendent of the said Province for Education and other public purposes and it is desirable that grants be issued for the said lands to the Board of Education of the said Province:
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows:—
1 Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Taranaki Education Reserves Act 1871.”
2 Governor may grant land to Board.
It shall be lawful for the Governor in the name of Her Majesty and at the request of the Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki for the time being to grant to the Board of Education of the said Province one or more blocks of land being Crown lands or lands taken under the provisions of “The New Zealand Settlements Act 1863”
and “The New Zealand Settlements Act Amendment and Continuance Act 1865”
or either of them within the said Province and not sold or agreed to he sold and not reserved for public purposes and not exceeding in the whole ten thousand acres to hold to the said Board their successors and assigns for ever on trust for the purpose of this Act and no payment whatever shall he required of the Board in respect of any such grant except such fees and other such payment as shall for the time being be payable by law in respect of grants from the Crown and the registration thereof and the registration of the grantee.
3 Certain reserved Crown land may be granted to Board.
It shall be lawful for the Governor in like manner to grant the lands described in the First Schedule to this Act to the said Board upon the same trusts without any payment whatever save of the like fees and payments as are in the next preceding section mentioned.
4 Certain reserves may be granted to Board.
As to such of the parcels of land described in the Second Schedule of this Act being Waste Lands of the Crown reserved from sale as have not yet been granted by the Crown it shall be lawful for the Governor in like manner to grant the same to the said Board upon the same trusts without any payment whatever save of the like fees and payments as are mentioned in section two of this Act.
5 Trusts upon which land may be held.
The Board shall hold the several pieces of land hereinbefore mentioned subject to any lease or agreement for a lease which shall be subsisting in respect thereof at the time of coming into operation of this Act or any other agreement which may have been entered into with respect to the land in the Schedules hereto upon the trusts following:—
(1.)
To use any parts thereof as sites for schoolhouses and residences for teachers of schools established under any Education Act or Ordinance in force in the said Province.
(2.)
To let the same or any part thereof for such term not exceeding twenty-one years and upon such conditions as the Board shall think fit.
6 Application of rents.
The Board shall apply all the rents and profits of the said lands after paying the expenses of obtaining and managing the same in or towards the maintenance or encouragement of schools established under any Education Act or Ordinance in force in the said Province or of schools not so established which the Board may in pursuance of the said Act or Ordinance think fit to assist and may apply such part thereof as the Board shall think fit as prizes for the encouragement of learning in any of the said schools and such prizes may be given in money or in books or other suitable rewards.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
| Locality. | Number of Section on Plan of Provincial Surveyor. | For what Purposes reserved from Sale. |
|---|---|---|
| Tikorangi District | Rural Section 25 | General purposes. |
| Ditto | Rural Section part 32 | Ditto. |
| Tikorangi Township | Town Belt 1 2 3 4 | Ditto. |
| Huirangi Township | Town Belt 1 2 3 4 5 | Ditto. |
| Mangonui Township | Town Belt 1 2 | Ditto. |
| Urunui Township | Town Belt 1 3 4 | Ditto. |
| Koru Township | Town Belt 1 | Ditto. |
| Ahuahu Township | Town Belt 3 | Ditto. |
| Okato Township | Town Belt 1 2 | Ditto. |
| Oakuru Township | Town Belt 8 | Ditto. |
| Town of Carlyle Patea District | Block 18, No. 7 | Educational purposes. |
| Block 19, No. 10 | Ditto. | |
| Block 27 Nos. 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 | Ditto. | |
| Suburban land Patea District | Sections 40 41 42 | Ditto. |
| Rural land Patea District | Sections 59 189 211 | Ditto. |
| Kakaramea Township Patea District | Town Belt | General Government Purposes. |
| Mokoia Township Patea District | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Ohawe Township Patea District | Ditto | Ditto. |
SECOND SCHEDULE
| Locality. | Number of Section on Plan of Provincial Surveyor. | For what Purposes reserved from Sale. |
|---|---|---|
| Hua and Waiwakaiko Hundred | 158 | Education. |
| Ditto | 160 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 162 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 164 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 25 | General purposes. |
| Ditto | 29 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 59 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 62 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 81 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 125 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 128 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 159 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 163 | Ditto. |
| Bell District | 23 | Education. |
| Tururutangi District | 25 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 31 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 32 | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 125 | Ditto. |
| Hua Village | A | General purposes. |
| Ditto | B | Ditto. |
| Ditto | C | Ditto. |
| Ditto | 8 | Ditto. |
| Town of New Plymouth | Pipiko | Ditto. |
| Ditto | Otumaikuku | Ditto. |
| Omata District | Part of 7. |