Auckland Reserves Act 1863

Public Act		1863 No 23
Date of assent		14 December 1863

	Title
	Preamble.
I	Short Title.
II	Government House grounds may be granted to Superintendent.
III	Application of proceeds.
IV	Possession of Government House not to be given till new one completed.

An Act to enable the Governor to grant to the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland the Government House Grounds in Auckland.

Preamble.

WHEREAS by the “Public Domains Act 1860” all that piece or parcel of land situated in the city of Auckland containing 8 acres 3 roods and 5 perches more or less and known as the Government House Grounds bounded towards the North-east by Waterloo Quadrant 950 links and by a curved line connecting that street with Symonds-street on the East by the said curved line and by Symonds-street 970 links towards the South-west by the Wall of Albert Barracks 175 links 23 links 212 links 23 links 198 links 197 links 23 links 213 links 22 links 230 links 174 links 43 links and 70 links towards the West by the Military-road 558 links and by a curved line about 456 links and towards the North by a line 99 links was declared to be Crown Land subject to the provisions of the said Act and to be managed administered and dealt with by the Governor in manner therein set forth And whereas it has been arranged that the said piece or parcel of land shall be transferred to the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland and his successors for the sum of £25,000 to be expended as hereinafter mentioned.

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows:—

I Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act shall be the “Auckland Reserves Act 1863.”

II Government House grounds may be granted to Superintendent.

Upon the payment to the Governor by the Superintendent of Auckland or his successors of the sum of £25,000 it shall be lawful for the Governor to execute a Grant from the Crown granting to the said Superintendent the said piece of land in the Preamble hereto described to be held by him and his successors in trust under the “Public Reserves Act 1854” for such purposes of public utility as shall from time to time be declared concerning the same by Act of the Provincial Legislature of Auckland subject nevertheless to an arrangement subsisting between Her Majesty’s Imperial and Colonial Governments that no buildings shall be erected thereon nearer than the line of fence running at the back of Government House so long as the Imperial Government shall require the said arrangement to be continued.

III Application of proceeds.

The said sum of money shall be applied by the Governor in the erection of a Government House and the necessary out buildings in the Public Domain at Auckland aforesaid.

IV Possession of Government House not to be given till new one completed.

Provided always that possession of the present House and Grounds shall not be given to the said Superintendent until the Government House to be erected in the Domain is complete and fit for the reception of the Governor.

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