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New Zealand: Acts affecting Native Lands, 1886, 1888-91 and 1894-95

Part I. — Preliminary

Part I.
Preliminary.

2.In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context,—
  • "Government work" means a work constructed or intended to be constructed by or under the control of Her Majesty, or the Governor, or the Government of the colony, or any Minister of the Crown:
  • "Local authority" means and includes any Borough Council, County Council, Town Board, Road Board, River Board, Harbour Board, Education Board, and other Board, Commissioners, Trustees, or other persons or body however designated, having authority, under any Act of the General Assembly or Provincial Ordinance, to undertake the construction of any public work:
  • "Local work" means a work constructed or intended to be constructed by or under the control of a local authority:
  • "Minister" means the Minister for Public Works appointed under this Act:
  • "Native" means an aboriginal native of New Zealand, and includes half-castes and their descendants by Natives:page 2
  • "Native land" means land held by Natives under their customs or usages, whether the ownership thereof has been determined by the Native Land Court or not:
  • "Public work" and "work" mean and include—
    (1.)Every work which Her Majesty, or the Governor, or the Government of the colony, or any Minister of the Crown, or any local authority, is authorised to undertake under this or any other Act of the General Assembly or Provincial Ordinance; and in particular—
    (2.)Any survey, railway, tramway, road, street, gravel-pit, quarry, bridge, drain, harbour, dock, canal, river-work, water-work, and mining-work (including therein the deposit of tailings, or the construction of sludge-channels or tailings-channels in connection with mining operations);
    (3.)Any lunatic asylum, including lands that may be necessary for the use, convenience, or enjoyment of any such asylum, or for any work or purpose in connection therewith;
    (4.)Any public school within the meaning of "The Education Act, 1877," including lands that may be necessary for playgrounds or teachers' residences, or for any other purpose in connection with such school;
    (5.)Any electric telegraph, fortification, rifle-range, artillery-range, lighthouse, or any building or structure required for any public purpose or use, including lands that may be necessary for the use, convenience, or enjoyment of the same:
39.A claim for compensation for lands taken out of any Native reserve may be made by the Public Trustee on behalf of those interested in such reserve.