 Land was also lost under other legislation.The Counties Act 1886 s.245 said that tracks, ""over any Crown lands or Native lands, and generally used without obstruction as roads, shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be public roads, not exceeding sixty-six feet in width, and under the control of the Council"".Opposition to such confiscation was met by force, as at Opuatia in 1894.