Road Diversion Ordinance




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  1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance the Public Road passing over the parcels of land described in the Schedule B hereto and coloured Green on the Plan hereto annexed shall be closed up and the said parcels of land shall be granted to the said James Archibald M’Ilraith his heirs and assigns for ever in exchange for the parcels of land conveyed by him as aforesaid.

  2. This Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as “The Diversion of Roads Special Ordinance No. 1 1871.”


SCHEDULE A.

All that Piece or Parcel of Land one chain wide containing by admeasurement two acres and twenty-three perches more or less being part of rural sections Nos. 2667 3162 4864 and 2668 on the Map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury setting out and describing the rural land in the Malvern District the centre line commencing at a point on the western side of the Racecourse Hill and Kowai road situate 10 chains 11 links south of the Homebush and Coal road thence south-westerly following a straight line at an angle of 58 deg. 45 min. with the first-mentioned road a distance of 22 chains 10 links to the Homebush and Coal road before-mentioned and more particularly delineated and described by the plan hereunto annexed and coloured pink thereon.

All that Piece or Parcel of land one chain wide containing by admeasurement three acres three roods and thirty-two perches more or less being part of Rural Sections numbered 3985 8838 8839 4010 4011 4116 4117 4118 and 4119 on the Map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury setting out and describing the rural land in the Malvern District commencing at the intersection of the western side of the Homebush and Coal road by the south eastern boundary of section No. 2668 and running in a southerly direction a distance on the average of about thirty-nine chains fifty-six links to the road before-mentioned and more particularly delineated and described by the plan hereunto annexed and coloured pink thereon.


SCHEDULE B.

All that Piece or Parcel of Land one chain wide containing by admeasurement two acres three roods and thirty-five perches more or less being that portion of the Homebush and Coal road passing through Sections numbered 2667 3162 4864 and 2668 on the Map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury setting out and describing the rural land in the Malvern district and extending from the Racecourse Hill and Kowai road a distance on the average of about twenty-nine chains seventy links and more particularly delineated and described by the plan hereunto annexed and coloured green thereon.

All that Piece or Parcel of land one chain wide containing by admeasurement three acres two roods and thirty-two perches more or less being that portion of the Homebush and Coal road passing through Sections numbered 3985 8838 8839 4010 4011 4116 4117 4118 and 4119 on the Map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury setting.



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 13





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🏗️ Ordinance for Diversion of Roads and Exchange of Land (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Road diversion, Land exchange, Public highway, Provincial Council
  • James Archibald M’Ilraith, Recipient of land exchange