✨ Railway Land Proclamation




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

any such portion so proclaimed shall be deemed
to be a railway within the meaning of the said Act
and the said amending Act and this Act :
And whereas by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1872," it is enacted that, at any time
after the expiration of twenty-one days from
the publication in the New Zealand Gazette, and
in a newspaper ordinarily circulating in the district,
of a Proclamation under the thirteenth section
of the said Act, whether of the whole or a
portion or portions of a line of railway, the
Governor, on behalf of Her Majesty, may enter
upon, take possession of, use and hold, or cause to be
entered upon, taken possession of, used and held, so
much of the lands defined in such Proclamation as
proposed to be taken as shall be required to be taken,
purchased, or permanently used for the purposes of
such railway, notwithstanding that an agreement
shall not have been come to or an award made for
the purchase or compensation money to be paid in
respect of such lands:
And whereas by the said last-mentioned Act it is
also enacted that in any case in which a road or right
of road has been or hereafter may be reserved in any
Crown grant, and in any case in which, under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," or any law for the time
being in force relating to the sale of waste lands of
the Crown, or any law whatever, there is a right to
take a public road through any lands, it shall be law-
ful, after such road shall have been surveyed, to con-
struct under the said Acts any railway, or any part of
any railway, on the road so surveyed, notwithstanding
that such road may not have been made:
And whereas the Governor has determined to con-
struct and maintain the railway from Waitaki to
Timaru, the same being a railway authorized to be
constructed by "The Railways Act, 1873," which
said railway is hereinafter described :
Now therefore, I, the Right Honorable Sir James
Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers
and authorities conferred on me by the hereinbefore
in part recited Acts, and in exercise of every other
power enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim,
declare, and define the limits, description, and line
of the said railway to be those set forth in the First
Schedule hereto; and that the lands specified and
described in the Second Schedule hereto are proposed
to be taken for the purposes of the said railway; and
that the limits of deviation shall be those set forth
in the said First Schedule hereto; and in pursuance
and exercise of all powers and authorities conferred
on me in that behalf, I do hereby, fix the point of com-
mencement of the said railway to be a point in the
bed of the River Waitaki, the said point being the
point of termination of the railway from Moeraki to
Waitaki, as described in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 16, dated March 13, 1873, page 166; and the point
of termination thereof to be at or near a point which
is situated on the Beach Reserve, in the Town of
Timaru, in the same province, about 15 chains, more
or less, northward from the south-easternmost corner
of Rural Section numbered 7555, known as Rhodes
Town, and about 35 links distant from the eastern
boundary of said section, the said point being the
point of commencement of the Timaru and Temuka
Railway, as described in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 33, dated June 14, 1871, page 293.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Descriptions, Line, and Limits of Deviation of the
Railway from Waitaki to Timaru, in the Province
of Canterbury.
COMMENCING at a point in the bed of the River
Waitaki, the said point being the point of termina-

tion of the railway from Moeraki to Waitaki, as
described in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 16, dated
March 13, 1873, page 166, and passing in, through,
over, or into the following territorial divisions,
viz., the Waimate Road District, the Levels Road
District, and the Municipality of Timaru, and ter-
minating at or near a point which is situated
on the Beach Reserve, in the Town of Timaru,
about 15 chains, more or less, northward from
the south-easternmost corner of Rural Section
numbered 7555, known as Rhodes Town, and about 35
links distant from the eastern boundary of said
section, the said point being the point of com-
mencement of the Timaru and Temuka Railway,
as described in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 33,
dated June 14, 1871, page 293, as the limits,
description, and line thereof are set forth in
the plan, and described in the book of reference
referred to on the face of the said plan, and which
plan and book are authenticated for the purposes of
this Proclamation by the signature of the Honorable
Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, to
be deposited in the office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Christchurch, or within the limits
of deviation set forth on the said plan by dotted red
lines, being generally not more than 110 yards on
either side of the said line, except where otherwise
indicated on plan, and passing in, through, over, or
into the several places, sections of land, roads, re-
serves, rivers, and watercourses enumerated in the
Second Schedule hereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE,

OR BOOK OF REFERENCE.
Lands and Roads, &c., proposed to be taken for the
purposes of the Railway from Waitaki to Timaru,
hereinbefore described.
So much of the lands and roads hereinafter mentioned
as are required for the said railway along the line of
the said railway hereinbefore defined, or within the
limits of deviation aforesaid, as the said lands are
described and defined in the plan or book of reference
aforesaid.

WAIMATE ROAD DISTRICT.
The River Waitaki Reserves numbered 642 and
1644, Telegraph Reserve numbered 953, Railway
Reserve numbered 1316, Crown land, I.P.R.AI,
Rural Sections numbered 19580, 19739, 18234,
18233, 18232, 17443, 15075, 15072, 15073, 15074,
3790, the Railway Reserve numbered 631, Reserve
for Railway Station numbered 638, the River Waihao,
I.P.R.H., I.P.R.I., Reserve numbered 631, Rural
Sections numbered 4078, 5296, 6315, 4077, 5311,
8345, 10055, 12155, 10257, 10734, 10018, 10017,
12868, Reserves numbered 1177, and 1178, I.P.R.G.,
I.P.R.D., Reserves numbered 1127 and 1128, Rural
Sections numbered 9661, 9662, 6538, 4080, 6537,
Reserve for Waimate Branch Railway, Rural Sec-
tions numbered 9663, 9664, 3818, 4081, 6300, 6310,
6299, 15885, Railway Station Reserve numbered 637,
Rural Sections numbered 10056, 16694, 5907, 5812,
5517, 6312, the River Hook Reserves numbered 678,
679, Railway Station Reserve numbered 636, the
River Makikihi Reserves numbered 676 and 677,
Rural Sections numbered 6548, 18316, 13887, Reserve
numbered 675, Rural Sections numbered 13886, 9653,
9655, 17735, 9658, 16693, Reserve numbered 635,
Rural Sections numbered 16695, 16036, 16941, 9660,
Reserves numbered 674, 673, and 1125, Rural Section
numbered 9654, Reserve numbered 641, Rural Sec-
tion numbered 9633, the River Otaio, Rural Sections
numbered 6230, 6229, 7102, Reserve numbered 634,
and Railway Station Reserve numbered 633, Rural
Sections numbered 7103, 6228, Reserve numbered
640, the River Pareora, and all adjoining and inter-



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πŸ—οΈ Proclamation defining route and lands for Waitaki to Timaru Railway (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
Railway construction, Waitaki, Timaru, Canterbury Province, Land taking, Proclamation, Waimate Road District, Edward Richardson
  • Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
  • Honorable Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works