Road Proclamation and Trustee Appointment




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the Superintendent and the Provincial Council of the
Province of Westland:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
in me vested by the said Acts, and of every other
power and authority enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the portions of
road within the Province of Westland described, and
the boundaries whereof are set forth in the Schedule
hereto, shall respectively be and be deemed to be
roads under the provisions of the said firstly in part
recited Acts; and in further pursuance of "The
Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," I do
hereby proclaim and declare that I have caused a
map and survey plan of the portions of road marked
C.W. 159-160, defined in the Schedule hereto, de-
scribing the course and bearings and admeasurements
required for the same, and through what lands the
same are proposed to pass, and the names of the
owners or occupiers thereof, so far as known, to be
deposited in the office of the Public Works Depart-
ment at Hokitika, in the Province of Westland;
which said map and survey plan is authenticated, for
the purposes of this Proclamation, by the signature
of the Honorable Edward Richardson, Minister for
Public Works.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD FROM BOWEN TO OKARITO.

North End, Sections 2 and 3.

COMMENCING at a point situated at or near the
north side of the left branch of the Waitaha
River, the said point being indicated by a peg
driven into the ground and marked 815.10; pro-
ceeding thence in a generally westerly direction
for a distance of about 6 chains, more or less;
thence in a generally southerly direction for a
distance of about 7 chains, more or less; thence in a
generally westerly direction for a distance of about
9 chains, more or less; thence in a generally south-
easterly direction for a distance of about 63 chains,
more or less; thence in a generally south-south-
easterly direction for a distance of about 46 chains,
more or less; thence in a generally south-westerly
direction for a distance of about 166 chains, more or
less; thence in a generally southerly direction for a
distance of about 22 chains, more or less; thence
in a generally westerly direction for a distance of
about 36 chains, more or less; thence in a generally
west-south-westerly direction for a distance of about
15 chains, more or less; thence in a generally
southerly direction for a distance of about 110 chains,
more or less, to a point about 10 chains 77 links
south of Ida Creek, which said point is defined by a
peg driven into the ground and marked 1055.10.

South End, Sections 3 and 4.

Commencing at or near the east side of the
Okarito River, at a point indicated by a peg driven
into the ground and marked 399; proceeding thence
in a north-easterly direction for a distance of about
11 chains, more or less; thence following the course
of the Wahapo River in a generally south-easterly
direction for a distance of about 30 chains, more or
less; thence along the southern bank of the Wahapo
Lake in a generally east-north-easterly direction for a
distance of about 68 chains, more or less; thence in
a generally easterly direction for a distance of about
132 chains, more or less; thence in a generally south-
easterly direction for a distance of about 23 chains,
more or less; thence in a generally east-south-easterly
direction for a distance of about 52 chains, more or
less; thence in a generally south-easterly direction
for a distance of about 98 chains, more or less; thence

in a generally east-south-easterly direction for a
distance of about 7 chains, more or less; thence in a
generally north-easterly direction for a distance of
about 26 chains, more or less, to a point on the east
side of the Waitangi River, which said point is indi-
cated by a peg driven into the ground and marked
846.
The above described portions of road not to be less
than 1 chain wide.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Notice of the intention of the Governor to make
portions of the Road from Bowen to Okarito, in
the Province of Westland.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Governor of
New Zealand having, under the powers in him
vested by "The Immigration and Public Works Act,
1870," and the Acts amending the same, and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, deemed it
expedient to open and make portions of the line of
road from Bowen to Okarito, in the Province of
Westland, which road is, in the opinion of the
Governor and the Executive Council of the Colony,
not a road to be constructed by the Superintendent
and the Provincial Council of the said province, and
the course and bearings of which said road, the ad-
measurements required for the same, and the lands
through which the same passes, together with the
names of the owners and occupiers thereof, so far as
known, are respectively shown and delineated on a
certain plan marked C.W. 159-160, and which said
road is also described in a certain Proclamation made
under the said Act, and published in the same Gazette
as that in which this notice appears:
The said plan, marked C.W. 159-160, is deposited
and may be seen and inspected at the office of the
Public Works Department at Hokitika, in the
Province of Westland aforesaid.
And notice is hereby further given, that all or any
person or persons affected by the making of the said
portions of the said road from Bowen to Okarito are
required to set forth in writing, addressed to the
Governor, and left at the office of the said Public
Works Department at Hokitika aforesaid, within
forty days from the first publication hereof, any well-
grounded objection he or they may have to the said
portions of the said line of road.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of October, 1874.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

Trustee under "The Maori Real Estate Management
Act, 1867," appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1874.
THE following Order in Council is in lieu of a
similar Order in Council, dated the 20th



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🏗️ Proclamation Defining Portions of the Road from Bowen to Okarito (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
27 October 1874
Road definition, Proclamation, Westland Province, Bowen, Okarito, Survey plan, Public Works
  • Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Notice of Intention to Make Portions of the Road from Bowen to Okarito

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
27 October 1874
Objections, Road construction, Public Works Department, Hokitika, Westland
  • Edward Richardson

🪶 Appointment of Trustee under The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867

🪶 Māori Affairs
27 October 1874
Trustee appointment, Order in Council, Maori Real Estate Management Act