✨ Railway Proclamations and By-laws




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

eight hundred and seventy-four, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette, No. 34, of the 25th of June,
1874, proclaimed, declared, and defined the limits,
description, and line of portions of the said railway
from the right bank of the River Wanganui to
Section No. 33 in the Turakina District:
And whereas the Governor has determined to con-
struct and maintain a further portion of the railway
from Wanganui to Manawatu, authorized to be con-
structed by "The Railways Act, 1871," "The Rail-
ways Act, 1872," and "The Railways Act, 1874,"
which said portion is hereinafter described :
Now therefore, I, the Most Honorable George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Administrator of the Government 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 further portion 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 further portion 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 commencement of
the said further portion of the said railway to be at or
near a point which is situated in that portion of the
Public Road and Railway Reserve which lies between
Sections numbered 5 and 43 of the Manchester Block,
in the Province of Wellington, and the point of
termination thereof to be at or near a point which is
situated in that portion of the public road which lies
between Sections numbered 174 and 389, in the
Township of Palmerston, in the same province.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation
of a portion of the Railway from Wanganui to
Manawatu, in the Province of Wellington.

COMMENCING at or near a point which is situated in
that portion of the Public Road and Railway Reserve
which lies between Sections numbered 5 and 43 of
the Manchester Block, and passing in, through, over,
or into the following territorial subdivisions, viz.,
Manchester Block, Town of Feilding, Kawa Kawa
Native Reserve, Township of Palmerston, and ter-
minating at or near a point which is situated in
that portion of the Public Road which lies be-
tween Sections numbered 174 and 389, in the Town-
ship of Palmerston, 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 Wellington, or
within the limits of deviation set forth in the said
plan by dotted red lines, being generally not more
than 110 yards on either side of the said line, unless
otherwise delineated on plan, and passing in through,
over, or into the several places, lands, roads, reserves,
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 portion of the Railway from
Wanganui to Manawatu, hereinbefore described.

So much of the lands and roads hereinafter mentioned

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as are required for the said portion of the said rail-
way along the line of the said railway hereinbefore
defined, or within the limits of deviation aforesaid,
as the lands are described and defined in the plan
or book of reference aforesaid.

MANCHESTER BLOCK.

Public Road and Railway Reserve, Sections num-
bered 43, 6, 44, 5, 45, 4, 46, 3, 47, 2, 48, 1, 49,
Portion of the Manchester Block on either side of
the public road and railway reserve, and all adjoining
and intervening places, lands, roads, streams, and
watercourses.

TOWNSHIP OF FEILDING.

Reserve, Sections numbered 161, 163, 165, 167, 169,
171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 531, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349,
350, 182, 183, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 198, 199, 355,
356, 357, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 373, 374, 204, 205,
206, 207, 208, 385, 386, 387, 388, 339, 222, 223, 224,
225, 226, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 782, 783, 781, 780,
488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 506,
507, 508, 509, 510, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 519, 520,
521, 522, 523, 524, and 779, Railway Reserve, and all
adjoining and intervening places, lands, roads, streets,
streams, and watercourses.

KAWA KAWA Native Reserve.

Kawa Kawa Native Reserve, and all adjoining and
intervening places, lands, roads, rivers, and water-
courses.

TOWNSHIP OF PALMERSTON.

Section numbered 488, Crown land, Sections num-
bered 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 515, 514, 513, 522,
512, 523, 524, 525, 526, 419, 420, Reserve, Gravel
Reserve, Sections numbered 176, 388, 175, 174, 389,
and all adjoining and intervening places, lands, roads,
streets, rivers, and watercourses.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
the Most Honorable George Augustus
Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby,
and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in
the County of York, in the Peerage of
the United Kingdom; and Baron Mul-
grave of New Ross, in the County of
Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honor-
able Privy Council; Knight Commander
of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; Administrator
of the Government in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies; and issued under the
Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this sixth day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Making and confirming By-laws, Rules, and Regu-
lations on the Woodlands Section of the Inver-
cargill to Mataura Railway.

NORMANBY,
Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of January, 1875.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.
WHEREOF under the provisions of "The Immi-
gration and Public Works Act, 1870," and



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πŸ—οΈ Proclamation defining line and limits of deviation for Wanganui to Manawatu Railway portion (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
6 January 1875
Railway construction, Wanganui, Manawatu, Proclamation, Limits of deviation, Manchester Block, Feilding, Palmerston
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Administrator of the Government
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works

πŸ—οΈ Making and confirming By-laws for Woodlands Section of Invercargill to Mataura Railway

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
5 January 1875
By-laws, Regulations, Railway construction, Invercargill, Mataura, Woodlands Section
  • NORMANBY, Administrator of the Government