✨ Railway Proclamation, Court Appointment




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 171

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, notwith-
standing that such road may not have been made:
And whereas the Governor has determined to
construct and maintain a portion of the Mount
Rochfort to Westport Railway, authorized to be
constructed by "The Railways Act, 1871," "The
Railways Act, 1872," "The Railways Act, 1873,"
and "The Railways Act, 1874," which said portion
is hereinafter described:
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, 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 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 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 portion of the said railway to be at or near a
point which is situated on the Mount Rochfort to
Westport Railway, in Crown lands in the Province
of Nelson, about 16 chains, more or less, distant
from the left bank of the Waimangaroa River, the
said point being the point of termination of a portion
of the Mount Rochfort to Westport Railway, as de-
scribed in the Proclamation dated the first day of
May, 1875, and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 25, of 6th May, 1875, and the point of termination
thereof to be at or near a point which is situated in
Crown lands in the same Province, the said point
being about 43 chains, more or less, distant from the
left bank of the Ngakawau River.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation
of a portion of the Mount Rochfort to Westport
Railway, in the Province of Nelson.

COMMENCING at or near a point which is situated on
the Mount Rochfort to Westport Railway, in Crown
lands in the Province of Nelson, about 16 chains,
more or less, distant from the left bank of the
Waimangaroa River, passing in, through or over the
said Crown lands, and terminating at or near a point
which is situated in Crown lands in the said province
about 43 chains, more or less, distant from the left
bank of the Ngakawau River, as the limits, de-
scription, and line thereof are set forth on the
plan (marked N. 171), 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
Nelson; 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, unless otherwise delineated on the aforesaid
plan, and passing in, through, over or into the several
places, roads 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 Mount Rochfort
to Westport Railway hereinbefore described.
So much of the lands and roads hereinafter mentioned
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.
Crown lands and all places roads and watercourses
situated therein.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, 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 Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Commander of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; 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 the Government House
at Auckland, this twenty-ninth day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Appointing Place for holding Licensing Court.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and au-
thorities enabling me in this behalf, I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint that sittings of the Licensing Court for the
Licensing Districts of Eden, Tamaki, and Pakuranga
shall, until otherwise ordered, be held at the Resident
Magistrate's Court House at Onehunga.

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; Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of
the same; at the Government House
at Auckland, this twenty-ninth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1876, No 13





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πŸ—οΈ Proclamation defining limits and land acquisition for Mount Rochfort to Westport Railway section. (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
29 February 1876
Railway construction, Proclamation, Limits definition, Mount Rochfort, Westport, Nelson Province, Land taking
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works

🏘️ Appointment of place for holding Licensing Court sittings.

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
29 February 1876
Licensing Court, Appointment, Sittings location, Eden, Tamaki, Pakuranga, Onehunga
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
  • Charles C. Bowen