Land Reservation and Allotment Notice




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
III.—ORDER IN COUNCIL DEFINING PORTIONS OF "COLLIERY RESERVE" AT
WESTPORT REQUIRED FOR RAILWAY PURPOSES.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-third day of February, 1876.

Present:
THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twenty-fourth section of "The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1875," it is
enacted that such portions of the "Colliery Reserve" situate at Westport as are required for
the railway from Mount Rochfort to Westport, and for a railway station and other purposes connected
with the said railway, shall be forthwith defined by an Order of the Governor in Council, and that
thereafter the same shall be reserved and held for the said purposes and no other: And whereas the
portions of the said "Colliery Reserve" described in the Schedule hereto are required for the purposes
mentioned in the above-recited section :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and under and by virtue of the above-recited power
and authority, doth hereby declare that such portions of the "Colliery Reserve" as are in the Schedule
hereto defined shall be henceforth reserved and held for the purposes of the railway from Mount
Rochfort to Westport, and for a railway station and other purposes connected with the said railway
and no other.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Presiding.

Description of portions of the "Colliery Reserve" required for Railway Station, and other purposes
connected with the Railway from Mount Rochfort to Westport..

ALL that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 18 acres 3 roods 27 perches, more or less,
being portion of the Mount Rochfort and Westport Railway and Colliery Reserve, in the town of
Westport, Province of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand, comprising sections Nos. 140, 141, 142,
143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 157, 158, 159, 160, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187,
188, 189, 190, 191; other portion of the aforesaid reserve, sections Nos. 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93,
92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 52, 51, 50,
49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 18, 17, 16, 15, and 14; also portion of Pakington Street, Henley
Street, Brougham Street, Adderley Street, Wakefield Street, included within the boundaries hereafter
described. Bounded towards the North-west by Nelson Street 418 links, by other portions of the
above reserve 50 links, and by section No. 56 50 links respectively; towards the North-east by
sections Nos. 149, 156, 176, 192, portion of sections Nos. 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89,
88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 53, 39, 19, by other
portions of the above reserve and portions of Pakington Street, Henley Street, Brougham Street, and
Wakefield Street, 975 links, 2150 links, 550 links, 150 links, 275 links, and 550 links respectively.
Bounded towards the South-west by other portions of the above reserve, by Wakefield Street, and
Rintoul Street, 50 links, 250 links, 50 links, and 410 links respectively; and towards the South-west by
the Buller River.

IV.—NOTICE.

WESTPORT COLLIERY RESERVE.

In accordance with recommendation No. 3 of the Royal Commission in the above matter, I hereby give
notice that I shall attend at the Court House at Westport, on the 1st day of April next, at noon, to
afford the claimants under subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of Schedules C and D the opportunity of choosing
their allotments from the unoccupied ground in the reserve according to the order shown in the
exhibit marked "Order of Choice of New Sections."

I further give notice, that copies of the Report of the Royal Commission, with the Schedules
appended thereto, can be inspected at the respective offices of the Warden, Town Clerk, and Resident
Engineer, Public Works Department, at Westport, and at the Superintendent's and Public Works
Offices, Nelson.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of March, 1876.

THOMAS MACKAY,
Agent for the Crown.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.




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🏗️ Order in Council defining portions of Westport Colliery Reserve for Railway Purposes

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23 February 1876
Order in Council, Colliery Reserve, Westport, Railway Purposes, Land Reservation, Mount Rochfort, Nelson Province
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • JULIUS VOGEL, Presiding

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  • THOMAS MACKAY, Agent for the Crown