✨ Railway Land Proclamations




of August, 1874, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 42, of August 13, 1874.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of
a portion of the Dunedin to Moeraki Railway, in the
Province of Otago.

COMMENCING at or near a point which is situated in
the north-western boundary of Section 15 in Block
VII., in the Town District, and about 2 chains, more
or less, from the westernmost corner of said section,
passing in, through, over or into the Town District,
and the City of Dunedin, and terminating at or near
a point which is situated at or near the southern side
of High Street, in the City of Dunedin, about 7
chains, more or less, eastward from the Custom
House in the said City of Dunedin, the said point
being the point of commencement of a portion of the
Dunedin to Moeraki Railway as described in a Pro-
clamation dated the tenth day of August, 1874, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 42, of
August 13, 1874, as the limits, description, and line
thereof are set forth on plan (marked O. 566), 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 Proclama-
tion by the signature of the Honorable Edward
Richardson, Minister for Public Works, to be depo-
sited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme
Court at Dunedin; or within the limits of deviation
set forth on the said plan by dotted red lines, being
generally not more than 180 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, lands, roads, reserves, streams 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 Dunedin to Moeraki
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.

TOWN DISTRICT.

In Block VII. Sections numbered 15, 14, 13, 12,
Lots 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 of Section
numbered 11, Section numbered 10, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and remaining
portion of Section numbered 9, Section numbered 8,
Foreshore of Dunedin Harbour and all adjoining and
intervening places, land, roads, streams and water-
courses.

CITY OF DUNEDIN.

Dunedin to Clutha Railway, Recreation Ground,
Foreshore of Dunedin Harbour and all adjoining
and intervening places, lands, roads, streams and
watercourses.

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

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 265

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
Napier, this second day of April, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of
a further portion of the Waitara-Wanganui Rail-
way to the Kai Iwi Creek.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," it is enacted that the rail-
ways to be constructed under the said Act shall be
only such railways as shall from time to time be
determined by the General Assembly: And it is also
thereby enacted that, subject to the provisions con-
tained therein, the Governor may construct, or cause
to be constructed, any lines of railway which shall
be prescribed by the General Assembly as railways
to be constructed under the said Act, or any part
or parts thereof, and acquire the necessary engines,
plant, and machinery for working and using the same,
or any of them: And it is also thereby enacted that,
whenever the Governor shall determine to construct
any such railway, or any part thereof, it shall be
lawful for him, by Proclamation published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to declare and define the limits and
description and line thereof, and the lands proposed
to be taken for the purpose of such railway, subject
to the provisions of any Act defining such limits and
descriptions; and any such Proclamation may refer to
maps, plans, or drawings to be deposited in the office
of the Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the Supreme
Court in the province in which such railway or part
thereof is proposed to be constructed, and any maps,
plans, or drawings so referred to shall be deemed
to form part of such Proclamation; and upon the
publication of such Proclamation, the provisions and
regulations contained in the Seventh Part of the
said Act shall be applicable to the railway and to the
lands to which the Proclamation shall relate: And
it is also thereby enacted that it shall be lawful
for the Governor to make, construct, and maintain
any such railway as aforesaid, with proper works,
approaches, and conveniences connected therewith,
commencing at the place delineated on, and extending
along the lines set forth in, and terminating at a
point described in the Act or Proclamation proclaim-
ing and defining such railway, or shown in the maps,
plans, or drawings referred to in such Act or
Proclamation: And it is also thereby enacted that
the Governor may direct that any part of such line
of railway may be constructed on and along any part
of any public highway, and that any part of any such
line of railway may be constructed on or through
any public reserves: And it is also thereby enacted
that, subject to the provisions of that Part of the
said Act and of the Acts incorporated therewith, the
Governor may exercise all or any of the powers by
that Part of the said Act or the said incorporated
Acts conferred upon him for the construction of any
such railway, and may enter upon, and cause to be
entered upon, all lands within the colony for the
purpose of making such surveys as may be necessary,



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πŸ—οΈ Schedules defining limits and lands for Dunedin to Moeraki Railway portion. (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
2 April 1876
Railway construction, Dunedin, Moeraki, Otago, Land acquisition, Deviation limits, Town District, City of Dunedin, Schedule
  • Honourable Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works
  • 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 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
  • EDWARD RICHARDSON

πŸ—οΈ Proclamation defining limits for Waitara-Wanganui Railway extension to Kai Iwi Creek.

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
Railway construction, Waitara, Wanganui, Kai Iwi Creek, Public Works Act 1870, Proclamation
  • NORMANBY, Governor