Land Reservations




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
571
plans deposited in the Provincial District Survey
Office, Christchurch. For a gravel pit.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement five (5)
acres, more or less, being Section numbered two
thousand two hundred and seventy-two (2272) (in
red). Bounded towards the North-west by Section
No. 27043 for a distance of about fourteen (14)
chains fifty (50) links; towards the East by Crown
lands for a distance of about ten (10) chains; and
towards the South by a road line for a distance of
about ten (10) chains: as the same is delineated on
the plans deposited in the Provincial District Survey
Office, Christchurch. For a gravel pit.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement five
(5) acres, more or less, being Section numbered two
thousand two hundred and seventy-six (2276) (in
red). Bounded towards the North by Crown lands
for a distance of five (5) chains; towards the East
by Section No. 22691 for a distance of ten (10)
chains; towards the South by a road-line for a dis-
tance of five (5) chains; and towards the West by
Crown lands for a distance of ten (10) chains: as the
same is delineated on the plans deposited in the Pro-
vincial District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a
gravel pit.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirtieth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.
J. MACANDREW.

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District
of Otago.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-
fourth section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is
enacted that the Governor may from time to time,
either by general or particular description, and
whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve
from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same
may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown
lands which in his opinion are required for any of
the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in
the Provincial District of Otago described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the
said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, containing by admeasurement forty-three
thousand (43,000) acres, more or less, situate in the
Mokoreta, Waikawa, and Otara Survey Districts.
Bounded towards the North by the Wyndham
Survey District and the summit of the Forest Range
to the Geodesical Station thereon; thence towards the
East by a right line running due south six (6) miles;
thence towards the South by a right line running due
west to a point on the production of the eastern
boundary line of the Toetoes Hundred; thence
again on the East by a right line due south to the
ocean; again towards the South by the ocean to the
Tokanui Stream; and towards the West by the
Toetoes Hundred: save and excepting pre-emptive
rights or other lands disposed of: as the same is
delineated on the plans deposited in the Provincial

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirtieth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.
J. MACANDREW.

District Survey Office, Invercargill. For the purposes
of a railway from Edendale to Fortrose.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirtieth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.
J. MACANDREW.

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District
of Nelson.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor may from time to time, either by
general or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale
temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be
then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands
which in his opinion are required for any of the pur-
poses in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in
the Provincial District of Nelson described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the
said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Nelson, containing twenty thousand (20,000) acres,
more or less, bounded by lines starting at the Aorere
River, at the western corner of Section 119, Square
14; thence along the southern boundaries of Sections
119, 118, and 117, and the south-eastern boundaries
of Sections 100, 99, 98, and 18; thence by the south-
western boundary of Section 100, the south-eastern
and eastern boundaries of Sections 100, 99, 192, 193,
194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, and 201; thence by
the southern boundaries of Sections 220, 219, and 80;
thence by the western boundaries of Sections 56, 59,
60, 97, and 96, to the south-western corner of latter
section; thence to the south-western corner of Section
94; thence by a line bearing 208° 30' (magnetic) for
a distance of about 890 chains; thence by a line bear-
ing 281° (magnetic) for about 160 chains; thence by
a line bearing 12° (magnetic) for about 712 chains;
thence by a line bearing 72° 30' (magnetic) for about
160 chains to the southern boundary of Section 130,
Square 14; thence along the south-eastern boun-
dary of Section 129 to where it strikes the south-
western boundary of Section 39; thence by that
boundary and the south-western boundaries of
Sections 30, 69, 68, 72, and 74; and thence by
the north-western and south-western boundaries of
Section 156, the north-western and south-western
boundaries of Section 155, to the bank of the River
Aorere; thence in a south-westerly direction for a
distance of about 80 chains along the banks of that
river to a point opposite the western corner of Section
119, being the point of commencement. Excepting
all alienated lands, mineral leases, or applications
for land within the above boundaries and which are
at present unsurveyed. For the purposes of a tram-
way.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirtieth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.
J. MACANDREW.



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