Railway Accounts and Land Notices




618

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT.
SHOWING the Total Revenue and Expenditure during the Financial Year 1877-78, to the termination
of the Four-weekly Period ending 6th April.

RAILWAYS.

Section. Length open for Traffic. Total Revenue to Date. Total Expenditure to Date. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. Revenue per Mile of Railway open. Expenditure per Mile of Railway open.
Kaipara* 16 £ 2,518 17 4 £ 3,331 5 6 132.25 £ 204 13 2 £ 270 13 3
Auckland* 87 26,889 10 4 21,194 7 5 78.82 457 16 10 360 17 5
Napier 65 19,281 8 6 13,780 17 1 71.47 414 6 2 296 2 7
Wellington 28 11,912 2 0 8,682 2 2 72.88 679 3 11 495 0 7
Foxton* 40 6,319 12 4 6,273 0 11 99.26 222 0 9 220 8 1
Wanganui 33 2,645 19 2 3,641 8 0 137.62 144 10 6 198 18 0
New Plymouth * 21 3,508 18 3 3,716 13 5 105.92 276 9 2 292 16 5
Greymouth 8 4,918 7 8 3,877 18 0 78.84 799 4 8 630 3 2
Westport* 19 920 14 0 1,032 15 11 112.17 82 10 10 92 11 10
Nelson 20 4,575 8 6 4,471 13 1 97.73 297 8 1 290 13 0
Picton* 18 3,219 5 10 3,735 2 4 116.02 232 10 1 269 15 0
Christchurch 387 204,834 7 4 144,956 11 11 70.77 697 4 5 493 10 0
Dunedin 105 77,293 10 10 55,448 16 3 71.74 1,076 19 5 772 12 0
Invercargill 154 34,745 0 0 25,094 16 9 72.23 324 0 5 234 0 5
Total 1,001 £ 403,583 2 1 £ 299,237 8 9 74.14 ... ...
  • The revenue for wharves is not included.

WHARVES.

Section. Kaipara. Auckland. Foxton. New Plymouth. Greymouth. Westport. Picton.
Revenue £ 432 11 4 £ 761 1 11 £ 843 3 4 £ 124 9 0 £ 1,898 1 0 £ 136 14 2 £ 515 15 3
Expenditure 330 9 6 130 16 10 512 17 1 115 12 1 517 5 0 21 5 6 155 9 2

Public Works Office,
9th May, 1878.

R. WHITAKER,
Accountant, Constructed Railways.


LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that MARIA BENJA-
MIN, late the Widow of John MESSENT, of
the Cust, in the District of Oxford, as the duly
appointed Guardian of FANNY MARIA MESSENT and
EMILY EDITH MAUD MESSENT, infants (the surviving
children of the said John Messent, deceased, who
died intestate), has applied for the registration of
such children as Owners of Rural Sections 14451,
15088, 15089, and 17980, in the said district; and
that they will be registered as proprietors of an
estate in coparcenary in said sections, unless caveat
forbidding the same be lodged within one month
after the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 10th day of May, 1878, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.

281

R. W. D'OYLY,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

WHEREAS a declaration has been lodged with
me, made by RICHARD QUIN, the registered
Proprietor of Allotment No. 16, Block I., on the
plan of the Township of Keynstone, in the Provincial
District of Otago, of the loss of the Certificate of
Title to the said allotment, bearing date the 23rd day
of December, 1874, and entered on the Register Book
of the said District, Vol. XVI., fol. 254; I hereby
give notice that I intend to issue a Provisional Cer-
tificate of Title to the said Richard Quin, unless
caveat be lodged within fourteen days from the date
of the publication hereof.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin, the
8th day of May, 1878.

276

A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
within one month after the date of the Gazette con-
taining this notice.

  1. MOSES WHITE.-5 acres 2 roods 24
    perches, part of Rural Section 7709, Waitangi Dis-
    trict. Unoccupied.

  2. JOSIAH BIRCH.-2 roods 9 perches, part
    of Rural Section 320, Mandeville District. Occupied
    by Applicant.

  3. JACOB BETTEN.-1 acre 29 perches, part
    of Rural Section 4311, Waitangi District. (Lot 29,
    plan 164.) Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 10th day of May, 1878, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.

280

R. W. D'OYLY,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

APPLICATION has been made to me by GRE-
GORY BYRON, of Bingsland, Farmer, for a
Provisional Certificate of Title to be issued to him
for all that parcel of land, part of R.S. 41, de-
lineated in Register Vol. II., fol. 119, the original
certificate having been burnt: Notice is hereby
given that the application will be complied with after
the expiration of fourteen days from the date of this
Gazette.

282

R. W. D'OYLY,
District Land Registrar for the
District of Canterbury.



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🚂 Railways Working Account for Financial Year 1877-78

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9 May 1878
Railway statistics, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial year 1877-78, Wharves
  • R. Whitaker, Accountant, Constructed Railways

🗺️ Application for Registration of Land Title for Messent Children

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 May 1878
Land Transfer Act, Registration, Guardian, Infants, Rural Sections, Oxford District
  • Maria Benjamin, Guardian of Messent children
  • John Messent, Deceased father of applicants
  • Fanny Maria Messent, Applicant for land registration
  • Emily Edith Maud Messent, Applicant for land registration

  • R. W. D'Oyly, District Land Registrar

🗺️ Lost Certificate of Title for Allotment in Keynstone Township

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
8 May 1878
Land Transfer Act, Lost Title, Provisional Certificate, Keynstone Township, Otago
  • Richard Quin, Registered Proprietor of lost title

  • A. W. Smith, District Land Registrar

🗺️ Applications to bring Land under the Land Transfer Act

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 May 1878
Land Transfer Act, Land application, Waitangi District, Mandeville District
  • Moses White, Applicant for land registration
  • Josiah Birch, Applicant for land registration
  • Jacob Betten, Applicant for land registration

  • R. W. D'Oyly, District Land Registrar

🗺️ Application for Provisional Title due to Burnt Certificate

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Transfer Act, Provisional Certificate, Burnt certificate, R.S. 41, Canterbury
  • Gregory Byron, Applicant for provisional title

  • R. W. D'Oyly, District Land Registrar for the District of Canterbury