Boundary Alterations and Land Takings




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert | land have been done and performed, and it is expe-
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New | dient to declare that such land is taken for the pur-
Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities | pose aforesaid:
conferred upon me by the hereinbefore in part recited | Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
Ordinance and Act, and of all other powers and | son, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and
authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby | with the advice of the Executive Council of the said
proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the said | colony, in exercise and in pursuance of the powers
Knapdale Road District shall be and the same are | and authorities in me vested by the said Acts, and of
hereby altered and enlarged by including therein the | any other power and authority enabling me in that
area described in the Schedule hereto, which said area | behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land
shall, from and after the day of the date of this Pro- | described in the Schedule hereto is taken by the
clamation, be and become a part of the said Knapdale | Council of the said borough for the purposes of a
Road District. | road; and that, from and after the twenty-first
--- SCHEDULE. ---
| day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial | seventy-nine, the said land shall become vested in
District of Otago, known as the Town of East Gore, | fee-simple in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
and bounded as follows: Towards the North by | of the Borough of Oamaru, discharged from all mort-
Blocks I. and II., Waikaka District; towards the | gages, charges, claims, estates, and interests of what
East and South by the Waikaka Stream; and | kind soever, for the purposes of a road as aforesaid.
towards the West by the Mataura River: as the same | SCHEDULE.
is delineated on the maps deposited in the Survey | ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Office, Invercargill. | Otago, and Colony of New Zealand, containing by
Given under the hand of His Excellency | admeasurement three (3) roods and eighteen decimal
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, | six (186) poles, more or less, situate in the Town
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin- | of Oamaru, and being part of Reserve D on the
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint | record map of the said town: Commencing at a
George, Governor and Commander-in- | point distant one hundred (100) links, bearing 101°
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony | 27' from the south-west corner of Section numbered
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, | eleven (11), Block seventy (LXX.), on the record
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued | map of the said Town of Oamaru; proceeding thence
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the | in a north-westerly direction, eight hundred and fifty-
Government House, at Wellington, this | eight and seven-tenths (8587) links, bearing 121°
thirteenth day of August, in the year of | 37'; thence in a south-westerly direction, one hun-
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and | dred and two and three-tenths (1023) links, bearing
seventy-nine. | 199° 26'; thence in a south-easterly direction, eight
G. S. WHITMORE. | hundred and seventy-three and eight-tenths (8738)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! | links, bearing 121° 37'; and thence in a north-
Land taken by the Borough of Oamaru for the | easterly direction, one hundred and six and five-
Purposes of a Road. | tenths (1065) links, bearing 191° 28', home to the
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor. | starting point. Bounded towards the North-east by
A PROCLAMATION. | other part of the said Reserve D; towards the South-
WHEREAS by "The Municipal Corporations Act, | east by a road line; towards the South-west by other
1876," it is enacted that the Council of a | part of said Reserve D; and towards the North-
borough constituted under that Act may take any | west by a road line: the above particulars being
land within the borough for any of the purposes of | delineated on the map marked A, and thereon
that Act in the manner provided by the Second Part | coloured green, attached to the memorial referred to.
of "The Public Works Act, 1876" (hereinafter | Given under the hand of His Excellency
called "the said Act"): And whereas the Council | Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
of the Borough of Oamaru, requiring to take the | Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
land described in the Schedule hereto, for the pur- | guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
poses of a road, has laid before me the memorial | George, Governor and Commander-in-
referred to by section twenty-five of the said Act, | Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
praying me to declare, by Proclamation, that such | of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
land is taken for such purpose: | and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
And whereas the Council of the said borough has, | under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
in accordance with the twenty-eighth section of "The | Government House, at Wellington, this
Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," | fifteenth day of August, in the year of our
laid before me a statutory declaration that the said | Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Council is authorized by law to undertake the work | seventy-nine.
for which the land described in the memorial laid | J. MACANDREW.
before me under section twenty-five of the said Act | Approved in Council.
is required, that all the provisions of the said Act as | FORSTER GORING,
to taking such land have been complied with, and | Clerk of the Executive Council.
that the said Council is of opinion that the proposed | GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
works should be executed, and that no private injury | Defining the Middle Line of Portion of the Railway
will be done for which due compensation is not pro- | from Oamaru to Livingston (Windsor Section).
vided by the said Act: | (L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
And whereas it appears to me that all things | A PROCLAMATION.
required by the said "Municipal Corporations Act, | WHEREAS the railway from Oamaru to Living-
1876," "The Public Works Act, 1876," and "The | ston is one of the railways specified in "The
Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," to be | Immigration and Public Works Appropriation Act,
done and performed to authorize the taking of such | 1878," and which Act is therein declared to be a



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🏘️ Altering and Enlarging Boundaries of Knapdale Road District (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
13 August 1879
Road District, Boundary alteration, Otago, Land description, Proclamation
  • Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • G. S. Whitmore

🏘️ Land Taken by Oamaru Borough for Road Purposes

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
15 August 1879
Land acquisition, Oamaru Borough, Road, Public Works Act, Proclamation, Otago
  • Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • J. Macandrew
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Defining Middle Line of Railway Section Oamaru to Livingston

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Railway line, Oamaru, Livingston, Windsor Section, Proclamation, Appropriation Act
  • Hercules Robinson, Governor