✨ Railway Land Taking Schedule




APRIL 1.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 407

and plans were referred to in such Proclamation as
aforesaid: And whereas the branch line of railway
from Edendale to Toitois, from the main line, Wai-
taki to Bluff, is one of the railways specified in
"The Public Works Act, 1879," and it is enacted
therein that such of the railways mentioned as are
unfinished may be completed under the provisions of
"The Public Works Act, 1876," "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," and "The Public
Works Act, 1879:" And whereas the land described
in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for the
Wyndham Section of the said line of railway:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred by the sixth section of "The
Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," and
of every power and authority in that behalf, doth
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described
in the Schedule hereto is taken for the said portion
of the said line of railway.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment 24 acres 3 roods 16 perches, more or less,
situate in Sections numbered respectively 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 24, and 25, and road, in Block III., on the map of
the Mataura Survey District, commencing at the
south-western corner of Section 1, Block III., afore-
said; and bounded along the western boundary of
said section; towards the West by a part of Seaward
Road being used for the purposes of the Waitaki to
Bluff Railway, 132 links, 402 links, and 89 links
respectively; towards the North by other part of said
Section 1, 760 links; towards the North-east by
other part of said Section 1, 1140 links; towards the
North by parts of Sections numbered respectively 1,
2, 3, and 4, Block III., 7300 links; towards the
West by Section 4, Block III., 20 links; towards
the North by parts of Sections numbered respectively
5 and 24 and part of a road in Block III., 4456
links; towards the North-east by parts of Sections
numbered respectively 24 and 25, Block III., 3728
and 684 links respectively; towards the East by a
road, 353 links; towards the South-west by Elba
Road, 4501 links; towards the South by the Ferry
Road, 11940 links; towards the South-west, South,
and South-east by other part of Section 1, 646 links,
700 links, and 300 links respectively; thence by the
Ferry Road to the point of commencement, 312
links.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 17 acres and 38 perches, more or less,
situate in the suburbs of the Township of Wyndham,
including portions of the railway reserve and
Suburban Sections numbered respectively 55, 56, and
60, and portion of the recreation reserve, all in
Block VI. of said township, commencing at the
south-western corner of Suburban Section 51; and
bounded towards the North by the southern
boundaries of Suburban Sections numbered re-
spectively 51, 53, and 54, 2003 links; towards the
North by parts of Suburban Sections numbered
respectively 55 and 56, 1233 links; and by a
road, 150 links, and by the southern boundary of
Section 59, 1000 links; towards the East by recrea-
tion reserve, 88 links; again towards the North by
part of recreation reserve, 1624 links; towards the
North-east by other part of recreation reserve in
a curvilineal line having a radius of 2060 links,
2038 links; towards the South by Raglan Street,
160 links; towards the South-west by other part of
the recreation reserve in a curvilineal line having
a radius of 1940 links, 1823 links; towards the
South by other part of the recreation reserve, 1619
links; and by part of Suburban Section 60, 1001
links; towards the South-east by a road, 241 links
towards the South by a main road, 1389 links;
towards the South-east by other part of main road,
1612 links; again towards the South by other part
of main road, 421 links; towards the West by a road
to point of commencement, 520 links.

Also all those 34 sections containing by admea-
surement 8 acres 2 roods 38 perches, more or less,
situate in the Township of Wyndham, in the afore-
said provincial district, numbered respectively 6, 7,
8, 9, 27, 28, and 29, Block XIV.; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and
21, Block XIII.; 7, 8, 25, and 26, Block XII.; 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, Block XI.; and 1, 2, 3,
4, and 5, Block X.

Also all that portion of Malta Street containing
by admeasurement 1 rood 35 perches, more or less,
commencing at the south-east corner of Section No.
1, Block XIII.; and bounded towards the North by
said Sections numbered respectively 2, 3, and 21,
Block XIII., 430 links; towards the South-east by
part of Malta Street, 202 links; towards the South
by Sections 7 and 8, Block XII., 200 links; towards
the South-west by other part of Malta Street to
the point of commencement, 177 links.

Also all that portion of Scutari Street containing
by admeasurement 1 rood and 29 poles, more or less,
commencing at the south-west corner of Section 1,
Block XI.; and bounded towards the North by said
Section 1, 250 links; towards the North-east by
part of Scutari Street, 168 links; towards the
South by Section 1, Block X., 326 links; on the West
by Nightingale Street to the point of commence-
ment, 150 links; be all the aforesaid measurements
more or less; and the several parcels of land being
situate in the Provincial District of Otago, Colony of
New Zealand, and are more particularly delineated
upon the plan marked P.W.D. 7567, deposited
in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at
Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington,
Colony of New Zealand.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished 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,
aud Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of March, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.

R. OLIVER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extension of Time for Sitting of Assessment Court,
Mount Eden Highway District.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of March, 1880.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the sittings of the Assessment Court
for the Eden Terrace Highway District,
County of Eden, were duly fixed for the twenty-
seventh day of February last, at the Baptist School-
room, Mount Eden Road: And whereas through
misadventure the local body failed to attend at the
said time and place:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by virtue and in pursu-
ance of the power in him vested by the sixty-eighth



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πŸ—οΈ Proclamation taking land for Edendale to Toitois Railway Section (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
24 March 1880
Land acquisition, Railway, Wyndham Section, Mataura Survey District, Otago, Public Works
  • Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • R. Oliver

🏘️ Extension of Time for Sitting of Assessment Court, Mount Eden Highway District

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 March 1880
Assessment Court, Extension of Time, Mount Eden Highway District, Eden Terrace Highway District, County of Eden
  • Hercules Robinson, Governor