✨ Railway Proclamations and Erratum




Numb. 80.
1215

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1880.

Defining the Middle Line of further Portion of the

Foxton to New Plymouth Railway (Portion of Branch
Line from Bunnythorpe to Woodville).

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the branch line of railway from Bun-
nythorpe to Woodville from the main line of
railway, Foxton to New Plymouth, is one of the rail-
ways specified in the First Schedule to "The Public
Works Act, 1879," and which Act is therein declared
to be a special Act authorizing the construction of
such railway; and the same is unfinished, and it has
been determined to construct and maintain a further
portion of such railway:

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
in exercise and in pursuance of the powers and
authorities conferred on me by sections one hundred
and twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-three, one
hundred and twenty-four, and one hundred and
twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876," and
in exercise of every other power and authority
enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the middle line of the said further por-
tion of the said railway shall be from a point situate
in Section number four hundred and sixty-three,
Township of Palmerston, Manchester Block, to a
point in Subdivision ten, Section number one, all
within the Provincial District of Wellington, Colony
of New Zealand, as defined and set forth in the
Schedule hereto. The said middle line and the land
through which the same passes are set forth in the
map and plan marked P. W.D. 7867, and authenticated
for the purposes of this Proclamation by the signature
of the Honorable Richard Oliver, Minister for Public
Works, and which said map and plan is deposited in
the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court at
Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

ceeding thence in a generally easterly and south-
easterly direction for a distance of 90 chains or
thereabouts, and passing in, into, through, or over
the following lands, &c.: Section No. 463, G. R.
Rangiura, and terminating at a point in Subdivision
X., Section No. 1, all within the Provincial District
of Wellington, Colony of New Zealand; and including
all adjoining and intervening places, lands, roads, re-
serves, streams, rivers, and watercourses; in the
manner delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 7867,
signed by the Honorable Richard Oliver, Minister
for Public Works, and deposited in the office of the
Registrar of the Supreme Court at Wellington, in
the Provincial District of Wellington; the total
length being 90 chains or thereabouts.

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,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.

R. OLIVER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Portion of the Western Railways
Branch Line from the Makarewa-Riverton Line
to Otautau and Nightcaps Coal Fields (Opio
Section).

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation issued under the
authority of sections one hundred and twenty-
two, one hundred and twenty-three, and one hundred
and twenty-four of "The Public Works Act, 1876,"

SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at a point situate in Section No. 463,
Township of Palmerston, Manchester Block, pro-

*ERRATUM.β€”In New Zealand Gazette No. 76, page 1107, in notification of appointments of Registrars of Marriages, &c., for
"John Hawin Wheeler," read "John Hawtin Wheeler."



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πŸ—οΈ Proclamation defining the middle line for Bunnythorpe to Woodville Railway branch.

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
10 August 1880
Railway construction, Middle line definition, Public Works Act, Palmerston, Wellington Provincial District
  • Hercules Robinson, Governor
  • Richard Oliver, Minister for Public Works
  • Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Knight Grand Cross 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
  • R. Oliver

πŸ—οΈ Proclamation regarding land taking for Western Railways Branch Line (Opio Section).

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
Land taking, Railway, Western Railways Branch Line, Makarewa-Riverton Line, Otautau
  • Hercules Robinson, Governor

πŸ›οΈ Erratum correcting a name in previous Marriage Registrar appointments.

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Erratum, Name correction, Registrar of Marriages
  • John Hawin Wheeler, Name incorrectly printed
  • John Hawtin Wheeler, Corrected name