Railway Land Taking and Errata




Numb. 14.
211

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1881.

Land taken for a Portion of the Branch Line of
Railway from Otautau to Nightcaps (Western
Railways), Waicola Section.

declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto
is taken for the said portion of the said branch line
of railway.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

SCHEDULE.

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,"
the middle line of a portion of the branch line of
railway from Otautau to Nightcaps (Western Rail-
ways), being one of the railways specified in "The
Public Works Act, 1879," was defined: And
whereas pursuant to the one hundred and twenty-
fifth section of "The Public Works Act, 1876," the
Minister for Public Works has caused to be made
and, on the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty, to be deposited in the office
of the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Invercargill,
such maps and plans as were necessary to explain
the said portion of the said branch line of railway and
the land through which the same passes, and such
maps and plans were referred to in such Proclamation
as aforesaid: And whereas "The Public Works Act,
1879," enacts that such of the railways mentioned
therein 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 said portion of the said branch
line of railway:

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement
29 acres 1 rood 31 perches, more or less, situate in
Sections 11 and 15, Aparima Hundred, commencing
at a point distant 437 links in a north-easterly di-
rection from the south-west corner of said Section 11.
Bounded—South-west by parts of Section 11, 693 links
and 103 links respectively; South by part of Section
11, 106 links; West by main road in part of Section
11, 2300 links; North by part of Section 11, 308
links; North-west by part of Section 11, 640 links;
North by part of Section 11, 106 links; North-west
by parts of Sections 11 and 15, 21450 links; North
by boundary of Section 109, Wairio District, 108
links; South-east by parts of Sections 11 and 15,
25319 links; South-east by land taken for Opio
Section of above railway, 100 links, to point of com-
mencement.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 21 acres and 14 perches, more or less,
being Crown land reserved for railway, situate in
Sections 109 and 107, Wairio District, commencing
at a point on the southern boundary of said Section
109, 2100 links distant from south-western corner
thereof. Bounded—North-west by parts of Sections
109 and 107, 10927 links, and road, 103 links; North-
east by part of Section 52, Wairio District, 207 links;
South-east by road and parts of Sections 107 and 109,
10890 links; South by boundary of Section 15,
Aparima Hundred, to point of commencement, 217
links.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 5 acres 2 roods 20 perches, more or less,
situate in Section 52, Wairio District, commencing
Now, therefore, 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
at a point on the south-western boundary of said
and authority in that behalf, doth hereby proclaim and

ERRATA.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 80, of the 19th August, 1880, page 1216, first column, and thirteenth line from
bottom, for "Block II.," read "Block III." In New Zealand Gazette No. 6, of the 27th January, 1881, page 130,
"Register of Medical Practitioners," opposite "Preston, Alfred Chevallier," for "Lic. Soc. Phys. Edin." read "Lic. R. Coll.
Phys. Edin."



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🏗️ Proclamation Taking Land for Otautau-Nightcaps Railway Section

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
17 February 1881
Land acquisition, Railway construction, Otautau, Nightcaps, Public Works Act
  • Arthur Gordon, Governor

📰 Corrections to Previous Gazette Notices

📰 NZ Gazette
17 February 1881
Corrections, Gazette errors, Medical Practitioners, Alfred Chevallier Preston
  • Alfred Chevallier Preston, Medical license corrected in register