Land Taking Notices




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Section 52, 3042 links distant from south-western
corner thereof. Bounded—North-west by part of
Section 52, 958 links; North-east by other part of
said Section 52, 100 links; North-west by other part
of said Section 52, 2835 links; North-east by part of
Section 50, Wairio District, 103 links; South-east by
other part of Section 52, 3821 links; South-west by
railway reserve and road to point of commence-
ment, 207 links.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 3 acres 3 roods 12 perches, more or
less, situate in Section 50, Wairio District, com-
mencing at a point on the south-western boundary of
said Section 50, 2468 links distant from south-western
corner thereof. Bounded—North-west by part of
Section 50, 3823 links; North-east by part of Section
48, Wairio District, 103 links; South-east by other
part of Section 50, 3823 links; South-west by boun-
dary of Section 52 to the point of commencement,
103 links.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 1 acre 2 roods 25 perches, more or less,
situate in Section 48, Wairio District, commencing
at a point in the south-western boundary of said
Section 48, 811 links distant from south-western
corner thereof. Bounded—North-west by part of
Section 48 and a road, 1530 and 243 links re-
spectively; South-east by other part of Section 48,
1779 links; South-west by boundary of Section 50 to
point of commencement, 103 links.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 7 acres 2 roods 13 perches, more or
less, situate in Section 5, Wairio District, commencing
at a point on the south-eastern boundary of said
Section 5, distant 3120 and 535 links respectively
from southern corner thereof. Bounded—North-
west by part of Section 5, 7715 links; North-east by
road, 111 links; towards the South-east by part of
said Section 5, 7444 links; towards the South-east by
road to point of commencement, 243 links.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 3 acres and 39 perches, more or less,
situate in Crown land, Wairio District, commencing
at a point on south-western boundary of Section 120,
1495 links distant from south-western corner thereof.
Bounded—North-west by said Section 120, 1821
links; East by road, 537 links; South-east by reserve,
1419 links; South-west by road to point of com-
mencement, 222 links.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 4 acres 3 roods 6 perches, more or less,
situate in Crown land, Wairio District, commencing
at a point on main road distant from southern boun-
dary of said Section 120, on the line of said road,
2615 links. Bounded—West by main road, 1031
and 1568 links respectively; North by road, 224
links; East by said Section 120 to point of com-
mencement, 2225 and 414 links respectively.

Also all that other parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 4 acres 3 roods 16 perches, more or
less, situate in Government village, being Section 121,
Wairio District, commencing at south-western corner
of Section 10, Block IV., Wairio Village. Bounded—
South by road, 277 links; West by main road,
1684 links; towards the North by educational
reserve, being Section 21, Wairio District, 301 links;
towards the East by Sections 1 to 10, Block IV.,
Wairio Village, to point of commencement, 1686
links.

All the aforesaid measurements being 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 on the map
marked P.W.D 8065, deposited in the office of the

Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, Provincial
District of Wellington, Colony of New Zealand.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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
twelfth day of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one.

JOHN HALL,
(Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Portion of the Wellington—Napier
Railway. (Additional Portion of Land for Sta-
tion Purposes, between 54 and 55 miles.)

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, 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," the middle line of a portion of the railway
from Wellington to a junction with the railway from
Napier to Sentry Hill, at a point near the Manawatu
Gorge, passing through the Hutt, Featherston, and
Masterton, being one of the railways specified in
the said Act, 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 February, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-eight, to be deposited in the
office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court at
Wellington, such maps and plans as were necessary
to explain the said portion of the aforesaid 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 railway from Wellington to Napier is the same
railway as that referred to in the Proclamation
hereinabove recited, and is one of the railways speci-
fied in "The Public Works Act, 1879;" and it is
enacted by the last-named Act 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 a part of
the said portion of the railway from Wellington to
Napier:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Gover-
nor 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, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
land described in the Schedule hereto is taken for
the said part of the said portion of the line of railway
herein last above named."

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 1 acre 1 rood 17 perches, more or less,



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🏗️ Definition of Land Parcels in Wairio District, Otago

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12 February 1881
Land description, Wairio District, Otago, Survey measurements, Public Works
  • Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • John Hall, (Minister acting for the Minister for Public Works.)

🏗️ Proclamation Taking Land for Wellington-Napier Railway Station Purposes

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Railway land acquisition, Wellington-Napier Railway, Station purposes, Proclamation, Public Works Act
  • Arthur Gordon, Governor
  • Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand