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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 45]

Land taken for Road Bridge and Road-bridge
Approaches, Inangahua.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule
hereto is required to be taken under "The
Public Works Act, 1876," and "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," for a certain work,
to wit, the construction of a road bridge and road-
bridge approaches at Ross Town and Reefton, in the
County of Inangahua, Provincial District of Nelson:
And whereas the Minister for Public Works has
laid before the Governor the memorial and map men-
tioned in and signed and certified as required by the
said Acts:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities in me vested by sections
twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four,
and twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
and by section twenty-eight of "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," and of any other
power and authority enabling me in that behalf,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the land de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for
the purposes of a road; and that, from and after
the ninth day of June, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-one, the land so described shall
become absolutely vested in fee-simple in Her
Majesty, discharged from all mortgages, charges,
claims, estates, and interests of what kind soever,
for use as a road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 3 roods 12 perches, more or less, situate
in the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, commencing at the middle line of Broad-
way and easterly side of Sinnamon Street, in the Town-
ship of Reefton. Bounded---Easterly by line, 872.1
links; thence Southerly by Sections Nos. 543, 544,
and 545, 111.8 links; thence Westerly by line, 612.8
links; thence Northerly by Section No. 8, 46.1 links;
thence Easterly by Sections Nos. 8 and 129, 261
links; thence Southerly by Section No. 129, 7.2
links; thence Westerly by line, 50.5 links; thence
Northerly by line to commencing point, 101 links or
thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 2 perches, more or less, situate in
the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, being portion of Section No. 129, com-
mencing at the south-west corner of Broadway and
Sinnamon Streets, in the Township of Reefton.
Bounded-Easterly by Sinnamon Street, 100 links;
thence Southerly by line, 21.5 links; thence Westerly
by line, 101 links; thence Northerly by line to com-
mencing point, 7.2 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 8 perches, more or less, situate in
the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, being portion of Section No. 8, com-
mencing at the south-east corner of Section No. 129.
Bounded-Easterly by Sinnamon Street, 161 links;
thence Southerly by line, 46.1 links; thence West-
erly by line, 143.8 links; thence Northerly by line
to commencing point, 21.5 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 36 perches, more or less, situate in
the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, being Section No. 545 and portions of
Sections Nos. 543, 544, 811, and 812, commencing at
the north-east corner of Section No. 543, in Ross
Town. Bounded-Easterly and Southerly by line,
362.6 links; thence Westerly by Sections Nos. 813
and 546, 300 links; thence Northerly by line to
commencing point, 153 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 24 perches, more or less, situate in
the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, being Sections Nos. 546 and 547, com-
mencing at the north-west corner of Section No. 545,
in Ross Town. Bounded-Easterly by Section No.
545, 150 links; thence Southerly by Sections Nos.
813 and 814, 102 links; thence Westerly by Section
No. 548, 150 links; thence Northerly by line to
commencing point, 102 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 12 perches, more or less, situate in
the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, being Section No. 813, commencing at
the north-west corner of Section No. 812, in Ross
Town. Bounded-Easterly by Section No. 812, 150
links; thence Southerly by line, 51 links; thence
Westerly by Section No. 814, 150 links; thence
Northerly by Section No. 546 to commencing point,
51 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 24 perches, more or less, situate in
the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, being Sections Nos. 814 and 815, com-
mencing at the north-west corner of Section No.
813, in Ross Town. Bounded-Easterly by Section
No. 813, 150 links; thence Southerly by line, 102
links; thence Westerly by Section No. 816, 150
links; thence Northerly by Sections Nos. 548 and
547 to commencing point, 102 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing
by admeasurement 24 perches, more or less, situate
in the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, being Sections Nos. 816 and 817, com-
mencing at the north-west corner of Section No. 815,
in Ross Town. Bounded-Easterly by Section No.
815, 150 links; thence Southerly by line, 102 links;
thence Westerly by Section No. 818, 150 links;
thence Northerly by Sections Nos. 550 and 549 to
commencing point, 102 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 26 perches, more or less, situate in
the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial District
of Nelson, being Sections Nos. 818 and 819 and
portions of Sections Nos. 551 and 552, commencing
at the south-west corner of Section No. 817, in Ross
Town. Bounded-Southerly by line, 102 links;
thence Westerly by line, 184.6 links; thence North-
erly by portions of Sections Nos. 551 and 552, 80.9
and 21.7 links; thence Easterly by Section No. 817
to commencing point, 150 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 1 rood 37 perches, more or less,
situate in the Survey District of Reefton, Provincial
District of Nelson, commencing at the northernmost
corner of Section No. 246. Bounded-Westerly by
line, 102 links; thence Northerly by line, 478.3
links; thence Easterly by portions of Sections Nos.
552 and 819, 102.7 links; thence Southerly by line
to commencing point, 482.3 links or thereabouts.

The same being more particularly delineated upon
the plan marked P.W.D. 8242, deposited in the
office of the Minister for Public Works, at Welling-
ton, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

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



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πŸ—οΈ Proclamation taking land for road bridge approaches in Inangahua

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
9 June 1881
Land acquisition, Road bridge, Inangahua County, Reefton, Public Works Act, Survey sections
  • Arthur Gordon, Governor
  • Minister for Public Works
  • Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Governor and Commander-in-Chief