✨ Land Proclamation and Erratum
Numb. 59.
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1881.
Excepting certain Lands from Portion of Greymouth
to Brunnerton Railway.
(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by Proclamation dated the eleventh
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, the lands mentioned in the Schedule
hereto were, inter alia, taken under "The Public
Works Act, 1876," for a certain public work, to wit,
the construction of a portion of the railway from
Greymouth to Brunnerton: And whereas it is now
desired to except the said lands from the effect of
the said Proclamation:
Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance of every power and authority in me vested
for the purpose, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the lands described in the Schedule hereto, and
shown on the plan marked P.W.D. 8416, are ex-
cepted from the effect of the aforesaid Proclamation.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land in the County of
Grey, Provincial District of Nelson, containing by
admeasurement 3 roods 15 perches, more or less,
commencing at a point distant 215.1 links in a north-
easterly direction, on a line bearing 27° 33' from a
point in the southern boundary of the Brunner Coal-
Mining Company's lease, distant 4955 links from the
western extremity of said southern boundary; thence
along a line bearing 45° 3' for a distance of 38.5
links; thence along a line bearing 67° 14' for a dis-
tance of 296.1 links; thence along a line bearing 336° 55' for a distance of 71.8 links; thence along a
line bearing 55° 6' for a distance of 206.1 links;
thence along a line bearing 145° 2' for a distance of
130.6 links; thence along a line bearing 55° 2' for a
distance of 406 links; thence along a line bearing
145° 2' for a distance of 100 links; thence along a
line bearing 236° 12' for a distance of 451 links;
thence along a line bearing 325° 2' for a distance of
61 links; thence along a line bearing 244° 30' for a
distance of 139 links; thence along a line bearing
253° 38' for a distance of 386.5 links to the starting
point: the above particulars being delineated upon
the plan marked P.W.D. 8416, deposited in the
office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wel-
lington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
the parcel of land herein referred to being indicated
on the said plan in purple.
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
eighteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.
JOHN HALL,
Acting Minister for Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
ERRATUM.-In New Zealand Gazette No. 42, of the 2nd June, 1881, in list of Justices of the Peace appointed, for
"John Killeen," read "John Killen."
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NZ Gazette 1881, No 59
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🏗️ Proclamation excepting lands taken for Greymouth to Brunnerton Railway
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works18 July 1881
Land exception, Railway construction, Greymouth, Brunnerton, Public Works Act 1876
- Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Governor
- John Hall, Acting Minister for Public Works
⚖️ Erratum regarding spelling of Justice of the Peace name
⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementErratum, Justice of the Peace, Name correction, Gazette 1881
- John Killeen, Name incorrectly listed as Justice of Peace
- John Killen, Corrected name for Justice of Peace