Highway Districts and Land Exchanges




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

in the Schedule hereto a highway district under the
said "Highways Act, 1871," by the distinctive name
of the Woodville Highway District; and I declare
that the boundaries of the said district shall be those
described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, bounded towards the North-east by the Dane-
virk Highway District; towards the South-east and
South by the Manawatu River; and towards the
West by the Manawatu River and the Manawatu
County: as the same is delineated on the plan de-
posited in the District Survey Office, Napier.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirty-first day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.
THOMAS DICK.

Kumeroa Highway District, County of Waipawa,
constituted.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by an
Ordinance of the Province of Hawke's Bay,
intituled "The Highways Act, 1871," and by "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," I, Arthur Hamilton
Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby create that portion of the Provincial Dis-
trict of Hawke's Bay described in the Schedule
hereto a highway district under the said "Highways
Act, 1871," by the distinctive name of the Kumeroa
Highway District; and I declare that the boundaries
of the said district shall be those described in the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, bounded towards the North by the Danevirk
Highway District; towards the South-east by a right
line between Trig. Stations 51 and 52; towards
the South by the County of Wairarapa East; and
towards the North-west by the Manawatu River: as
the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the
District Survey Office, Napier.

As witness the hand of his Excellency the
Governor, this thirty-first day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.
THOMAS DICK.

Exchange of Land in the Provincial District of
Canterbury.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-eighth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," power is
given to the Governor to exchange any land set apart
as a reserve for other land of equal value as he may
think fit, and to make a Crown grant thereof ac-
cordingly:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
of the powers and authorities vested in me by the
said Act, do hereby declare that the land mentioned
in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be
exchanged for the land mentioned in the second
column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
Description and Purpose
of Reserves
Intended to be Exchanged.

Section No. 1745 (in
red), 106 acres in the
Upper Christchurch Dis-
trict, Provincial District
of Canterbury, for Pro-
vincial Government pur-
poses, of which it is pro-
posed to exchange two
parcels or portions con-
taining together 88 acres
and 33 perches, more or
less, viz. :-

60 acres 22 perches,
more or less. Bounded—
North-eastward by the
Coal Tramway Reserve;
South-westward by Sec-
tion No. 25011, 4782-2
links; North-westward by
the Racecourse Hill and
Bleak House Road; and
South-eastward by a line
at right angles to the
south-western boundary:
excepting thereout Re-
serve No. 1539 (in red).

And 28 acres and 11
perches, more or less.
Bounded—North-east-
ward by the Coal Tram-
way Reserve; South-west-
ward by Section No.
26234, 2304.8 links;
Eastward by Section No.
21944; and North-west-
ward by a line at right
angles to the south-
western boundary.

Also Section No. 1751
(in red), 315 acres, in the
district aforesaid, for Pro-
vincial Government pur-
poses, of which it is pro-
posed to exchange 94
acres 2 roods 16 perches,
more or less. Bounded—
South-westward by the
Rolleston and Sheffield
Railway Reserve; North-
eastward by Section No.
26674; North-westward
by Section No. 18815:
and South-eastward by
the Homebush Road.

Description of Land to be Obtained
in Exchange therefor.

All those three several parcels of
land in the Hawkin's Survey District,
Provincial District of Canterbury,
containing together 182 acres 3 roods
9 perches, more or less. Bounded—
123 acres 2 roods 9 perches, more
or less, being portions of Sections
Nos. 26110 and 26674. Bounded—
Eastward by the road forming the
eastern boundary of those sections;
Westward by a line parallel to and
1041 links distant therefrom, and by
Reserve No. 1538 (in red); Southward
by the southern boundary of Section
No. 26674; and Northward by the
northern boundary of Section No.
26610, and by Reserve No. 1538 (in
red).

33 acres and 15 perches, more or
less, being part of Section No. 26234.
Bounded—North-eastward and
South-westward by the north-eastern
and southern boundaries of that sec-
tion; South-eastward by a line at
right-angles to the north-eastern
boundary drawn from a point thereon
distant 2304.8 links from the western
boundary-line of Section No. 21944;
and North-westward by a line parallel
to the south-eastern boundary, and
1050 links distant therefrom.

26 acres and 25 perches, more or
less, being part of Section No. 30632.
Bounded—South-westward by the
south-western boundary-line of that
section; South-eastward by Reserve
No. 1746 (in red); North-west ward
by Reserve No. 1748 (in red); and
North-eastward by a line connecting
the northern boundary of Reserve
No. 1746 (in red) with the northern
boundary of Reserve No. 1748 (in
red).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirty-first day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Exchange of Land in Provincial District of Otago.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-eighth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," power is
given to the Governor to exchange any land set apart
as a reserve for other land of equal value as he may
think fit, and to make a Crown grant thereof ac-
cordingly:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said
Act, do hereby declare that the land mentioned in
the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be ex-
changed for the land mentioned in the second column
of the said Schedule.



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🏘️ Proclamation establishing Woodville Highway District (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
31 August 1881
Highway District, Woodville, Hawke's Bay, Boundaries, Highways Act 1871
  • Thomas Dick

🏘️ Constitution of Kumeroa Highway District

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
31 August 1881
Highway District, Kumeroa, Waipawa County, Constitution, Hawke's Bay
  • Arthur Gordon, Governor
  • Thomas Dick

🗺️ Exchange of Provincial Government Reserves in Canterbury

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
31 August 1881
Land Exchange, Canterbury, Crown Grant, Land Act 1877, Reserve
  • Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Governor
  • William Rolleston, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Declaration regarding exchange of reserve land in Otago

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Land Exchange, Otago, Reserve, Land Act 1877
  • Arthur Gordon, Governor