✨ Railway Proclamation and Errata




Aumb. 80. 1265

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1881.

Defining the Middle Line of further Portion of the
Foxton to New Plymouth Railway (further Portion
of Waingongoro Section).

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the line of railway from Foxton to
New Plymouth is one of the railways specified
in the First Schedule to "The Public Works Act,
1879," and which Act is therein declared to be a
special Act authorizing the construction of such rail-
way; and the same is unfinished, and it has been
determined to construct and maintain a further
portion of such railway:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Ad-
ministrator of the Government of the Colony of
New Zealand, in exercise and in pursuance of
the powers and authorities conferred on me by
sections one hundred and twenty-two, one hun-
dred and twenty-three, one hundred and twenty-
four, and one hundred and twenty-five of "The
Public Works Act, 1876," and in exercise of every
other power and authority enabling me in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
middle line of the said further portion of the said
railway shall be from a point situate on the rail-
way reserve marked seven miles fifty chains to a
point on the left bank of the Mangawhero River,
all within the Provincial District of Taranaki, Colony
of New Zealand, as defined and set forth in the
Schedule hereto. The said middle line and the land
through which the same passes are set forth in the
map and plan marked P.W.D. 8612, and authenticated
for the purposes of this Proclamation by the signa-
ture of the Honorable John Hall, the Minister acting
for the Minister for Public Works, and which said
map and plan is deposited in the office of the Registrar
of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth, in the
Provincial District of Taranaki.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point 7 miles 50 chains on the
centre line of railway, as proclaimed in a Proclamation
dated the 31st August, 1880, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette No. 84, of the 2nd September,
1880; proceeding thence in a generally northerly
direction for a distance of 13 chains, passing in,
through, or over Section No. 41, Block X., Ngaire
Survey District, and terminating at a point on the
left bank of the Mangawhero River, all within the
Provincial District of Taranaki, Colony of New
Zealand; and including all adjoining and intervening
places, lands, roads, reserves, streams, rivers, and
watercourses; in the manner delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 8612, signed by the Honorable
John Hall, the Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works, and deposited in the office of the
Registrar of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth,
in the Provincial District of Taranaki: the total
distance being 13 chains or thereabouts.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Chief Justice, the
Administrator of the Government of Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand; and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington,
this third day of October, 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!

ERRATA.-In New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 29th September, 1881, page 1223, "Commissioners for Lethbridge
Local Board elected," for "John Gleeson," read "James Gleeson." In Gazette No. 78, of the 6th October, 1881, pages
1246 and 1247, in the schedule of lands for sale in the Arowhenua District, for section "755," read "756."



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πŸ—οΈ Proclamation Defining Middle Line of Foxton to New Plymouth Railway Portion

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
3 October 1881
Railway construction, Foxton, New Plymouth, Taranaki, Public Works Act, Middle Line definition
  • James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government
  • The Honorable John Hall, Minister acting for the Minister for Public Works

πŸ“° Errata for Previous Gazette Notices

πŸ“° NZ Gazette
Corrections, Gazette notices, Lethbridge Local Board, Arowhenua District
  • John Gleeson, Name corrected in Local Board election notice
  • James Gleeson, Name corrected in Local Board election notice