1532
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88
1876," and any land required to be taken, purchased, same being more particularly delineated upon the
or acquired for such work, or anything commenced plans attached to the memorial above referred to.
under any such authority as aforesaid, may be con-
tinued, taken, purchased, or acquired, executed, car-
ried out, enforced, and completed under the pro-
visions of this Act:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Admin-
istrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and
authorities in me vested by sections eleven and two
hundred and twenty-nine of "The Public Works
Act, 1882," and of every other power and authority in
anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that the land described in the
Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a
road; and that, from and after the day of the date
hereof, the land so described shall become absolutely
vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, discharged from
all mortgages, charges, claims, estates, or interests of
what kind soever, for use as a road.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION A.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing 3 roods
15 perches, more or less, situate in the Survey Dis-
trict of Upcot, Provincial District of Marlborough,
being portion of Section No. 2 in the Crown Grant
District of Upper Fairfield Downs; commencing at a
point on Castle Creek, south 13770 links, west 28397
links, from Geodesical Station, Upcot. Bounded-
Generally Westerly by Castle Creek, 141 links or
thereabouts; generally North-westerly by lines, 494
and 468 links respectively; generally South-easterly
by a public road 487 links, and lines 10 and 613 links
respectively to the starting point.

SECTION B.

All that piece or parcel of land containing 7 acres
2 roods 15 perches, more or less, situate in the Survey
District of Upcot, Provincial District of Marlborough,
being portions of Sections Nos. 2 and 3 in the Crown
Grant District of Upper Fairfield Downs; commenc-
ing at a point 488 links, bearing 29° from the south-
eastern corner of Section A of land proposed to be
taken. Bounded-Generally North-westerly by pub-
lic road 398 links, and by lines 1051, 1071, 487, 992,
558, 411, 134, 335, 416, 451, 402, and 617 links
respectively, and by public road 841 links; generally
South-easterly by lines, 824, 598, 385, 480, 443, 307,
104, 394, 546, 978, 506, 1097, 1187, and 235 links
respectively to the starting point.

SECTION C.

All that piece or parcel of land containing 16 acres
2 roods 19 perches, more or less, situate in the Sur-
vey District of Upcot, Provincial District of Marl-
borough, being portions of Sections Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9,
and 10 in the Crown Grant District of Upper Fair-
field Downs; commencing at a point 334 links bearing
61° 10' from the eastern point of Section B of land
proposed to be taken. Bounded-Southerly by
public road, 334 links; generally Northerly, North-
westerly, and North-easterly by lines, 780, 304, 468,
229, 388, 251, 138, 342, 342, 112, 423, 223, 195, 352,
203, 318, 370, 94, 857, 216, 279, 409, 288, 663, 198,
202, 274, 294, 77, 217, 492, 396, 526, 294, 240, 499,
187, 397, 248, 146, 240, 1018, 437, 103, 329, 178, 152,
175, 601, 163, 552, and 101 links respectively; thence
generally Southerly, South-easterly, and South-
westerly by lines, 626, 173, 499, 171, 156, 156, 382,
142, 474, 991, 165, 145, 308, 341, 132, 570, 287, 339,
485, 337, 453, 201, 147, 338, 303, 185, 170, 564, 237,
429, 278, 237, 857, 152, 275, 205, 268, 343, 159, 257,
452, 152, 239, 272, 227, 245, 253, 171, 582, 353, and
438 links respectively to the starting point.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less, and the

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice,
the Administrator of the Government of
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Road in the Oxford Road District,
Canterbury.

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

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 in the Oxford Road
District, Provincial District of Canterbury :

And whereas the Oxford Road Board has laid
before the Governor the memorial and map mentioned
in and signed and certified as required by the said
Acts:

And whereas the two hundred and twenty-ninth
section of "The Public Works Act, 1882," enacts
that any public work authorized under the authority
of any Act repealed by this Act or of any Act or
Ordinance repealed by "The Public Works Act,
1876," and any land required to be taken, purchased,
or acquired for such work, or anything commenced
under any such authority as aforesaid, may be con-
tinued, taken, purchased, or acquired, executed,
carried out, enforced, and completed under the pro-
visions of this Act:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Adminis-
trator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers
and authorities in me vested by sections eleven
and two hundred and twenty-nine of "The Public
Works Act, 1882," and of any other power and
authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described
in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the pur-
poses of a road; and that, from and after the day of
the date hereof, the land so described shall become
absolutely vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, dis-
charged from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates,
or interests of what kind soever, for use as a road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 3 roods
12 perches or thereabouts, being part of Section No.
201 on the map or plan of the Chief Surveyor of the
Provincial District of Canterbury, deposited in the
office of the Chief Surveyor thereof, setting out and
describing the rural lands in the Oxford District
thereof; commencing at a point on the northern
boundary of the said section distant from the north-
west corner thereof 968 links. Bounded-Generally
Southerly by lines, 329 links, with a bearing of 95°
53', 219 links, with a bearing of 94° 17', 543 links,
with a bearing of 62° 3'; thence along a public road
which forms the northern boundary of the said
section, 1046 links, with a bearing of 258° 44′ 30″ to