DEC. 27.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1817

IN THE MATTER OF "THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT,
1882."

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed by the Chair-
man, Councillors, and inhabitants of the Manawatu
County to execute a certain public work under the provisions
of "The Public Works Act, 1882," to wit, the construction of
a county road through certain blocks of land known as
Blocks I. and V., situated in the Kairanga Survey District,
in the Provincial District of Wellington, the land to be taken
being part of Section No. 346, in the said survey district;
and also through Blocks Nos. V. and VIII., in the Kairanga
and Te Kawau Survey Districts, in the said provincial dis-
trict, the land to be taken being another portion of the said
Section No. 346: and for the purposes of such public work
the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be
taken. And notice is further given that a copy of the plan
of the said road and of the land so required to be taken is
deposited at the public Post Office at Awahuri, in the county
aforesaid, and is there open for inspection by all persons at
all reasonable hours. And notice is further given that all
persons affected by the execution of the said public work or
by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-
grounded objections to the execution of the said public work
or to the taking of the said land, set forth the same in
writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the
first publication of this notice, to "The Chairman, Council-
lors, and Inhabitants of the Manawatu County" aforesaid,
at their offices aforesaid, in Liddell Street, in the Township
of Foxton aforesaid.

SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment 14 acres 1 rood 28 perches, more or less, situate in
the Kairanga Survey District, Blocks I. and V., Provincial
District of Wellington, being portion of Section No. 346:
commencing at a point distant 152-7 links in a North-
westerly direction from the north-eastern corner of the pro-
perty of Mr. Thomas Fraser, part of Section No. 346; thence
South-westerly through the property of Mr. Thomas Fraser,
Section No. 346, for a distance of 1097 links; thence in a
South-westerly direction along the boundaries of Mr. Thomas
Fraser and Mr. A. McDonald, Section No. 346, for a distance
of 13348 links; thence in a South-easterly direction along
the boundary of the Douglas Block for a distance of 105.5
links; thence North-easterly, 13324 links, through the pro-
perty of Mr. A. McDonald, No. 346; thence North-easterly
719-2 links, through the property of Mr. A. McDonald, No.
346; thence North-easterly, 359-2 links, through the pro-
perty of Mr. Thomas Fraser, No. 346; and North-westerly,
102.7 links, to commencing point. And also all that piece or
parcel of land containing by admeasurement 9 acres 2 roods
7 perches, more or less, situate in the Kairanga and Te
Kawau Survey District, Blocks VIII. and V., in the Provin-
cial District of Wellington, being portion of Section No. 346:
commencing at a point in a South-westerly direction 11878-3
links from commencing point of No. 1; thence in a North-
westerly direction through the properties of Mr. Thomas
Fraser and Mr. A. McDonald, Section No. 346, for a distance
of 9541-5 links; thence North-easterly 100-7 links on western
boundary of Section No. 346; thence South-easterly, 9549-8
links, through the property of Mr. Thomas Fraser and Mr. A.
McDonald, Section No. 346; and South-westerly 101-7 links,
to commencing point: and as the said several pieces or
parcels of land are more particularly described and deline-
ated in the plan deposited as aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of December, 1883.
ERNEST S. THYNNE,
Chairman of the Manawatu County Council
aforesaid.
Witness-J. Herbert Hankins, Notary Public, Palmerston
North.
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