Railway District Establishment Notice




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 19

THE THAMES VALLEY AND ROTORUA RAILWAY | Tahuroa No. 2 to the Kuranui Block; thence westerly by the
COMPANY (LIMITED). south-east boundary of the Kuranui Block to the south-west

NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with the pro- boundary of the said Kuranui Block; thence by the last-
visions of "The District Railways Act, 1877," the above- mentioned boundary to the Waitakaruru Stream; thence north-
mentioned the Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway Company easterly by the last-mentioned stream to the westerly boundary
(Limited) have caused the middle line and direction of the of Block Motomaho 2; thence by the last-mentioned boundary
railway proposed to be constructed under the said Act to be set to the starting-point.
forth on a plan and described in a book of reference, showing
the lands required to be taken for the same, and the names of Notice is also hereby given that the said Company have
the owners and occupiers of such lands, so far as they can be transmitted, or will before the twentieth day of March, 1883,
ascertained; and copies of the said plan and book of reference transmit, to the Piako and Tauranga County Councils a notice
have been deposited at the under-mentioned public places in the containing, or accompanied by, the following particulars :-
district within which the said railway is intended to be con- (1.) A copy of the plan and book of reference, and an
structed, namely,- estimate of the cost of the proposed railway and of the
The Post Office, Morrinsville; equipment thereof;
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Hamilton; (2.) A statement of the maximum rate of tolls and charges
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Cambridge; and at for the carriage of animals, goods, merchandise, and
The Public Works Office, Wellington. passengers proposed to be charged on such railway;
Notice is also hereby given that the area it is proposed to (3.) A statement of the maximum rent or charge to be
constitute a railway district for the purposes of the said Act made for the storage of goods, produce, or merchandise;
contains 548,000 acres or thereabouts, bounded as follows, that (4.) A statement of the minimum number of trains to be
is to say,- run daily;
Commencing at the north-west corner of Motumaho No. 2 (5.) A specification of the rate it is proposed to levy in
Block; thence north-easterly along the northern and western respect of the various classes of land hereinafter
boundary of the said block and north-western boundary of the mentioned.
Taukoro Block to the Piako River; thence southerly along the
western bank of the Piako River to its junction with the Notice is also hereby given that the manner in which it is
Waitakaruru Stream; thence south-westerly along the centre proposed the said lands in such districts shall be classified for
of the said last-mentioned stream to its junction with the the purposes of the said Act shall be as follows:-
Topehaehae Stream; thence south-easterly along the centre of That portion of the said district comprising the blocks or
the last-mentioned stream to the south-east corner of the Te portions of blocks named and numbered, or named only,一
Mutu No. 2 Block; thence by a straight line bearing N. 52° E., Taukoro, No. 2,704; 5,117 acres of the Motomaoho No. 2, No.
202 chains, to the surveyed road-line from Morrinsville to the 3,216; the Township of Morrinsville; 5,664 acres of Kuranui,
Matamata Road, through the Maungapu Block; thence easterly No. 565; 154 acres of Tahuroa No. 2, No. 1,116; Te Mutu
by the southern boundary of the said road to the north-east No. 2, No. 1,107; Te Mutu No. 1, No. 1,107; 4,371 acres of Te-
corner of Subdivision Lot 4 of Block VIII., Maungakawa au-o-Waikato, No. 759; 128 acres, 391 acres, and 45 acres of
Survey District; thence south-easterly by the south-west Waikuku No. 1, No. 633, No. 2, No. 633, and No. 3, No. 633,
boundary of the surveyed road to Matamata from Waihou respectively; 3,251 acres of Maungatapu, No. 1,303; 71 acres
Township to the south-east boundary of Subdivision Lot 1 of of Pakarau, No. 683; 1,101 acres of Kiwitahi No. 1A, No.
Block VIII., Maungakawa Survey District; thence easterly in 4,488; Te Waikaukau, No. 1,105; Kahutoponoa, No. 761;
a straight line to the Waihou River, through Trig. 579; Matakirae, No. 356; Pakarau, No. 548; 153 acres of Kirihoni,
thence by the south-east side of the said Waihou River to the No. 1,075; 30 acres of Pakarau Pa, No. 767; 320 acres of
Wairere Stream; thence along the centre of the said Wairere Pakarau Pa, No. 767B; Pakarau Pa, No. 7670; 334 acres of
Stream to the north-east corner of Block Okauia No. 1; thence Pakarau Pa, No. 767E; 334 acres of Pakarau Pa, No. 767F;
by a line bearing S. 24° W., 426 chains; thence by a line bearing Te-pae-o-Turawaru No. 2, No. 469; Te-pae-o-Turawaru, No.
S. 25° E., 130 chains; thence by a line bearing S. 10° E., 204 756; Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 627 acres of Sub-
chains; thence by a line bearing S. 25° E., 185 chains; thence by division 5, 366 acres of Subdivision 12, 397 acres of Subdivision
a straight line to the northernmost corner of Block Whaiti- 11, and 943 acres of Subdivision 4 of the same block; 5,340
Kuranui No. 44 (northern portion); thence by the easterly acres of Matamata, No. 693; 90 acres of Lot No. 1, Parish of
boundary of the last-mentioned block to the south-east corner Waitoa; 18 acres of Hungahunga No. 3, No. 3,498; 653 acres
of Block Whaiti-Kuranui 4D; thence south-easterly along of Whakatakataka, No. 3,615; 78 acres of Taramorahi No. 3,
the centre of the Waiwakangau Stream to the north-west No. 3,502; Wairanga; 240 acres of Taramorahi No. 1, No.
corner of Block Paengaroa No. 4; thence by the south-west 3,501; 20 acres of Aratiatia, No. 4,266; Whangarau, No. 3,500;
boundary of the last mentioned block to the south-east Wharetangata, No. 413; Native Reserve; 7,099 acres of Tu-
boundary of the same block; thence easterly by a straight line ranga-o-Moana, No. 2,473; 1,812 acres of Mangawhero, No.
to the north-east corner of Block Whaiti-Kuranui (northern 2,895; 7,980 acres of Puketutu No. 1, Nos. 891 and 892; Ma-
portion) 2D; thence by the south-east boundaries of Blocks ngawhero No. 2, No. 4,083; 1,626 acres of Hinuwera No. 1,
Whaiti-Kuranui (northern portion) 2D, 2E, 2B, 1A, 1B, and 10 No. 653; Mangawhara No. 1, No. 3,941; 519 acres of Manga-
respectively, and the south-east boundary of Block Whaiti- whara No. 1B; 33 acres of Mangawhara No. 2; Okoroire Nos.
Kuranui (southern portion) 1A to the north-east corner of the 621 and 622, Eastern Subdivisions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Kokako Block; thence by the north-east boundary of the respectively; Okoroire (other portions), 8,064 acres; Okoroire
Kokako Block to the south-east boundary of the said Kokako Western Subdivision No. 1, 1,127 acres, No. 2, 1,088 acres, No. 3,
Block; thence in a straight line to the north-east corner of 1,152 acres, No. 4, 1,578 acres, Nos. 5 and 6, 1,344 acres;
Block Tokoroa No. 1; thence by the easterly and south-easterly Mangapouri, No. 4,089; Mangapouri No. 2, No. 4,089; north-
boundary of the last-mentioned block to the southerly boundary ern portion of Mangakaretu, No. 4,306, 551 acres; other por-
of the same block; thence by the southerly boundary of the tion of Mangakaretu, No. 4,306, 12,069 acres; Wakaara Ta-
same block, 426 chains; thence by a line bearing S. 10° E., 146 maiti, No. 4,914; Opouaru, No. 4,925; Mangarautawhiri, No.
chains; thence by a line bearing S. 85° W., 68 chains; thence by 4,926, and Pakuranga, No. 4,920, 8,320 acres respectively: as
a line bearing S. 13°E. to the north bank of the Waikato River; the same is delineated and bordered red on the plan of the said
thence westerly and northerly by the said bank of the Waikato railway district, deposited in the registered office of the Com-
River to the south-west corner of the Waipa Block; thence by pany, shall be of the first class referred to in section 10 of
the south-west boundary of the said Waipa Block to the south- the said Act.
eastern corner of the said block; thence along the eastern That portion of the said district comprising the blocks and por-
boundary of Blocks Waipa and Hinuwera No. 1 respectively tions of blocks named and numbered, or named only, Tahuroa
to the northernmost corner of Block Mangawara No. 2; thence No. 2, No. 1,116, 3,792 acres; Waikuku No. 1, No. 633, 636
by a line bearing N. 29° W., 58 chains or thereabouts, to the acres; Waikuku No. 2, No. 633, 332 acres; Waikuku No. 3,
junction of the Mangawehea Stream with the Waitoa River; No. 633, 491 acres; Pakarau, No. 683, 729 acres; Te-au-o-
thence along the said Mangawehea Stream to the north-east Waikato, No. 759, 2,771 acres; Kiwitahi No. 30, No. 1,099,
boundary of the Puketutu Block; thence north-west by the 640 acres; Kiwitahi No. 3в, No. 1,099, 1,440 acres; Kiwitahi
said boundary of the Puketutu Block to the Mangapapa No. 14, No. 4,488, 613 acres; Kiwitahi No. 1B, No. 4,488, 100
Stream; thence north-westerly by a straight line to the acres; Kiwitahi No. 1c, No. 4,488, 200 acres; part of Te-pae-o-
northernmost point of Te Tapui Block; thence in a straight Turawaru No. 756, 646 acres; Tewhenua-te-Tiwa, No. 756;
line to the south-east corner of Block Kiwitahi le; thence by Te-pae-o-Turawaru No. 756, Subdivisions 11, 605 acres, 12,
the southerly boundary of the said Block Kiwitahi le to Block 187 acres, 13, 14, 16, 160 acres, 15, 5, 125 acres, and 4,
Kiwitahi 2; thence by the southern boundary of the said Block 384 acres; Block VIII., Maungakawa Survey District, Sub-
Kiwitahi 2 to the boundary between Te Konehu and Te Tapui division Lots 4, 3, 2, and 128 acres of Subdivision Lot 1; portion
Blocks; thence north-west by a straight line to the southern of Lot No. 1, Parish of Waitoa, 450 acres; Matamata, No. 693,
most point of Block Kiwitahi 3B; thence by the south-west 118 acres; Hungahunga No. 3, No. 3,498, 864 acres; Tara-
boundaries of the said Block Kiwitahi 3B and Block Kiwitahi morahi, No. 2, 352 acres; Whakatakataka, No. 3615, 756 acres;
30 to Trig. 705; thence by the westerly boundary of Block Hungahunga No. 1, No. 3,496, 1,280 acres; Hungahunga No.
4, No. 3,499, 135 acres; Aratiatia, No. 4,266 1,736 acres;
Waiharakeke West, 30 acres; Taramorahi No. 3, No. 3,502,
8 acres; Taramorahi No. 1, No. 3,501, 10 acres; Turanga.



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🏗️ Establishment of Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway District Boundaries

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