Land Takings for Public Works




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 117

westerly by a line, 132 links; Easterly by lines, 492 and 2268 links respectively; Southerly by a line, 100 links, to commencing point.

The above parcels of land being situate in the Provincial District of Auckland; all the areas and linkages being either more or less; as the same are more particularly delineated upon the plans marked P.W.D. 12042, 12042A, and 12042B, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!


Land taken for a Road in Cook County, Provincial District of Auckland.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a road in Cook County, Provincial District of Auckland:

And whereas the Cook County Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section eleven of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of every 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 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.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 2 roods 37 perches, more or less, situate in the Turanganui Survey District, Cook County, and being a road-line varying in width, and traversing a portion of the Pouawa Block, No. 828; commencing at a point on the northern side of the road known as the Gisborne -Tologa Bay Road at a distance of 3180 links or thereabouts in a south-easterly direction from Trig. Station No. 110. Bounded—Generally Northerly by lines, 249, 492, 445, 582, 438, 513, and 294 links respectively; Easterly by a line, 100 links; generally Southerly by lines, 459, 560, 398, 511, 80, 407, 93, 337, 20, and 215 links respectively, to the commencing point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 12092, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Drain in Lindhurst Road District, Provincial District of Otago.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a drain in the Lindhurst Road District, Provincial District of Otago:

And whereas the Lindhurst Road Board has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section eleven of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of every 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 purposes of a drain; 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 drainage purposes.


SCHEDULE.

PART of Section No. 29, Waimumu Hundred, Provincial District of Otago, and part of Allotment No. 32 on Plan No. 81, in the office of the District Land Registrar, Invercargill, containing by admeasurement 4 acres and 18 perches, more or less, comprised within the following boundaries; commencing at a point on the south-east boundary of Section No. 29 aforesaid and 172 links from its south-east corner; thence by a line running at a bearing of 305° 31′, 7482 links; thence at a bearing of 307° 24′, 261 links; thence at a bearing of 348° 32′, 61 links; thence at a bearing of 127° 24′, 306 links; thence at a bearing of 125° 31′, 5759 links; thence due east, 103 links; thence at a bearing of 125° 31′, 1641 links; and thence at a bearing of 216° 32′, 100 links, to the starting point. Also part of Allotment No. 32 aforesaid, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 25 perches, more or less; commencing at the most northern point of said Allotment No. 32 where the north-east boundary strikes the Waimumu Creek; thence at a bearing of 129° 57′, 991 links; thence at a bearing of 168° 32′, 64 links; thence at a bearing of 309° 57′, 1041 links; and thence at a bearing of 39° 57′, 40 links, to the starting point: as the same are more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 12125, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!


Land taken for Further Portion of Waikato-Thames Railway (Portion of Hamilton-Cambridge Branch).

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for further portion of the Waikato-Thames Railway, namely, portion of Hamilton-Cambridge Branch:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land in the manner hereby provided have been observed and performed:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred and thirty of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of every 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 taken for the further portion of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.




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🗺️ Land Taken for Public Works

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
25 October 1884
Land Taking, Public Works, Road Construction, Drain, Railway
  • Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General, Knight Grand Cross, Companion of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works

🗺️ Land Taken for Road in Cook County

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
25 October 1884
Land Taking, Public Works, Road Construction, Cook County
  • Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General, Knight Grand Cross, Companion of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works

🗺️ Land Taken for Drain in Lindhurst Road District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
25 October 1884
Land Taking, Public Works, Drain, Lindhurst Road District
  • Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General, Knight Grand Cross, Companion of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works

🗺️ Land Taken for Waikato-Thames Railway

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
25 October 1884
Land Taking, Public Works, Railway, Waikato-Thames, Hamilton-Cambridge Branch
  • Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General, Knight Grand Cross, Companion of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works