Land Reservations and Changes




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and, in the case of any reserves made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserves or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto to the specific purpose set opposite such description in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Description and Purpose of Reserve. Intended Purpose.
All that parcel of land in the Township of Waitara, Provincial District of Taranaki, being Block 115, and containing 15 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North-west by Cameron Street; towards the North-east by Browne Street; towards the South-east by Whitaker Street; and towards the South-west by Cracroft Street. Reserved as a site for buildings or other purposes of the General Government. For a recreation-ground.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Auckland, West Coast (North Island), Otago, and Westland.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth section of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Land Districts of Auckland, West Coast (North Island), Otago, and Westland, described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND.

All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement 6 acres 3 roods 1 perch, more or less, being Section No. 15 of Block XI., Opuawhanga Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards the North by a line, 508 links; towards the East by a line, 857 links; towards the South-east and South by a public road, 909 links; and towards the West by Section No. 1, Block XI., Opuawhanga Survey District, 1237 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As a site for a cemetery.

All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement 6 acres 1 rood 36 perches, more or less, being Section No. 10 of Block VII., Opuawhanga Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards the North by a line, 802 links; towards the East by a line, 425 links; towards the South-east by a public road, 944 links; towards the South-west by a line, 522 links; and towards the North-west by a line, 750 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As a stone reserve.

All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 20 of Block XII., Hukerenui Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards the North by Section No. 15 of Block XII., Hukerenui Survey District, 503 links; towards the East by Section No. 15 of Block XII., Hukerenui Survey District, and a line, 1110 links; towards the South by a line, 503 links; and towards the West by a line and Section No. 15 of Block XII., Hukerenui Survey District, 1110 links, the same being intersected by a public road 100 links wide: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As a site for a cemetery.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 1 acre 3 roods 6 perches, be the same more or less, situated in the Provincial District of Auckland, being numbered Lot 95, in the Parish of Waiotahi, Opotiki Survey District. Bounded as follows: On the North-east by a line, 499 links; South-east by a line, 330 links; towards the South-west by a line, 509 links; and on the North-west by a line, 381 links, to the point of commencement. As a Native burial-ground.

WEST COAST (NORTH ISLAND).

All that parcel of land being Section No. 18, in the Rahotu Village Settlement, West Coast (North Island) Land District, containing 2 roods, more or less. Bounded towards the North by Section No. 12, 146 links; towards the East by Sections Nos. 19 and 20, 344 links; towards the South by Kahui Road, 146 links; and towards the West by Section No. 17, 344 links. As a site for Road Board offices.

OTAGO.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 8 acres, more or less, situate in the Township of Dunkeld, and being Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Block XXVII. of said town. Bounded towards the North-west by Weardale Street, 800 links; towards the North-east by Alston Street, 1000 links; towards the South-east by Stonewall Street, 800 links; and towards the South-west by Esk Street, 1000 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As a school site.

WESTLAND.

4 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 250 (in red), Block IV., Waimea Survey District. Bounded towards the East by Section No. 1557, 1200 links; towards the South by the Greymouth and Marsden Road, 326½ links; towards the West by a straight line at a right angle with said road, 1200 links; and towards the North by a straight line, 340·85 links: be all the above linkages a little more or less. As a reserve for a school site.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Consent of Ratepayers and Owners of Property to the Adoption, by the Waicola, Linton, and Waiau Valley Railway Company (Limited), of Part IV. of “The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN terms of the regulations made under “The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the consent of the ratepayers and owners of property within the railway district proposed to be constituted for the purpose of the railway proposed to be constructed by the Waicola, Linton, and Waiau Valley Railway Company (Limited), under the provisions of the said Act, from the Waicola Station, on the Otatau and Nightcaps Railway, in the Provincial District of Southland, to a terminus in Section number twenty, Waiau District, in the provincial district aforesaid, has been duly given to the adoption by the said company of Part IV. of the said Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.



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