Land Takings for Roads




Numb. 2.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1884.

Land taken for a Road in Manawatu County, Provincial District of Wellington.

(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 Manawatu County, Provincial District of Wellington:

And whereas the Manawatu 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 piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 7 acres 1 rood 32 perches, more or less, situate in Block IX., Mount Robinson Survey District, Provincial District of Wellington, being portion of Wirokino Block, commencing at a point on the boundary-line between the Wirokino and Oturoa Blocks 376 links distant from the south-east corner of the Wirokino Block aforesaid. Bounded as follows: South-westerly by a line, 1564 links; North-westerly by a line, 1230 links; North-easterly by the Manawatu River, 421 links; South-easterly by a line, 1138 links; North-easterly by a line, 1150 links; South-easterly by the south-eastern boundary of Wirokino Block aforesaid to commencing point, 210 links.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 7 acres and 21 perches, more or less, being portion of the Oturoa Block, commencing at a point on the boundary-line between the Wirokino and Oturoa Blocks 376 links distant from the south-east corner of the Wirokino Block. Bounded as follows: South-westerly by lines, 431, 2466, and 662 links respectively; South-easterly by a line, 200 links; North-easterly by lines, 672, 2440, and 463 links respectively; North-westerly by the Wirokino Block, 210 links, to commencing point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 11050, attached to the memorial above referred to.

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 twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Road in Johnsonville Town District, Provincial District of Wellington.

(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 Johnsonville Town District, Provincial District of Wellington: And whereas the Johnsonville Town 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 road; and that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the land so described shall become absolutely vested in fee-simple in the Johnsonville Town Board, discharged from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates, or interests of what kind soever, for public use as a road or street.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 2 roods 33 perches, being portion of Section No. 7, Native Reserve, commencing at the south-western corner of said section, bounded as follows: South-easterly by lines, 68, 1345, and 119 links respectively; North-easterly by lines to commencing point, 119, 1313, and 68 links respectively.

Also all those pieces or parcels of land containing by ad-



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🗺️ Land taken for a Road in Manawatu County

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 December 1883
Land taking, Road construction, Manawatu County, Public Works Act 1882
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Edwin Mitchelson, Minister for Public Works

🗺️ Land taken for a Road in Johnsonville Town District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 December 1883
Land taking, Road construction, Johnsonville Town District, Public Works Act 1882
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor