Land Acquisition for Street




Numb. 35.

715

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1885.

Land taken for a Street in the Borough of Sydenham,
Provincial District of Canterbury.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned 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 street
in the Borough of Sydenham, Provincial District of Canterbury:

And whereas the Council of the Borough of Sydenham 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
mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a street; and that, from and after the day of the
date hereof, the land so mentioned 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 street.

SCHEDULE.

Lot 1: All that piece of land containing 3·85 perches,
being part of Rural Section No. 196, a strip of land, 10·1
links in width by 238 links in length, cut off along the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 41, on plan deposited as Plan
No. 117 in the District Land Transfer Office, Christchurch,
the property of H. W. and G. Clarkson.

Lot 2: All that piece of land containing 0·19 perch, being
part of Rural Section No. 196, a strip of land, 0·5 link in
width by 238 links in length, cut off along the north-western
boundary of Section No. 42, on plan deposited as Plan No.
117 in the District Land Transfer Office, Christchurch, the
property of H. W. and G. Clarkson.

Lot 3: All that piece of land containing 5·61 perches,
being part of Rural Section No. 71, a strip of land, 17·8 links
in width by 197·8 links in length, cut off along the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 26, on plan deposited as
Plan No. 731 in the District Land Transfer Office, Christchurch.

Lot 4: All that piece of land containing 4·85 perches,
being part of Rural Section No. 71, a strip of land, 17·8
links in width, cut off along the south-eastern boundary of
Sections Nos. 53 and 54, on plan deposited as Plan No. 731 in
the District Land Transfer Office, Christchurch.

Lot 5: All that piece of land containing 5·43 perches,
being part of Rural Section No. 71, a strip of land, 17·8
links in width by 190·6 links in length, taken along the north-west boundary of Rogers Street, in a south-westerly
direction from Hume Street, stated to be the property of H.
Taylor.

Lot 6: All that piece of land containing 5·7 perches, being
part of Rural Section No. 71, a strip of land, 17·8 links in
width by 200 links in length, taken along the north-west
boundary of Rogers Street, in a north-east direction from
Hume Street, stated to be the property of H. Taylor.

Lot 7: All that piece of land containing 4·84 perches,
being Rural Section No. 71, a strip of land, 17·8 links in
width by 170 links in length, taken along the north-west
boundary of Rogers Street, between the properties of H.
Taylor and W. Currie, stated to be the property of E.
Round.

Lot 8: All that piece of land containing 7·12 perches,
being part of Rural Section No. 71, a strip of land, 17·8 links
in width by 250 links in length, taken along the north-west
boundary of Rogers Street, in a south-westerly direction from
the Waltham Road, stated to be the property of W. Currie.

Lot 9: All that piece of land containing 23·8 perches,
being part of Rural Section No. 71, a strip of land, 17·8 links
in width by 836 links in length, taken along the south-east
boundary of Rogers Street, from the Waltham Road to the
boundary of the property of R. Blazey, stated to be the property of John Brightling.

Lot 10: All that piece of land containing 11·9 perches,
being part of Rural Section No. 71, a strip of land, 17·8 links
in width by a length of 417·2 links, taken along the south-eastern boundary of Rogers Street, from the property of
John Brightling to the south-west boundary of Rural Section No. 71, the property of R. Blazey.

As the same are more particularly delineated upon the
plan marked P.W.D. 13050, 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

ERRATUM.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 31, of the 14th May, 1885, page 616, under “Promotions and Appointments
of Volunteer Officers,” for “Major-General John Fulton,” read “Lieutenant-General John Fulton,”



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🗺️ Land taken for Street in Sydenham

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 June 1885
Land acquisition, Public Works Act, Street construction, Sydenham, Canterbury
6 names identified
  • H. W. and G. Clarkson, Property owners, land taken
  • H. Taylor, Property owner, land taken
  • E. Round, Property owner, land taken
  • W. Currie, Property owner, land taken
  • John Brightling, Property owner, land taken
  • R. Blazey, Property owner, land taken

  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • 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