Land Takings and Domain Board Delegations




Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1111

Native Land taken for Portion of Kawakawa Railway.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of
September, 1885.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him
by "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of all other
powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency
Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the
Colony of Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
order that the Government work known as the Kawakawa
Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the
parcels of land more particularly described in the Schedule
hereto, and delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13126,
deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at
Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the
said colony.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder :—

| Approximate | Being Section or Portion | Situated | Situated in |
| Area of each | of Section No. | in Block | Survey |
| of the Parcels of | | No. | District of |
| Land required | | | |
| to be taken. | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 4 2 30 | Native land, Ngama- | IX. | Russell. |
| (Ef to Gh) | hanga | | |
| 6 2 35 | Te Raupo .. .. | V. | " |
| (MN to OP) | | | |
| 0 1 16 | Naturahi, 185 .. | XII. | Kawakawa. |
| 0 0 3 | Awahe, Lot No. 1 of 174 | " | " |
| 0 0 3 | Awahe, Lot No. 2 of 174 | " | " |
| 0 0 5 | Awahe, Lot No. 3 of 174 | " | " |
| 0 0 16 | Awahe, Lot No. 4 of 174 | " | " |
| 0 0 3 | Awahe, Lot No. 5 of 174 | " | " |
| 0 0 16 | Awahe, Lot No. 6 of 174 | " | " |
| 0 0 27 | Awahe, Lot No. 7 of 174 | " | " |

All in the Provincial District of Auckland ; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
13126, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wel-
ington, and thereon coloured pink.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Tuapeka Park and Recreation-
grounds Domain Board under "The Public Domains
Act, 1881."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth
day of September, 1885.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in him by "The Public Domains Act, 1881," His
Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
thereof, doth hereby revoke certain Orders in Council, dated
the twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-five, and the twenty-fifth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, making delega-
tion of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and
doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present
order, delegate, but only with respect to the pieces or parcels
of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers
conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or
conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-
mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Tuapeka Park
and Recreation-grounds Domain Board, namely,—
The Resident Magistrate, Lawrence, ex officio,
The Mayor of Lawrence, ex officio,
James Clark Brown,
Jonas Harrop,
Horace Bastings,
James Docherty,
Peter Miller,
John Thompson, and
Edward Herbert

(herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipula-
tions hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

  1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
    the third Wednesday in each month, at two o'clock p.m., at
    Lawrence, or at such other time or place as may from time
    to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be
    held on Wednesday, the fourteenth day of October, one
    thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

  2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, or
    by any two members of the Board, provided that two days'
    notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying
    the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no
    other business than that so specified shall be transacted at
    such meeting.

  3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any
    meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

  4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting,
    and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third
    Wednesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter,
    elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the
    discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting
    vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of
    his successor.

  5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
    time appointed for holding the same, the members present
    shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of
    such meeting.

  6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the
    office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members
    may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chair-
    man.

  7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
    votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago,
containing by admeasurement 14 acres, more or less, situate
in the Town of Lawrence, and being Sections Nos. 1 to 20
respectively, Block XVI., 1 to 7, and 20, Block XVII., 1 to 6,
17, and 18, Block XXXIV., and 1 to 20, Block XXXV., of
said town. Bounded towards the North by Stranraer Street,
1200 links; towards the East by Ardrossan Street 1300
links; also by Sections Nos. 19 and 18 of Block XVII. 200
links; towards the South by Section No. 19 of Block XVII.
250 links, by Section No. 8 of same Block XVII. 250 links,
also by Sections Nos. 7 and 16 of Block XXXIV. 500 links;
towards the West by Sandy Street, 1400 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less; and intersected by Harring-
ton and Burrow Streets, each 100 links wide.

Also all that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, containing by admeasurement 67 acres and 30 perches,
more or less, situate in the Tuapeka East District, and being
Sections Nos. 20 and 30 respectively of Block XIX. of said
district. Bounded towards the North by Section No. 91 of
same block, 1559 links; towards the North-east by a road-
line, 2461 links; towards the South by Section No. 17 of
same block, 280 links; towards the South-east by Sections
Nos. 1, 3, and 2 respectively of same block, 3154 links;
towards the East by said section No. 17, 347 links; and
towards the West by said Section No. 17, 271 links, also by
Crown lands 3161 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more
or less.

All that area in the Land District of Otago containing by
admeasurement 19 acres 1 rood 37 perches, more or less,
situate in the Town of Lawrence, being Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, and 16, Block XIV., together with
Blocks XV., XVIII., and XIX., on the map of the said town.
Bounded towards the North by Stranraer Street 500 and 250
links; towards the East-north-east by Peel Street, 605 and
1019 links; towards the East by Section No. 11, Block
XIV., 100 links, also by Sections Nos. 11 and 12, Block
XIV., 230 links; towards the South by Thurso Street, 717 and
500 links; towards the West by Ardrossan Street, 1000 and
1000 links; and towards the North-north-west by Section
No. 12, Block XIV., 130 links: and intersected by Harring-
ton Street, 100 links wide.

Also all that parcel of land in the Land District of Otago,
situate in the Town of Lawrence, being Section No. 6, Block
LIII., on the map of the said town, containing by admeasure-
ment 5 acres and 15 perches, more or less. Bounded towards
the North by Thurso Street, 1336 links; towards the South-
east by New Street, 419 links; towards the South by Sections
Nos. 1 and 2, 1210 links; and towards the West by Ardrossan
Street, 400 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.



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🏗️ Native Land taken for Kawakawa Railway

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 September 1885
Land, Railway, Kawakawa, Public Works Act
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🗺️ Delegation of Powers to Tuapeka Park and Recreation-grounds Domain Board

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
29 September 1885
Delegation, Powers, Public Domains Act, Tuapeka Park, Lawrence
7 names identified
  • James Clark Brown, Member of Domain Board
  • Jonas Harrop, Member of Domain Board
  • Horace Bastings, Member of Domain Board
  • James Docherty, Member of Domain Board
  • Peter Miller, Member of Domain Board
  • John Thompson, Member of Domain Board
  • Edward Herbert, Member of Domain Board

  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council