✨ Proclamations and Land Acquisitions
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48
and Deaths Act, 1875," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration districts known as the Norsewood, Porangahau, and Danevirk Districts; and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into four registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Norsewood, Ormondville, Porangahau, and Danevirk Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of "The Marriage Act, 1880."
And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
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 ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
P. A. BUCKLEY.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Additional Land taken in the Otago Survey District for the Purposes of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway.
(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway, from the Waitaki River to the Bluff, passing by Oamaru, Palmerston, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Balclutha, and Invercargill, with branches therefrom, to take further land in the Otago Survey District, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by "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 taken for the purposes above mentioned.
SCHEDULE.
The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—
Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land required to be taken.
Being Section or Portion of Section No.
Situated in Block No.
Situated in the Survey District of
A. R. P.
0 3 3
99
V.
Otago.
2 1 14
109
V.
Otago.
0 0 32
Road
V.
Otago.
0 0 19
Road
V.
Otago.
0 1 24
101
V.
Otago.
1 2 4
102
V.
Otago.
0 3 14
103
V.
Otago.
0 2 12
Roads
V.
Otago.
All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14017, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
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 ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Additional Land taken for Portion of Invercargill-Kingston Railway.—Lumsden to Athol Section.
(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Invercargill-Kingston Railway, from Invercargill to Kingston (Lake Wakatipu), passing by Winton, Lumsden, and Athol, to take further land on the Lumsden to Athol section, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by "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 taken for the purposes above mentioned.
SCHEDULE.
The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—
Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land required to be taken.
Being Section or Portion of Section No.
Owner.
Situated in the
A. R. P.
10 3 2
..
Railway reserve
Township of Lumsden.
6 2 35
320
Railway reserve
Hokonui Survey District.
12 0 32
88
N.Z.A. Co.
Hokonui Survey District.
17 0 18
61
N.Z.A. Co.
Hokonui Survey District.
1 2 19
61
Reserve
Hokonui Survey District.
1 0 7
154
Reserve
Hokonui Survey District.
3 1 24
154
N.Z.A. Co.
Hokonui Survey District.
4 1 37
206
N.Z.A. Co.
Hokonui Survey District.
19 0 8
206
Reserve
Hokonui Survey District.
19 1 19
5
Reserve
Eyre Survey District.
2 3 11
5
N.Z.A. Co.
Eyre Survey District.
4 1 0
41
N.Z.A. Co.
Eyre Survey District.
6 0 3·2
41
Reserve
Eyre Survey District.
13 1 26·5
..
Reserve
Township of Lowther.
3 0 34·4
..
Roads
Township of Lowther.
13 3 37
3
Reserve
Eyre Survey District.
25 3 10
3
Ellis Bros.
Eyre Survey District.
1 0 8
6
Reserve
Eyre Survey District.
12 3 30
6
N.Z.A. Co.
Eyre Survey District.
6 2 8
6
Reserve
Eyre Survey District.
6 1 25
53
Reserve
Eyre Survey District.
0 3 35
53
N.Z.A. Co.
Eyre Survey District.
3 3 11
2
Reserve
Eyre Survey District.
0 2 22
2
N.Z.A. Co.
Eyre Survey District.
0 0 13
25
N.Z.A. Co.
Eyre Survey District.
1 1 25
25
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
1 3 24
44
N.Z.A. Co.
Eyre Survey District.
15 1 29·6
37
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
13 1 25·4
43
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
0 0 12·3
29
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
0 1 19
54
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
8 3 35·8
19
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
3 2 35·5
20
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
19 0 20
..
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
1 1 32·2
39
Railway reserve
Eyre Survey District.
7 1 2·8
..
Railway reserve
Township of Athol.
All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13565, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured blue, pink, yellow, green, burnt sienna, and neutral tint.
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 tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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