✨ Land and Railway Proclamations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5
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 eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister for Public Works.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Land taken for Further Portion of Waitaki-Bluff Railway
(Extension of Stone Quarry at Mataura).
(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for further portion of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway, namely, extension of stone quarry at Mataura:
And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land in the manner hereby provided have been observed and performed:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred and thirty 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 taken for the further portion of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.
SCHEDULE.
The parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—
| Approximate Area of the Parcel of Land required to be taken. | Being | — | Situated in |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. 0 3 15 | Part of reserve along Mataura River opposite Sections 14 to 19, Block XIII. | Reserve for public purposes | Township of Mataura. |
In the Provincial District of Otago; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13573, 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 twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister for Public Works.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Defining the Middle Line of a Portion of the Line of Railway known as the Forest Hill Tramway (Section from Invercargill-Kingston Railway to the Eastern Boundary of Section 295, Forest Hill Hundred).
(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the line of railway known as the Forest Hill Tramway from Winton to Hedgehope is one of the railways specified in the Schedule to “The Railways Authorization Act, 1885,” and which Act is, in the fifth section thereof, declared to be a special Act authorizing the construction of such railway; and such railway is unfinished,
and it has been determined to construct and maintain a portion of the same:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the aforesaid section five of “The Railways Authorization Act, 1885,” and by sections one hundred and twenty-nine and one hundred and thirty of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said portion of the said railway shall be as defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at a point on the Invercargill-Kingston Railway 10 chains or thereabouts distant in a northerly direction from the centre of Winton Station, and proceeding thence in a northerly, easterly, and south-easterly direction for a distance of 10 miles 25 chains or thereabouts, passing in, into, through, or over the following lands, viz.: Railway Reserve, Section No. 1, Block IV., and road dividing Blocks II. and IV., III. and VII., and through Block VIII., in the Township of East Winton; reserve adjoining Section No. 35, Sections Nos. 35, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and roads in Block III., Winton Hundred; Sections Nos. 100, 266, 265, 5, 107, 267, 106, 269, 270, 315, 317, 310, 306, and 295, Forest Hill Hundred, and terminating at a point in Section No. 295, Forest Hill Hundred, and distant 14 chains or thereabouts from north-eastern corner of said section; all within the Provincial District of Otago, Colony of New Zealand; including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, roads, reserves, streams, and watercourses; in the manner delineated on plan marked P.W.D. 13588, deposited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, at Invercargill, in the said provincial district; the total length of the said middle line being 10 miles 25 chains or thereabouts.
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 twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister for Public Works.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Land set apart on Deferred Payments in Taranaki.
(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the one hundred and fourth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time set apart out of any suburban or rural lands such blocks or allotments of land as he shall think fit, and set the same aside for sale on deferred payments, and in such Proclamation may fix a day on which the land shall be open for application; and that he may also in like manner set apart for sale on deferred payments such blocks or allotments as may be recommended by any Land Board, and may also from time to time alter, amend, or revoke any such Proclamation:
And whereas the Land Board of Taranaki has passed a resolution recommending that the land described in the Schedule hereto annexed should be set apart for sale on deferred payments:
And whereas it is expedient to give effect to the aforesaid recommendation, and to set apart the said land accordingly:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the above-named Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is set apart for sale on deferred payments; and that Wednesday, the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, shall be the day on which the said land shall be open for application, in allotments as surveyed and marked on the selection map in the principal land office of the district.
And, in pursuance of the one hundred and tenth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I do hereby fix the price at which the land so described shall be sold to be the price stated in the Schedule hereto.
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- P. A. Buckley, (For the Minister for Public Works)
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- Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
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