New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 11

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✨ Land Acquisition for Roads

Num. 11.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1887.

Lands taken for Roads in Cook County, Provincial District of Auckland.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and its amendments, for certain works, to wit, the construction of roads in Cook County, Provincial District of Auckland:

And whereas the Cook County Council has laid before the Governor the memorials, accompanied by the maps, and also the statutory declarations required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

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 “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, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said roads.

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SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land required to be taken.	Being Portion of Block No. or Section No.	Situated in Block No.	—	Situated in the Survey District of
A. R. P.
1 1 38	843	X.	Whangara ..	Whangara.
1 0 13	..	II.	Matawhero No. 5	Turanganui.
1 2 11	3523A	I.	Waihora No. 1 ..	Waimata.
2 1 24	..	I.	Ahirau ..	Waimata.
0 0 19	4652	I.	Ngakoroa No. 1 ..	Waimata.
0 2 2	2	XI.	..	Waimata.
0 3 34	1	XI.	..	Waimata.
0 0 10·3	4	XI.	..	Waimata.
0 0 5·6	4	XI.	..	Waimata.
0 0 1·4	4	XI.	..	Waimata.
0 0 15·9	4	XI.	..	Waimata.
0 0 3·6	3	XI.	..	Waimata.
0 0 7·1	3	XI.	..	Waimata.

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 14431, 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 Dunedin, this fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister for Public Works.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Land taken for a Road in Maniototo County, Provincial District of Otago.

(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,” and its amendments, for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a road in Maniototo County, Provincial District of Otago:

And whereas the Maniototo County Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

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 “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, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said road.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1887, No 11

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🗺️ Lands taken for Roads in Cook County

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated5 February 1887
KeywordsLand acquisition, Roads, Cook County, Public Works Act, Schedule
👩‍💼 Officials

Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
P. A. Buckley, For the Minister for Public Works

🗺️ Land taken for a Road in Maniototo County

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated5 February 1887
KeywordsLand acquisition, Road, Maniototo County, Public Works Act, Schedule
👩‍💼 Officials

Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
P. A. Buckley, For the Minister for Public Works

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