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903

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1900.

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of Roads in Templeton Road District.

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto form part of land taken for the purposes of the Hurunui–Waitaki Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such lands to the purposes of roads:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister for Railways that such lands are not required for railway purposes: And whereas such lands are situated in Templeton Road District, the local authority of which has consented to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion that the said local authority can conveniently construct and maintain the said roads:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section one hundred and seventy-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become roads, and that the said roads shall be under the control of the Templeton Road Board, and shall be maintained by the said Board in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Board.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Christchurch Survey District, containing 3 roods 10·5 perches, more or less, being portions of Rural Sections 3058 and 1720, in Block X., in said survey district. Bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the railway land, a distance of 920 links; on the north by a line parallel to and 100 links distant from the said southern boundary; and on the east and west by public roads.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Christchurch Survey District, containing 1 acre 14 perches, more or less, being a portion of Rural Section 1637, in Block X., in said survey district. Bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the railway land, a distance of 1075 links; on the north by a line parallel to and 100 links distant from the said southern boundary; and on the east and west by public roads.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Christchurch Survey District, containing 36 perches, more or less, being a portion of Rural Section 1371, in Block X., in said survey district. Bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the railway land, a distance of 300 links; on the north by a line parallel to and 100 links distant from the said southern boundary; and on the east and west by public roads.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Christchurch Survey District, containing 2 roods 1·6 perches, more or less, being a portion of Rural Section 2077, in Block IX., in said survey district. Bounded on the north by the northern boundary of the railway land, a distance of 510 links; on the south by a line concentric with and 100 links distant from the said northern boundary; and on the east and west by public roads.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Christchurch Survey District, containing 4 acres 2 roods 6 perches, more or less, being a portion of Rural Section 1983, in Block XIII., in said survey district. Bounded on the north by the northern boundary of the railway land, a distance of 4462 links; on the south by a line parallel to and 100 links distant from the said northern boundary; and on the east and west by public roads.

As the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plans marked 8790, 8932, and 8931 respectively, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!