1812
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

Defining the Middle Line of a Further Portion of the Otago Central Railway (Wedderburn–Manukerikia Section).

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Otago Central Railway (hereinafter termed “the said railway”) is a railway the construction of which is authorised by “The Public Works Act, 1879”: And whereas the said railway has been partly constructed, and it has been determined to construct and maintain a further portion of the same:

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 conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said further portion of the said railway shall be that defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point in the railway reserve on the eastern boundary of Pre-emptive Right A No. 23, Block VII., Naseby Survey District, distant about 100 links from the north-eastern corner thereof, which point is also the terminal point of a portion of the Otago Central Railway as described in a Proclamation dated the 10th day of January, 1900, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 5, of the 18th day of January, 1900; proceeding thence generally in a westerly direction for a distance of about 20 miles 12 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands—viz., railway reserve, Blocks VII., X., and VIII., Naseby Survey District; railway reserve, Block III., Idaburn Survey District; railway reserve, Block XIII., Run 224c, Block XVI., Runs 224b, 224a, 224, and 244, Blackstone Survey District; Run 244 and railway reserve, Block IV., Lauder Survey District—and terminating in the railway reserve at a point on the eastern boundary of District Road distant about 11 chains in a south-westerly direction from the north-western corner of Section No. 4 in the said Block IV., Lauder Survey District: including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, rivers, streams, and watercourses: all in the Land District of Otago: as the same is shown by a red line on the plan marked P.W.D. 18939, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

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-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Hurunui–Waitaki Railway Sub-branch to Little River, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister for Railways that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in Springs Road District, the local authority of which has consented to the issue of this Proclamation, and to erect and maintain a fence dividing such land from the railway to the satisfaction of the Minister for Railways:

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

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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Springs 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Halswell Survey District, containing 1 acre 3 roods 2 perches, more or less, being a portion of railway reserve situate at Rabbit Island Station, in Block XIV., in said survey district. Bounded on the north-west by a road, a distance of 100 links; on the south-west by the south-west boundary of the railway reserve, a distance of 1687 links; on the south-east by the south-east boundary of the railway reserve, a distance of 280·9 links; on the north-east by a line in continuation of the south-west boundary of the railway reserve; and again on the north-west and north-east by lines parallel to and 100 links distant from the south-east and south-west boundaries of the railway reserve: as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 9079, 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-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Proclaiming the Taking of Land for Road through Section No. 26, Takapau Survey District.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the consent of the Waipawa County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as a road the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked as above noted, deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Napier, in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

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-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!