New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 88

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1900.

Additional Land taken in Takapau Survey District for the Purposes of the Wellington-Napier Railway.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Wellington-Napier Railway to take further land near Ormondville, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-eight and one hundred and sixty-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land taken.	Being Portion of	Coloured on Plan.	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Survey District of
A. R. P.
0 0 18	Road	Sepia	VI.	Takapau.
1 1 9	Section 6	Red	VI.	Takapau.
0 0 39	Drain	Green	VI.	Takapau.
4 0 2	Section 6	Red	VI.	Takapau.
0 0 24	Drain	Green	VI.	Takapau.
0 0 12	Road	Sepia	VI.	Takapau.
1 2 32	Section 6	Red	VI.	Takapau.
7 3 15	" 1	Yellow	X.	Takapau.
6 2 26	" 119	"	X.	Takapau.
5 2 15	" 118	Red	X.	Takapau.
0 2 24	" 119	Yellow	X.	Takapau.
0 1 5	Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of 120	Blue	X.	Takapau.
0 0 13	Subdivision 4 of 120	Red	X.	Takapau.
0 0 15	Subdivisions 5 and 6 of 120	Green	X.	Takapau.
0 0 25	Road	Sepia	X.	Takapau.

All in the Land District of Hawke’s Bay; as the same are more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 18605, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Marriage Act, 1880,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage districts known as the Eltham and Waimate Plains Districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into three marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

KAPONGA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District bounded towards the north-east by a right line from the summit of Mount Egmont to the source of the Kapuni Stream; thence by that stream, intersecting Sections 1, Block III., 19, 20, 21, 22, 29, 30, 35, 36, and 37, Block VII., all of Kaupokonui Survey District, to Palmer Road; thence by Palmer Road to the southern boundary-line of Block VIII., Kaupokonui Survey District: thence towards the north by the said Block VIII. to Hastings Road; thence towards the east by

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1900, No 88

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🏗️ Land Acquisition for Wellington-Napier Railway

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated8 October 1900
KeywordsLand acquisition, Railway, Wellington-Napier, Takapau Survey District, Hawke's Bay
👩‍💼 Officials

RANFURLY, Governor
ROBERT STOUT
WM. HALL-JONES, Minister for Public Works

🏛️ Abolition and Establishment of Marriage Districts

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsMarriage districts, Abolition, Establishment, Eltham, Waimate Plains, Kaponga, Taranaki
👩‍💼 Officials

RANFURLY, Governor
ROBERT STOUT

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