1856
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

Allocating Land acquired for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road in Mount Hutt Road District.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto form part of land acquired for the purposes of the Rakaiia and Ashburton Forks Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such lands to the purposes of a road:

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 the Mount Hutt Road District, the local authority of which has assented 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 road:

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 a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Mount Hutt Road Board, and shall be maintained by the said Road Board in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Road Board.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL those parcels of land in the Canterbury Land District, in the Spaxton Survey District, containing a total area of 21 acres 2 roods 23 perches, more or less, being those portions of railway land on the north side of the line of the Rakaiia and Ashburton Forks Railway, and abutting the northern boundary of the railway land, except through Reserve 2026, and being portions of Rural Section 30380, Reserves 2380, 2379, and of a 1-chain-wide railway reserve, and of Rural Sections 29907, 28776, 28775, 28288, 21495, 28681, and of Reserve 2026, situate in Blocks VII., VIII., and XII. in said survey district, extending for a uniform width of 50 links from Lyndhurst Station to Methven Station, except between 18½ miles on the railway mileage and Cairnbrae Station, where the uniform width shall be 40 links, and at Cairnbrae Station, where the width shall be mostly 100 links; as the said parcels of land are more particularly shown coloured purple on plan marked 10866, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Land set apart for Settlement.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the seventy-third section of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901” (herein termed “the said Act”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that, before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land, it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the block of land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

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SCHEDULE.

OTUKAI LOAN BLOCK (EXTENSION).—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT (400 ACRES).

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Block I., Maungataniwha Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 400 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the west by Sections Nos. 13 and 11 of Parish of Kaiaka; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 41 and 40 of Parish of Orura; towards the east by Peria Kauri-gum Reserve; towards the south-east by Section No. 63 and south-east portion of Section No. 62; and again towards the west by lines to Section No. 13 aforesaid: as the same are delineated upon plan marked S.G. 38719, deposited in the Head Office, Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Lands taken for a Further Portion of the Gisborne–Karaka Railway (Waipaoa Section).

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a further portion of the Gisborne–Karaka Railway—viz, Waipaoa Section:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such lands in the manner hereby provided have been observed and performed:

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 section 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 lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are taken for the purposes of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.

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SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Hawke’s Bay; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 19290, 19566, and 19692, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red, blue, green, yellow, and purple.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!