New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 56

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✨ Land Proclamations

Num. 56 1559

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1903.

Additional Land in Christchurch Survey District taken for the Purposes of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway.

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway to take further land in Christchurch Survey District, 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 parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

Approximate Area of the Parcel of Land taken.	Being Portion of	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Survey District of
A. R. P.	Rural Section	IX.	Christchurch.
0 2 0	No. 4029

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 11771, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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 June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Road through Block XIII., Tahorait 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 owners and of the lessee of the land hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Woodville County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the land in Tahoraiti Survey District hereinafter described, that is to say,—

Approximate Area of Land taken.	Being Portion of Section	Situated in Block	Situated in Survey District of	Shown on Plan	Coloured on Plan
A. R. P.	24	XIII.	Tahoraiti	R. 4946	Red.
4 3 20

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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 first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1903, No 56

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🏗️ Land taken for Hurunui-Waitaki Railway

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated27 June 1903
KeywordsLand acquisition, Railway, Christchurch Survey District, Hurunui-Waitaki Railway
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
J. G. Ward, Minister for Railways

🏗️ Land taken for a Road in Tahoraiti Survey District

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated1 July 1903
KeywordsLand acquisition, Road, Tahoraiti Survey District, Hawke’s Bay Land District
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands

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