Land Takings and Settlement Proclamations




1774
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

And whereas an agreement has been entered into with the owners of the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto to take such lands for the public work hereinafter set forth:

And whereas the Council of the Borough of Petone has laid before the Governor a memorial, accompanied by a map, as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and in pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, and being satisfied of the sufficiency of the agreement hereinbefore referred to, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of a waterwork, to wit, the establishment of a settling-tank, in connection with the waterworks of the Petone Borough, in Block XIII, Belmont Survey District, and shall vest in the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Petone.


SCHEDULE.

Approximate Area of the Parcels of Land taken. Being Portion of Situated in Block Situated in Survey District of Shown on Plan Coloured on Plan
A. R. P. 4 0 13·6 Subdivision F of Section 1, Hutt Registration District XIII Belmont R. 9849 Green border
0 0 5·9 Ditto .. .. . Ditto.

All in the Wellington Land District; as the same are 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 William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

GOD SAVE THE KING!


Land in the Parish of Titirangi, Waitemata Survey District, taken for a Mental Hospital.


(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1905,” for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of a certain public work, to wit, a mental hospital, near Auckland:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purposes hereinbefore specified have been observed and performed:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” 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 hereby taken for a mental hospital as aforesaid. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land taken:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land taken. Being Forming Subdivision of Block No. Situated in the Parish of
A. R. P. 3 3 3·4 Lots 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, and 140 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of subdivision of part of Lot 29 XVI Titirangi.
5 1 1·2 Lots 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, and 123 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of subdivision of part of Lot 29 XVI Titirangi
0 0 34·2 Lot 124 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of subdivision of part of Lot 29 XVI Titirangi
0 0 32·7 Lot 125 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of subdivision of part of Lot 29 XVI Titirangi

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 22217, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red and blue.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!


Land set apart for Settlement.


(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section seventy-three of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that before any moneys as therein mentioned are expended upon any block of land it shall be necessary that the said block be proclaimed as set apart for settlement: And whereas by section twelve of the National Endowment Act, 1907, it is enacted that the Minister of Finance may from time to time, in accordance with sections seventy-three to seventy-five of the first-mentioned Act, issue and apply moneys as therein mentioned for the purposes therein set forth in connection with national endowment land: And whereas the block of land described in the Schedule hereto is national endowment land:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred on me by the above-mentioned Acts, and of every other power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Acts, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the block of land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.



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