New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 68

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✨ Land Acquisition Proclamation

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1908.

Additional Lands taken at Abbotsford for the Purposes of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway, and for a Road in connection therewith.

(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway to take further lands at Abbotsford, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway, and to take lands for a road in connection therewith:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of “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 lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land taken.	Being Part of	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Survey District of
A. B. P.
0 1 23·5	Paterson Street and North Taieri Road..	..	V
0 0 13·2	50-link road, Township of Abbotsford ..	..	VII
0 0 0·2	Allotment 2, Block II, Township of Abbotsford ..	..	VII
0 0 13·3	Allotment 3, Block II, Township of Abbotsford ..	..	VII
0 1 29·9	Private road and part Section 60 ..	..	VII
0 0 25·2	Allotment 4, Block II, Township of Abbotsford ..	..	VII
0 1 4·4	Allotment 5, Block II, Township of Abbotsford ..	..	VII
0 3 25·7	Section 60 ..	..	VII
0 2 17·3	Section 60 ..	..	VII
0 1 39·1	Section 60 ..	..	VII

FOR ROAD.

| 0 0 14·1 | Allotment 2, Block II, Township of Abbotsford .. | .. | VII | Dunedin and East Taieri. |
| 0 0 21·5 | Allotment 3, Block II, Township of Abbotsford .. | .. | VII | Dunedin and East Taieri. |
| 0 0 4·3 | Private road and part Section 60 .. | .. | VII | Dunedin and East Taieri. |
| 0 0 16·7 | Allotment 4, Block II, Township of Abbotsford .. | .. | VII | Dunedin and East Taieri. |
| 0 0 26·4 | Allotment 5, Block II, Township of Abbotsford .. | .. | VII | Dunedin and East Taieri. |

All in the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 16558, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured blue, green, sepia, yellow, brown, and neutral tint.

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-sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Railways

GOD SAVE THE KING !

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1908, No 68

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Additional Lands taken at Abbotsford for the Waitaki-Bluff Railway and Road

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated26 August 1908
KeywordsLand acquisition, Railway, Road, Abbotsford, Waitaki-Bluff Railway, Otago Land District
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
WM. HALL-JONES, Minister for Railways

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