New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 70

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✨ Land Proclamations

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1909.

Additional Lands at Otatau taken for the Purposes of the Western Railways.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Western Railways to take further land at Otatau, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

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, 1908,” 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 Portion of Section No.	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Township of
A. R. P.
0 0 5·9	18	IV	Otatau.
0 0 16·5	18	IV	Otatau.

All in the Land District of Southland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 17333, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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 eighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land at Foxton taken for the Purposes of the Foxton—New Plymouth Railway.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Foxton—New Plymouth Railway to take further land at Foxton, in addition to land previously acquired for the said railway:

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land taken.	Being Portion of	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Survey District of	Situated in the
A. R. P.
0 1 3	Crown land	V	Mount Robinson	Foxton Harbour Board Endowment.
0 1 16·3	Crown land	V	Mount Robinson	Foxton Borough.

All in the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 17172, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green, and edged with red.

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

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1909, No 70

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🏗️ Additional Lands at Otatau taken for the Purposes of the Western Railways

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated18 August 1909
KeywordsLand acquisition, Western Railways, Otatau, Southland
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
J. A. Millar, Minister of Railways

🏗️ Additional Land at Foxton taken for the Purposes of the Foxton—New Plymouth Railway

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated21 August 1909
KeywordsLand acquisition, Foxton—New Plymouth Railway, Foxton, Wellington Land District
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
J. A. Millar, Minister of Railways

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