Public Works Proclamations




Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 433

Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial 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-fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!


Land taken for the Purpose of widening Brougham Street, in the City of Christchurch.


(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1908,” for a certain public work, to wit, for the purpose of widening Brougham Street, in the City of Christchurch:

And whereas the Council of the City of Christchurch has laid before the Governor a memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” and “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 land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purpose of widening Brougham Street, and shall vest in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Christchurch; and I do also declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten.


SCHEDULE.

Approximate Area of the Piece of Land taken. Being Portion of Rural Section No. Situated in Block Situated in Survey District of Shown on Plan Coloured on Plan
A. R. P. 0 0 34·7 239, Sydenham Ward, City of Christchurch XV Christ-church P.W.D. 25773 Green.

In the Canterbury 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 Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial 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-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!


Closing Government Road in Block XV, Pouatu Survey District.


(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by paragraph (c) of section one hundred and thirty-three of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation publicly notified, stop or alter the course of any Government road or any part thereof:

And whereas the Government road described in the Schedule hereto is no longer required for the purpose of a road:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim as stopped the road in Pouatu Survey District described in the Schedule hereto.


SCHEDULE.

Approximate Area of the Land contained in the Road hereby proclaimed as stopped. Adjoining or passing through Sections Nos. Situated in Block Situated in Survey District of Shown on Plan Coloured on Plan
A. R. P. 5 0 20 6, 12, & 13 XV Pouatu P.W.D. 25296 Green.
0 0 12 6 " " Ditto "
0 0 20 2 " " " "
0 2 2 2 " " " "
4 2 30 1 " " " "
0 2 30 1 " " " "
4 2 20 14 " " " "

All in the Taranaki 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 Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial 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-second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!


Revoking Part of a Proclamation taking Land for a Further Portion of the Gisborne-Rotorua Railway (Otoko Section).


(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Public Works Amendment Act, 1909,” it is enacted that if at any time after the issue or making of any Proclamation taking land under “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and before the payment or award of any compensation in respect of the taking thereof it is found that any error in form or substance exists in or in relation to that Proclamation, the Governor may, by a subsequent Proclamation gazetted, revoke the former Proclamation either wholly or so far as he thinks necessary:

And whereas it is found that the hereinafter-mentioned parts of certain land in Block I, Waikohu Survey District, and Block IV, Ngatapa Survey District, taken for a further portion of the Gisborne-Rotorua Railway (Otoko Section) by a Proclamation made under “The Public Works Act, 1908,” dated the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine (hereinafter termed “the said Proclamation”), and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 100, of the second day of the following month, are incorrectly described: And whereas compensation in respect of the taking of the said land has not been paid or awarded:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Public Works Act, 1909,” and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby revoke so much of the said Proclamation as affects (1) 22 perches (shown coloured green on the plan marked P.W.D. 25290, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington), being the whole



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🏗️ Land taken for widening Brougham Street, Christchurch

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
25 January 1910
Land acquisition, Public works, Street widening, Christchurch
  • William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
  • R. McKenzie, Minister of Public Works

🏗️ Closing Government Road in Block XV, Pouatu Survey District

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
22 January 1910
Road closure, Public works, Pouatu Survey District, Taranaki Land District
  • William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
  • R. McKenzie, Minister of Public Works

🏗️ Revoking Part of a Proclamation taking Land for Gisborne-Rotorua Railway

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
24 January 1910
Land taking, Railway construction, Gisborne-Rotorua Railway, Revocation, Public Works Act
  • William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
  • R. McKenzie, Minister of Public Works