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PROCLAMATION.

Boundaries of Waikari Road District altered and diminished.

By His Honor JAMES MACANDREW, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, intituled the "Otago Roads Ordinance, 1865," it is amongst other things enacted, that until otherwise provided, pursuant to the provisions of the said Ordinance, there should be sixty-one Districts, which should be named as specified in the Schedule to the said Ordinance annexed, marked B : And it is also by the said Ordinance provided that it should be lawful for the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, from time to time, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to alter, vary, diminish, or enlarge the boundaries of any or all of such Districts : and whereas it is expedient to alter and diminish the boundaries of the Waikari Road District in manner and as described in Schedule hereto ;—Now therefore I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the said Province, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, do hereby proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the said Waikari Road District shall, from the day of the date thereof, be altered and diminished, and that the boundaries of the Waikari Road District shall henceforth be as described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Waikari Road District—Commencing at Trig. Station S, Block V, Dunedin and East Taieri Survey Districts, and shall comprise all that area bounded on the west by the eastern boundary of Flagstaff Road District to the southern angle of Section 56, Block V, Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District ; thence on the north by Sections 56, 57, 32, and 31, said Block V; thence on the west by Quarry Reserve and Section 50, Block VI, Dunedin and East Taieri; towards the south-west by Sections 160 and 149, Waikari Survey District, and by the Kaikorai Stream to District Road between Sections 9 and 10, Block IV, Upper Kaikorai ; thence by Sections 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Block IV, and Sections 8, Block III ; on the west by Sections 8, 6, 4, and 2, Block III, and by Section 4, Block I, Upper Kaikorai ; on the south by the Dunedin Town Belt to the Water of Leith Stream; on the west by the Water of Leith to the northern boundary of Block V, Dunedin and East Taieri ; thence by northern boundary of said Block to Trig. Station S, to place of beginning.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, this (L.S.) seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

JAMES MACANDREW, Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,

JOHN MOUAT, Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

Road District of Havant formed.

By His Honor JAMES MACANDREW, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, intituled the "Otago Roads Ordinance, 1865," it is amongst other things enacted that, until otherwise provided, pursuant to the provisions of the said Ordinance, there should be sixty-one districts which should be named as specified in the Schedule to the said Ordinance annexed, marked B : And it is also by the said Ordinance provided, that it should be lawful for the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, from time to time, by proclamation in the Gazette, to alter, vary, diminish, or enlarge the boundaries of any or all of such districts, and to increase the number of districts by forming and naming new districts.

And whereas it is expedient to form a new Road District, to be named the Havant Road District : Now therefore, I, James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area bounded as described in the Schedule hereto shall from the day of the date hereof be constituted a Road District, and shall be named the "Havant" Road District.

SCHEDULE.

The Havant Road District commences at the southern angle of Section 10, Upper Harbour, West Survey District, and shall comprise all that area bounded on the north and west by the said Section X, and by Sections 4, 37, 32, 31, 27, 28, 29, 30, and portion of 50, Block IX, North Harbor and Blueskin, to the Dunedin Town Belt; thence by the Dunedin Town Belt to Pelichet Bay ; thence on the south and southeast, by the coast line of Upper Harbour, to the starting point at the southern angle of Section 10, Upper Harbor, west.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, the (L.S.) seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

JAMES MACANDREW, Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,

JOHN MOUAT, Provincial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Of certain Land in the Incorporated Town of Lawrence having been reserved for purposes of Public Recreation.

By His Honor JAMES MACANDREW, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS the Provincial Council of Otago have, under and by virtue of Section 62 of the "Otago Waste Lands Act, 1866," recommended the Land hereinafter described, should be reserved for purposes of Public Recreation for the Inhabitants of the Incorporated Town of Lawrence. And it is expedient that the said Land should be so reserved for those purposes. Now, therefore, I, James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me in this behalf, by the "Otago Waste Lands Act, 1866," do hereby publish and declare, that I have made and dedicated the Land hereinafter described, a Reserve for purposes of Public Recreation for the Inhabitants of the Incorporated Town of Lawrence, henceforth to be known as the "Lawrence Recreation Reserve," that is to say :—

All that area in the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement twenty (20) acres and twelve (12) poles more or less situate in the Town of Lawrence, being blocks numbered respectively fourteen (14) fifteen (15) eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) on the Map of the said Town: Bounded towards the north by Stranraer Street five hundred (500) links and two hundred and ninety-eight (298) links ; also by Harrington Street five hundred (500) links and five hundred and seventeen (517) links ; towards the east-north-east by Peel Street, one thousand and twenty (1020) links and one thousand and twenty (1020) links; towards the east by Corsewall Street, one thousand (1000) links and one thousand (1000) links ; towards the South by Harrington Street five hundred (550) links and three hundred and ninety-eight (398) links, also by Thurso Street five hundred (500) links and seven hundred and seventeen (717) links ; and towards the west by Ardrossan Street one thousand (1000) links and one thousand (1000) links, also by Corsewall Street one thousand (1000) links and one thousand (1000) links, as delineated on the Record Map of the said Town, deposited in the Survey Office, Dunedin.

Dated this 13th day of May, 1867.

JAMES MACANDREW, Superintendent.



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🏗️ Alteration of Waikari Road District Boundaries

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
7 March 1867
Proclamation, Road District, Waikari, Boundaries, Otago
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent
  • John Mouat, Provincial Secretary

🏗️ Formation of Havant Road District

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
7 May 1867
Proclamation, Road District, Havant, Boundaries, Otago
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent
  • John Mouat, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Reservation of Land for Public Recreation in Lawrence

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
13 May 1867
Land Reservation, Public Recreation, Lawrence, Otago
  • James Macandrew, Superintendent