Wellington City Boundaries Act 1878
Wellington City Boundaries Act 1878
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Wellington City Boundaries Act 1878
Wellington City Boundaries Act 1878
Local Act |
1878 No 51 |
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Date of assent |
1 November 1878 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Boundaries of the City of Wellington.
Preamble.
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the boundaries of the City of Wellington for the purposes of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,”
and of any Acts incorporated therewith:
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Wellington City Boundaries Act, 1878.”
2 Boundaries of city defined.
For the purposes of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,”
and of any Acts for the time being incorporated therewith, the boundaries of the borough of the City of Wellington shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be deemed to be as shown in the Schedule hereto; and all the land included within the said boundaries, together with the Queen’s Wharf and any further extension thereof, with the land covered by the same respectively, shall be deemed to be and form part of the borough of the said city for the purposes of the said Acts.
3 Exception with respect to rates.
Provided always that nothing herein contained shall render liable to rates any part of the land within the said city which is now by law exempted from the payment of the same.
Schedule
The boundaries of the City of Wellington commence at a point where the northeastern boundary of the land forming part of the Harbour of Port Nicholson, and granted by deed of grant dated the eighteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, to the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, joins the Hutt Road, and extending from thence along the said road to a point due east of the eastern extremity of the northern boundary of the Native Reserve, which lies immediately to the northward of Town Section numbered six hundred and fifty-eight on the plan of the said city; from thence across the Hutt Road to the eastern extremity of the northern boundary of the said reserve; from thence along the northern boundary of the said reserve and along the northern boundary of the Town Belt, in the Tinakori District, to the northern extremity of the western boundary thereof; from thence along the western boundary to a point in such boundary where it reaches a Native Reserve; from thence along the north-eastern boundary of the said reserve to the south-western corner of Grant Road; from thence along the southern side of a road leading from Grant Road to the Tinakori Road; from thence across the Tinakori Road to the eastern side thereof; from thence southwardly along the eastern side of the Tinakori Road to the western boundary of the Botanical Reserve; from thence to the north-western corner of Section number twenty-eight, Karori District; from thence eastwardly along the northern boundary of said Section numbered twenty-eight to the western boundary of the Section number six of the City Reserves, in the Terrace District; from thence southwardly along the western boundary of the reserves in the said district to the south-eastern corner of the said Section numbered twenty-eight; from thence westerly along the southern boundary of the said Section numbered twenty-eight to the north-western corner of Section number eleven of the City Reserves, in the Terrace District; from thence southwardly along the western boundary of the City Reserves, in the said district, to the southern extremity thereof; from thence eastwardly along the northern boundary of Section numbered eleven, Ohiro, to the western side of Epuni Street; from thence across Epuni Street; from thence southwardly to the south-western corner of Section number nine of the City Reserves, in the Western District; from thence eastwardly along the southern boundary of the said section to the western boundary of Section number twelve of the City Reserves, in the last-named district; from thence southwardly along the western boundary of Sections numbered twelve and thirteen of the City Reserves, in the last-named district, to the southern extremity of such boundary; from thence along and to the extremity of the southern boundary of the said Section numbered thirteen; from thence southwardly by a direct line to the south-western corner of Section numbered eighteen of the City Reserves, in the Western District; from thence along and to the eastern extremity of the northern boundary of the Native Reserve there; from thence along and to the southern extremity of the eastern boundary of the said Native Reserve; from thence along and to the western extremity of the southern boundary of the said Native Reserve; from thence by a direct line along the boundary of Section numbered eighteen, Ohiro District, to the northern side of a road lying to the northward of Section numbered twenty, Ohiro District; from thence eastwardly along the northern side of the said road to the boundary line of Section number three of the City Reserves, in the Southern District; from thence southwardly along the western boundary of the said Section number three to the northern boundary of Section number four of the said reserves, in the said district; from thence westwardly to the north-west corner of the said Section number four; from thence southwardly along and to the extremity of the western boundary of the said section; from thence eastwardly along and to the eastern extremity of the southern boundary of Sections numbered four and five of the City Reserves, in the Southern District; from thence southwardly to the south-western corner of Section number six of the said reserves; from thence eastwardly to the south-eastern corner of the Flagstaff Reserve; from thence along the eastern boundary of the Town Belt to the extremity thereof at the north-eastern corner of Section number seven of the City Reserves, in the Mount Victoria District; from thence westwardly across the road there to the margin of the sea-shore; from thence southwardly along such margin to the point where the eastern boundary of the land granted to the Corporation of the City of Wellington, by deed of grant dated the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, touches the said margin; from thence along such eastern boundary to its extremity; and from thence westwardly along the seaward boundary of the land granted by the said grant until it reaches the eastern boundary of the land granted to the Superintendent of Wellington by grant dated the eighteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five; and from the point of such junction northwardly, along the seaward boundary of such last-mentioned land, to the commencing point.
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