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Public Works Department :Waimea water race, plan shewing extension of Branch B [ms map]...
Date: 1874
By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Engineer's Department
Reference: MapColl-834.4ghhd/1874/Acc.53897
Description: Public Works Department plan to accompany proclamation showing extension of Branch B of the Waimea Water Race. The water works are shown along Blue Reef and adjacent to Scotty's Gully. Also shows gold workings, dam and tunnels. Includes location plan showing Branch B to the south of Goldsborough and Waimea Creek. Also shows Stafford town, Liverpool Bill's Creek and Pretty Womans Gully. "This is the plan alluded to in a proclamation of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand dated this 'thirtieth' day of 'December' 187'4' proclaiming, declaring and defining the limits, description and line of water works referred to in the schedule of the said proclamation under the provisions of the Immigration and Public Works Act 1870 and 1871 and a copy of which accompanied by a book of references is to be deposited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of 'Hokitika' in the Province of 'Westland'". Signed [Edward Richardson] Minister for Public Works. Inset map- Sketch plan: shewing relative position of land mentioned in Proclamation. Scale indeterminable. 21 x 25 cm. PWD/1830 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Stamped and initialled "Public Works Department, Engineer's Department".; Recto - bottom right - PWD/1830 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on waxed linen, coloured, 46.5 x 68 cm.