Segenhoe Estate Irrigation Act 56 Vic (NSW)

1893. 56° VIC. 63

Segenhoe Estate Irrigation.

An Act to authorise and enable the " Land. secesnor gsrar

Company of Australasia (lLimited)" to a establish a system of Irrigation and Water Supply in and upon the Segenhoe Kstate,situate in the parishes of Macqueen, Russell, and Rouchel, in the counties of Durham and Brisbane and the lands adjacent thereto; to aequire lands to establish Irrigation Works; to authorise the Sale and Supply of Water for Irriga- tion and Domestic use; and to make, construct, and lay dams, weirs, or flood- gates upon and across the River Page and Rouehel Brook, and to take and divert water therefrom; and for all other pur- poses which may be ineidental thereto. [137h June, 1893. ]

V\ \7UIEREAS the " Land Company of Australasia (Limited) " have Preanble, acquired a large area of land, known as the Segenhoe Estate,

situate in the parishes of Macqueen, Russell, and Rouchel, in the

counties of Durham and Brisbane, in the Colony of New South Wales,

which are intersected by the River Page and Rouchel Brook, and are

about to acquire other large areas of lands adjacent thereto, which

lands are suitable for agricultural and horticultural purposes if provided

with a supply of water: And whereas it is expedient and would be

to the advantage of the inhabitants of the surrounding district and of

the public generally to establish a system whereby the waters of the

said river and brook, which now run to waste, should be conserved and

utilised for irrigation and domestic use: Be it therefore enacted by

the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New

South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authovity of the

same, as follows :

PART TI. Preliminary—Poweis and duties of Company.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Segenhoe Estate Trrigation short title. Act."