TOWN OF SIGATOKA PROCLAMATION 1959

(Section 5)

Proclamation 11 of 1959 commenced on 1 May 1959

The area defined in the Schedule shall be a town for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1972 and shall be known as the town of Sigatoka.

SCHEDULE

[Sch am LGN 1 of 1970 opn 9 Jan 1970; LGN 22 of 1973 opn 28 Sep 1973; LN 144 of 1980, opn 19 Sep 1980; Decree 7 of 2011 s 4, opn 1 Mar 2011; LN 99 of 2016 reg 266, opn 1 Dec 2016]

WESTERN PORTION

Commencing at a point on the right bank of the Nalele Creek and being the most northerly corner of iTaukei Lease No 7732; thence in an easterly direction for approximately 9 chains following the said right bank of the Nalele Creek downstream, crossing the Sigatoka Valley Road and continuing to its junction with the right bank of the Sigatoka River; thence in a southerly direction and following the said right bank of the Sigatoka River downstream for approximately 65 chains to its junction with the left bank of the Lawaqa Creek at a point on the southern boundary of CT 6621; thence in a generally westerly direction and following the said left bank of the Lawaqa Creek upstream to a point directly opposite the junction of the left bank of the Solevu Creek with the right bank of the Lawaqa Creek; thence in a southerly direction by a direct line crossing the Lawaqa Creek to the aforesaid junction of the left bank of the Solevu Creek with the right bank of the Lawaqa Creek; thence continuing in a southerly direction and following the said left bank of the Solevu Creek upstream to a point being the north-eastern corner of iTaukei Lease No 6149; thence in a south-westerly direction and following the south-eastern boundary of the said iTaukei Lease No 6149 for approximately 590 links to its most southerly corner and being a point on the northern boundary of iTaukei Lease No 6887; thence in an easterly direction and following the said northern boundary of iTaukei Lease No 6887 for approximately 30 links to rejoin the left bank of the Solevu Creek; thence in a southerly direction and following the said left bank of the Solevu Creek for approximately 4.25 chains to the south-eastern corner of the said iTaukei Lease No 6887; thence in a westerly direction for approximately 7 chains following the southern boundary of the said iTaukei Lease No 6887, crossing the Queen's Road and Fiji Sugar Corporation's Cuvu to Muasara Railway Reserve to the western boundary of the said Railway Reserve; thence in a north-westerly direction following the western boundary of the said Railway Reserve for 615 links approximately to the north-eastern corner of iTaukei Lease No 6312; thence crossing the said Railway Reserve by a line bearing 30 degrees 09 minutes for a distance of 71.5 links to the south-eastern boundary of Lawaqa Government Station — State Lease No IV/88, 61; thence following the south-western and western boundaries of State Lease No IV/88, 61 by a line bearing 300 degrees 09 minutes for a distance of 2444 links and by a line bearing 40 degrees 17 minutes for a distance of 4258 links; thence crossing a 25 links Right of Way and following the southern, western and northern boundaries of surrendered iTaukei Lease No 2191, by a line bearing—

to the north-western corner of State Lease No IV/88,61; thence following the northern boundary of the said State Lease No IV/88, 61 in a south-easterly direction by a line bearing 127 degrees 46 minutes for a distance of 214.0 links and a line bearing 109 degrees 36 minutes for a distance of 380 links approximately to the western side of a formed road leading to the reservoir; thence by a line bearing 19 degrees 25 minutes for a distance of 220 links approximately crossing the said road and the Lawaqa Creek to its left bank; thence following the Lawaqa Creek downstream for 38 chains approximately to the western side of the 25 links Right of Way as shown on Plan No N 629; thence generally northerly following the western side of the said Right of Way for 20 chains approximately to the north-western boundary of iTaukei Lease No 7918; thence north-easterly following the western boundary of iTaukei Lease No 7918 by a line bearing 30 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds for a distance of 612.5 links to the northernmost corner of the said iTaukei Lease No 7918; thence crossing iTaukei Lease No 6577 by a line bearing 88 degrees 30 minutes for a distance of 290 links approximately; thence following the south-eastern boundary of iTaukei Lease No 6577 by a line bearing 83 degrees 19 minutes for a distance of 190.2 links and by a line bearing 155 degrees 02 minutes for a distance of 399.9 links to the western boundary of CT 5216; thence in a north-easterly direction and following the north-western boundary of the said CT 5216 by a line bearing 30 degrees 12 minutes for a distance of 962.4 links to its most northerly corner at Korodrigo iTaukei Lands Commission mound; thence in north-easterly and south-easterly directions and following the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of iTaukei Lease No 5052 and the north-western boundary of iTaukei Lease No 35/39 by lines bearing—

north-easterly direction by a direct line bearing 46 degrees distance 180 links approximately to a point being the junction of the south-eastern boundary of iTaukei Lease No 2341 with the western boundary of iTaukei Lease No 848; thence in north-westerly, north-easterly and south-easterly directions and following the south-western, north-western and north-eastern boundaries of the said iTaukei Lease No 2341 by lines bearing—

south-western corner of expired iTaukei Lease No 1818; thence in a north-easterly direction by a direct line bearing 41 degrees 42 minutes distance 945.2 links to the south-western corner of iTaukei Lease No 10417; thence in a northerly direction and following the western boundaries of the said iTaukei Lease No 10417 and iTaukei Lease No 10542 by a line bearing 358 degrees 04 minutes distance 943.9 links to the western most corner of iTaukei Lease No 7732; and thence in an easterly direction and following the northern boundary of the said iTaukei Lease No 7732 by lines bearing 53 degrees 52 minutes distance 136.4 links and 75 degrees 36 minutes distance 380.0 links to the right bank of the Nalele Creek and being the point of commencement.

EASTERN PORTION

A. Commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of Fiji Sugar Corporation’s Cuvu to Kavanagasau Railway Reserve and being the north-western corner of iTaukei Lease No 447; thence by a line bearing 100 degrees 53 minutes distance 171.6 links to the north-eastern corner of the said iTaukei Lease No 447; thence in a southerly direction by lines bearing 187 degrees 01 minutes distance 570.8 links and 189 degrees distance 570.3 links and following the eastern boundaries of iTaukei Leases No 447, 6513 and 40/6 to the south-eastern corner of the said iTaukei Lease No 40/6; thence in a westerly direction by a line bearing 281 degrees 52 minutes distance 516 links and following the southern boundary of the said iTaukei Lease No 40/6 to the north-eastern corner of iTaukei Lease No 4408; thence in a southerly direction and following the eastern boundary of the said iTaukei Lease No 4408 by a line bearing 194 degrees 38 minutes distance 108.2 links to the northern boundary of Fiji Sugar Corporation’s Cuvu to Muasara Railway Reserve; thence in a north-westerly direction and following the boundary arc of the said Cuvu to Muasara Railway Reserve for 245 links to its junction with the south-eastern boundary arc of the said Cuvu to Kavanagasau Railway Reserve; and thence in a north-easterly direction and following the south-eastern boundary of the said Cuvu to Kavanagasau Railway Reserve for 1261 links to the north-western corner of iTaukei Lease No 447 and being the point of commencement.

B. Commencing at a point being the junction of the left bank of the Sigatoka River with the southern boundary of Fiji Sugar Corporation’s Cuvu to Muasara Railway Reserve; thence in a south-easterly direction and following the south-western boundary of the said Railway Reserve for approximately 15 chains to a point bearing 81 degrees 15 minutes distance 25 links from the south-eastern corner of iTaukei Lease No 4804; thence in a westerly direction by a line bearing 261 degrees 15 minutes distance 3 1/4 chains approximately and following the northern boundary of a iTaukei Reserve to the eastern boundary of the Queen’s Road; thence in a southerly direction and following the said eastern boundary of the Queen’s Road for approximately 10.8 chains to meet the prolongation of the southern boundary of Plan No N 1642. (approved lease NLTB 4/11/2980); thence crossing the Queen’s Road and following the southern and western boundaries of the said Plan No N 1642 by a line bearing 284 degrees 29 minutes for a distance of 195 links approximately and by a line bearing 343 degrees 03 minutes for a distance 302.1 links and by a line bearing 13 degrees 35 minutes for a distance of 526.8 links to the southern side of a 16.5 link road; thence westerly following the southern side of the said road and crossing Nayawa Street by a line bearing 280 degrees 38 minutes for a distance of 3 chains approximately to the left bank of the Sigatoka River; and thence in a northerly direction and following the said left bank of the Sigatoka River upstream for approximately 13.5 chains to the southern boundary of the said Cuvu to Muasara Railway Reserve and being the point of commencement.

The above descriptions are more particularly delineated on Plan No PP 3 kept in the office of the Director of Lands, Suva, with copies at the office of the Sigatoka Town Council.

And also all that area of land lying on the western side of the Queen’s Road and the Kavanagasau-Rarawai railway and extending in variable widths, not exceeding 45 chains, from the present southern town boundaries at Lawaqa Government Station to the southern boundaries of the Sigatoka District Hospital at Nakoromumu, but excluding the areas contained in iTaukei Reserve Claim Numbers 3, 9, 29 and 57.

The above described area is shown verged red and is more particularly delineated on Plan PP116 kept in the office of the permanent secretary responsible for lands and mineral resources in Suva and available for inspection at the office of the permanent secretary responsible for local government in Suva, and at the office of the Sigatoka town clerk.

Together with all those parcels of land in the Tikina of Nasigatoka in the Province of Nadroga and Navosa adjacent to the town of Sigatoka shown on the following plans deposited with the Department of Lands, Mines and Surveys at Suva—

N109 (Part)

N629 (Part)

N1085 (Part)

N1541

L/8-2, NLC Lot 45 (Part).

All such parcels of land are more particularly delineated on Plan No PP 62 lodged in the office of the Sigatoka Town Council at Sigatoka, the Director of Town and Country Planning in Suva and the Director of Lands in Suva.

And together with the following areas of land situated in the Tikina of Sigatoka in the Province of Nadroga and Navosa—

Area 1—

All that area of land lying on left bank of Sigatoka River and adjacent to the southern boundaries of Sigatoka town as proclaimed by Proclamation 13 of 1966, and bounded generally on the east by the Suva-Nadi highway, on the west by the Queens Road and on the south by the 5 metre wide road connecting the Suva-Nadi Highway and the Queens Road.

Area 2—

All that area of land lying between the left bank of Sigatoka River and the eastern alignment of the Queens Road and adjoining the southern boundaries of Sigatoka Town as proclaimed by Proclamation 13 of 1966.

The above areas are shown verged red and are more particularly delineated on plans PP 165 and PP 172 and marked ‘A’ and ‘C’ respectively, kept in the office of the Director of Lands and Surveyor-General, Suva with copies available for inspection at the office of the Director of Town and Country Planning in Suva and the office of the Sigatoka Town Council at Sigatoka.