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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
of deviation thereof, and that one terminus of
the said railway is proposed to be at or near
the Bluff Harbour aforesaid, and the other
terminus thereof at or near the town of Inver-
cargill aforesaid; and that the whole of the
said railway will be within the said Province;
and also, to empower the said Superintendent
to make and maintain extensions of the said
railway as follows, that is to say:--
A railway leaving the line of the said first-
named railway, at a point four chains north-
west from its intersection with the eastern
boundary of Section 17, Block 7, Campbell-
town District, and thence along the sea beach
to a point opposite the north-western corner of
Block No 5, Campbelltown, and thence to a
point opposite the north-east corner of Block
No. 4, Campbelltown, and thence along the
beach to the terminus thereof, at the line
shown on the plan of Campbelltown as Palmer's
Boundary, all within the said Province.
And a railway leaving the said first-named
railway at a point twenty chains south of the
southern Town Belt, and thence down Annan-
street, and thence into or near Crinan-street,
Ettrick-street, Tweed-street, and Findhorn-
street, into, through, or over the reserve dist-
inguished on the Town Plan as the Public
Esplanade, to the terminus thereof at the site
of the proposed goods' station in that reserve,
at the back of the Government Buildings in
Dee-street, all within the said Town of Inver-
cargill, in the said Province.
And powers will be sought to be conferred
upon the said Superintendent by the said bill,
to take and purchase compulsorily lands for the
said Extension Railways, or within the limits
of deviation thereof, and to enable him and his
successors in office to hold the same and the
other lands so proposed to be taken as afore-
said; and to manage the said railways and
works thereto appurtenant; and to sue and be
sued in relation thereto, and to levy tolls, rates,
and duties; and to confer, vary, and extin-
guish exemptions from payment of tolls, rates,
and duties; and to confer, vary, and extinguish
other rights and privileges, and to make bye-
laws, and to do all other things necessary for
the making, maintenance, and working of the
said railways and works.
And notice is hereby further given, that
copies of the said Bill will be deposited in the
Private Bill Office within fourteen days after
the commencement of the said session; and
that plans, sections, and books of reference,
and copies of this notice will be, or have been
deposited at the times and places following,
that is to say,-
In the office of the Registrar of Deeds in
Invercargill aforesaid, on the 25th day of
August, instant.
In the office of the Colonial Secretary on
or before the commencement of the said
session.
In the Private Bill Office on or before the
commencement of the said session.
Dated this fifth day of August, 1863.
J. A. R. MENZIES,
Superintendent.
Printed and published by ROBERT J. CREIGHTON and ALFRED SCALES, for the New Zealand
Government, at the the Printing Office, O'Connell Street,
NZ Gazette 1863, No 54
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Details of Proposed Railway Extensions and Compulsory Land Purchase Powers
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works5 August 1863
Railway extension, Campbelltown, Invercargill, Land acquisition, Compulsory purchase, Southland Province, Public Works
- J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent