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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1871.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

W
HEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," it is enacted that the rail-
ways to be constructed under the said Act shall be
only such railways as shall from time to time be
determined by the General Assembly: And it is also
thereby enacted that, subject to the provisions con-
tained therein, the Governor may construct, or cause
to be constructed, any lines of railway which shall
be prescribed by the General Assembly as railways
to be constructed under the said Act, or any part or
parts thereof, and acquire the necessary engines,
plant and machinery for working and using the same,
or any of them: And it is also thereby enacted that,
whenever the Governor shall determine to construct
any such railway, or any part thereof, it shall be
lawful for him, by Proclamation published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to declare and define the limits and
description and line thereof, and the lands proposed
to be taken for the purpose of such railway, subject
to the provisions of any Act defining such limits and
descriptions, and any such Proclamation may refer to
maps, plans, or drawings to be deposited in the office
of the Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the Supreme
Court in the Province in which such railway or part
thereof is proposed to be constructed, and any maps,
plans, or drawings so referred to shall be deemed to
form part of such Proclamation; and upon the pub-
lication of such Proclamation the provisions and
regulations contained in the Seventh Part of the
said Act shall be applicable to the railway, and to the
lands to which the Proclamation shall relate: And it
is also thereby enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor to make, construct, and maintain any such
railway as aforesaid, with proper works, approaches,
and conveniences connected therewith, commencing
at the place delineated on, and extending along the
lines set forth in, and terminating at a point de-
scribed in the Act or Proclamation proclaiming and
defining such railway, or shown in the maps, plans, or
drawings referred to in such Act or Proclamation:
And it is also thereby enacted that, subject to the
provisions of that Part of the said Act and of the Acts
incorporated herewith, the Governor may exercise all

or any of the powers by that Part of the said Act or
the said incorporated Acts conferred upon him for the
construction of any such railway, and may enter upon,
and cause to be entered upon, all lands within the
Colony for the purpose of making such surveys
as may be necessary, and may take and hold
all the lands required for the railway along the line
set forth and described as aforesaid, or within the
limits of deviation described in the Proclamation
relating thereto, and may temporarily occupy and
use such lands as may be necessary on either side of
the railway, during the construction thereof:

And whereas by "The Railways Act, 1870," it is
enacted that the Governor may, under the provisions
of the first-mentioned Act, contract for the construc-
tion of a railway from Dunedin, in the Province of
Otago, to Clutha, in the said Province, being a portion
of the Otago Southern Trunk Railway, commencing
from and terminating at a point to be determined by
the Governor in Council: And whereas by Order
in Council dated the eleventh day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, it was
ordered that the commencement point of the said
Dunedin and Clutha Railway should be at a point
at or near the southern side of High Street, in the
City of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, about
seven chains eastward from the Custom House in
the said City of Dunedin, and that the point of ter-
mination thereof should be at a point situated in the
line of the southern side of Hasborough Place and
eastern side of Cromer Street, in the Township of
Balclutha, the said point being about four chains
northward from the jetty on the north side of the
Clutha River: And whereas I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, have deter-
mined to construct the said Dunedin and Clutha
Railway:

Now therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand
in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authori-
ties conferred on me by the said first-mentioned Act
in this behalf, do hereby proclaim, declare, and define
the limits, description, and line of the said railway to
be those set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and
that the lands specified and described in the Second
Schedule hereto are proposed to be taken for the

ERRATUM.-In Gazette No. 1, of 6th January last, page 8, appointment of District Engineer under "Immigration and
Public Works Act, 1870," for William Bray, read William Bayley Bray, Esq.