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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

into the following Road Board Districts of the said
Province, viz. :-
Riccarton Road District, Avon Road District,
Eyreton Road District, the Town of Kaiapoi, the
Mandeville and Rangiora Road District, terminating
near the Town of Rangiora, at or near a point on the
north side of the River Marsh Road, seventeen chains
east of the north end of Boys' direct Rangiora Road,
as the limits, description, and line thereof are set
forth in the plans, and described in the book of
reference referred to on the face of the said plans,
and which plans and book are authenticated for the
purposes of the Proclamation by the signature of
William Gisborne, the Minister for Public Works,
and are deposited in the office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Christchurch, or within the limits
of deviation set forth in the said plans by a dotted
red line being not more than one hundred and ten
yards on either side of the said line, and passing
through, over, or under the several sections of land,
streets, roads, and places enumerated in the Second
Schedule hereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Lands proposed to be taken for the purposes of the
Canterbury Great Northern Railway.

So much of the lands hereinafter mentioned as are
required for the said railway along the line of the
said railway hereinbefore defined, or within the limits
of deviation aforesaid, as the said lands are described
and defined in the plans and book of reference
aforesaid.

RICCARTON ROAD DISTRICT.
Rural sections, numbered 9, 10, 163, 80, 242, 453,
2382, 135, 151, 64, in red; 323, 203, 5, 3, 25, 189a,
292, 291, 290, 280, 279, 243, the North Road, and all
intervening roads, streams, or rivers.

AVON ROAD DISTRICT.
Rural sections numbered 322, 150, 109, 53, 288,
289, 281, 243a, 298, 373, 1463, 419, 589, 811, 1527,
1765, 1788, 9650, 250, in red; 368a, 7886, 1283, in
red; 669, and all intervening roads, streams, and the
River Waimakariri.

EYRETON ROAD DISTRICT.
Rural sections numbered 468, 297, 71, in red, and
all intervening roads and streams.

TOWN OF KAIAPOI.
Rural section numbered 321, and all intervening
roads and streets.

MANDEVILLE AND RANGIORA ROAD DISTRICT.
Rural sections numbered 297, 468, 365, 760, 564,
1821, 13738, 338, 403, 929, 912, including the centre of
Boys' direct Rangiora Road, and all intervening roads,
streams, and rivers.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this second
day of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS 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 therewith, 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, construct and maintain,
or cause to be constructed and maintained, the
several lines or parts of lines of railway in the
Province of Canterbury specified in the Second
Schedule thereto: And whereas the Governor has
determined to construct and maintain that part of
the line of railway secondly specified in the said
Schedule, namely, that portion of the Great Southern
Railway, in the Province of Canterbury, which lies
between the present terminus of the line now in
operation and the bridge now in course of con-
struction by the Provincial Government over the
River Rakaia:

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