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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1872.

(L.S.) 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 described
in the Act or Proclamation proclaiming and defining
such railway, or shown in the maps, plans, or draw-
ings referred to in such Act or Proclamation: And
it is also thereby enacted that the Governor may
direct that any part of such line of railway may be
constructed on and along any part of any public high-
way, and that any part of any such line of railway may
be constructed on or through any public reserves:
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 rail-
way, during the construction thereof:

And whereas by "The Railways Act, 1871," it is
enacted that the Governor may, under the provisions
of the first-mentioned Act and of the now reciting
Act, construct and maintain, or cause to be con-
structed and maintained, the several lines of railway
in the Province of Canterbury specified in the Third
Schedule thereto: And it is also thereby enacted
that the line of the railways thereby authorized to be
constructed shall be fixed by the Governor, and shall
commence and terminate at points to be fixed by the
Governor: And whereas the Governor has deter-
mined to construct and maintain a railway from
Rolleston to Southbridge, the same being a line
of railway specified in the said Third Schedule:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
on me by the said first-mentioned Act, and in exercise
of every other power enabling me 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 purposes of
the said railway; and that the limits of deviation

ERRATUM.—In Gazette No. 13, of 14th March, 1872, page 167, for "Frederick William Hull, Esq.," read "William
Frederick Hull, Esq."