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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

shall be those set forth in the said First Schedule
hereto; and in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred on me by "The Railways
Act, 1871," I do hereby fix the point of commence-
ment of the said railway to be at (or near) the
Rolleston Station of the Great Southern Railway, and
do fix the point of termination thereof to be at (or
near) a point situated on the north-east side of
Jollie's Road, at or near the southernmost corner
of the Town of Southbridge.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ROLLESTON AND SOUTHBRIDGE RAILWAY.
Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation
of the Railway from Rolleston to Southbridge, in
the Province of Canterbury.

COMMENCING at or near the Rolleston Station of the
Great Southern Railway, and passing in through or
into the following Road Board Districts of the said
Province, viz. :-

The Springs Road District and the Ellesmere Road
District, and terminating at or near a point situated
on the north-east side of Jollie's Road, at or near the
southernmost corner of the Town of Southbridge, as
the limits, description, and line thereof are set forth
in the plan and described in the book of reference
referred to on the face of the said plan, and which
plan and book are authenticated for the purposes of
the Proclamation by the signature of the Honorable
William Gisborne, the Minister acting for 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 on the said plan by dotted red lines, being
not more than 110 yards on either side of the
line, and passing through or over the several sections
of land, roads, reserves, places, and watercourses
enumerated in the Second Schedule hereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Lands proposed to be taken for the purposes of the
Rolleston and Southbridge 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 plan and book of
reference aforesaid.

SPRINGS ROAD DISTRICT.

Reserve numbered 249 (in red), Southern Rail-
way Reserve, rural sections numbered 4596, 4603,
5717, 7397; reserves numbered 1342, 1046 (in red);
the Coal Tramway Reserve; rural sections numbered
10829, 10819, 4973, 4050, 5348, 4106, 8367, 8817,
8942, 8753, 8786, 8768, 8766, 2881, 8769, 3595,
4728, 3596, 5884; waste lands of the Crown; and
all intervening roads and streams.

ELLESMERE ROAD DISTRICT.

The River Selwyn, rural sections numbered 5582,
3894, 4726, 3271, 4695, 4693, 4694, 3314, 3990,
5561, 3953, 4977, 6928, 5885, 6449, 5842, 5799,
5851, 6137, 5848, 5950, 5979, 5984, 6041, 7771;
reserves numbered 304, 314 (in red); the Tramway
reserve; rural sections numbered 7184, 6073, 5787;
the Town of Leeston; rural sections numbered
5482, 5483, 5622, 5680, 5678, 5679, 5677, 5335,
5334, 5206, 5084, 3330, 5106, 3344, 4041; the Town
of Southbridge; and all intervening roads and 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 twelfth
day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

(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 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 the Governor may
direct that any part of such line of railway may
be constructed on and along any part of any public
highway, and that any part of any such line of railway
may be constructed on or through any public re-
serves: 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, 1871," it is