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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 railway, 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 author-
ized 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 determined to construct and maintain a railway
from Malvern to Rolleston, 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 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
commencement of the said railway to be at (or near)
the Rolleston Station of the Great Southern Rail-
way, and do fix the points of termination for the
Southern Branch thereof to be at a point at or near
the precipice on the western side of rural section
3855; and for the Northern Branch thereof at a
point near the westernmost corner of section 4706,
at the Coal Tramway Reserve.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ROLLESTON AND MALVERN HILLS RAILWAY.
Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of
the Railway from Rolleston to Malvern Hills, 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, the Courtenay Road
District, the Southern Malvern Road District, the
East Malvern Road District, and the Southern Branch
terminating at or near a point situated at the
precipice on the western side of rural section 3,855,
as delineated on the map of the Chief Surveyor; the
Northern Branch terminating at or near the western-
most corner of section 4706, at the Coal Tramway
Reserve, as delineated on the map of the Chief
Surveyor, 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 said line, and passing through or over the
several sections of land, roads, reserves, places, and
watercourses enumerated in the Second Schedule
hereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE, OR BOOK OF REFERENCE.
Lands proposed to be taken for the purpose of the
Rolleston and Malvern 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 lands are described and
defined on the plan and book of reference aforesaid.

SPRINGS ROAD DISTRICT.
The Rolleston Railway Station Reserve, rural sec-
tion numbered 4596.

COURTENAY ROAD DISTRICT.
Reserve for the Great Southern Road, the Coal
Tramway Reserve, rural sections numbered 4597,
5845, 6122, 5700; reserve numbered 726 (in red);
rural sections numbered 7578, 8257, 8445, 8446,
12617, 14498, 12642, 12643, 9068, 14121, 13786;
reserves numbered 1038, 1328, and 1332 (in red);
rural sections numbered 9774, 14424; reserves
numbered 1301, 1334, 1335 (in red); rural sections
numbered 14770, 11531; the River Hawkins, waste
land of the Crown, and all intervening roads and
streams.

SOUTHERN MALVERN ROAD DISTRICT.
The River Wai-a-niwa-niwa, rural sections num-
bered 10058, 14355; the reserves numbered 1288,
1332, 1331 (in red); rural sections 14667, 14666,
14493, 12778, 3717, 328, 12371, 14758, 14759, 14757,
14756, 14532, 14179, 14154, 3855; and all intervening
roads and streams.

EAST MALVERN ROAD DISTRICT.
Rural sections numbered 14261, 14156, 14166,
4008, 14653, 3986, 2669, 3985, 2668, 4864, 2667,
3162; reserves numbered 985, 1335, 984, 1322 (in
red); rural sections numbered 4708, 4707, 4706,
4709, 9141, 9145; and all intervening roads and
streams.

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 eleventh
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 Forest Trees Planting En-
couragement Act, 1871," it is enacted that
the Governor may from time to time, upon the applica-
tion of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of
any Province, by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette, declare the said Act to be in operation in any
Province or in any District being part of a Province,
to be defined in such Proclamation, and on a day to
be fixed in such Proclamation the said Act shall come