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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
SCHEDULE.
Description of Land required to be taken under "The
Public Works Lands Act, 1864."
ALL that parcel of land, containing by admeasure-
ment one acre and four perches, more or less, situate
in the Arahura District, being portion of Lot 26,
Native Reserve No. 30, in the County of Westland,
commencing at the north-east corner of the said
Lot 26, thence southerly along the west boundary,
150 links; thence following a line bearing 116Β°
magnetic, a distance of 470 links; thence following
a line bearing 96Β° magnetic, a distance of 436 links,
to east boundary; thence northerly along east
boundary, 22 links, to north-east corner; and
thence westerly along north boundary to the com-
mencing point.
DONALD MCLEAN.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Making and confirming By-laws, Rules, and Regula-
tions on the line of Railway from the City of
Dunedin to Port Chalmers, in the Province of
Otago.
G. A. ARNEY,
Officer Administering the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of May, 1873.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS a line of railway has, under the
provisions of "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," and other Acts, been constructed
by the Governor, in the Province of Otago, from the
City of Dunedin to the Town of Port Chalmers, and
which railway is called the Dunedin and Port
Chalmers Railway, Otago: And whereas an agree-
ment has been made between the Governor and the
Superintendent of Otago, whereby the Governor has
granted the right to work and maintain the said line
of railway to the Superintendent of the said Pro-
vince: And whereas the Superintendent of the said
Province has, under the Public Seal of the said
Province, and in exercise and pursuance of all powers
and authorities enabling him in that behalf, made
the By-laws, Orders, Rules, and Regulations hereto
annexed, for the following purposes, that is to say:-
For regulating the mode by which, and the speed
at which, carriages using the said railway are
to be moved or propelled.
For regulating the times of the arrival and de-
parture of any such carriages.
For regulating the loading or unloading of such
carriages, and the weights which they are
respectively to carry.
For regulating the receipt and delivery of goods
and other things which are to be conveyed
upon such carriages.
For preventing the smoking of tobacco and the
commission of any other nuisance in or upon
such carriages, or in any of the stations or
premises occupied by the Superintendent in
connection with the said railway.
And generally for regulating the travelling upon
or using and working of the said railway.
Now therefore, His Excellency the Officer Ad-
ministering the Government of New Zealand, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council
thereof, and in exercise and pursuance of all powers
and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth
hereby make and doth approve of, allow, and confirm
the By-laws, Rules, and Regulations hereto annexed,
as the By-laws, Rules, and Regulations to be in
force with regard to the said line of railway from
Dunedin to Port Chalmers for the purposes aforesaid.
BY-LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS made by the
Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with
the approval of the Governor of New Zealand,
acting with the advice and consent of his
Executive Council, for regulating the travelling
upon and using of the railway between the
City of Dunedin and Port Chalmers, in the said
Province.
Passenger Traffic.
No person will be admitted to the booking office at
any station whilst the door is closed for making up
and despatching any train, and no passenger will be
allowed to take his or her seat in or upon any
carriage used on the railway, or to travel therein
upon the railway, without first having paid his or her
fare and obtained a ticket.
Tickets will be issued conditionally, that is to say:
In case there shall be room in the train for all the
passengers to whom tickets shall have been issued.
If there shall not be room for all such passengers,
the holders of periodical tickets shall have priority
over holders of return and single tickets, and the fare
will be returned, on application to the Station Master,
to the holders of such return and single tickets as
shall be unable to obtain seats.
If any person travel or attempt to travel in any
carriage on the railway without having previously
paid his fare, and with intent to evade payment
thereof; or if any person, having paid his fare for a
certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceed in
any such carriage beyond such distance without pre-
viously paying the additional fare for the additional
distance, and with intent to evade payment thereof;
or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuse or
neglect, on arriving at the point to which he has paid
his fare, to quit such carriage, every such person shall
for every such offence be liable to a penalty not
exceeding forty shillings.
If any person be discovered either in or after com-
mitting or attempting to commit such offence as in
the preceding clause mentioned, all officers and ser-
vants and other persons on behalf of the Superin-
tendent, and all constables, gaolers, and peace officers,
may lawfully apprehend and detain such person until
he can be conveniently taken before some Justice, or
until he be otherwise discharged by due course of
law.
No return or periodical ticket will be available for
special trains.
Every passenger, on arriving at the station for
which he or she may have taken a ticket, or to or
from which he or she may hold a periodical ticket,
shall quit the station and premises of the railway;
and no person shall be allowed to loiter about the
stations, wharf, or premises, or any part thereof; and
if any passenger or other person shall refuse to quit
the station, wharf, or premises aforesaid, on being
requested so to do by any Station Master or any
servant attached to the railway or wharf, such
passenger or person may be expelled by such Station
Master or other servant as aforesaid from the railway
premises.
No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous
material shall be carried by any passenger train.
Each passenger, on paying his fare, will be furnished
with a ticket, which he is to show whenever required
by any Station Master or authorized Porter, or by the
Guard in charge of the train; and if it be a return
ticket he must allow it to be marked when required;
and every ticket (whether single, return, or periodical)
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πΊοΈ Schedule of Land Required for Public Works in Westland County
πΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey28 May 1873
Land acquisition, Public Works Lands Act 1864, Arahura District, Westland County, Native Reserve
- DONALD MCLEAN
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
ποΈ Order in Council Confirming Dunedin-Port Chalmers Railway By-laws
ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works28 May 1873
Railway regulations, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Otago Province, Passenger traffic, By-laws
- G. A. ARNEY, Officer Administering the Government
NZ Gazette 1873, No 34A