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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

to be taken for the purpose of any such portion or
portions, and to construct any portion or portions
so fixed, and to take the lands for the same; and
any such portion so proclaimed shall be deemed
to be a railway within the meaning of the said Act
and the said amending Act and this Act:

And whereas by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1872," it is enacted that, at any time
after the expiration of twenty-one days from
the publication in the New Zealand Gazette, and
in a newspaper ordinarily circulating in the district,
of a Proclamation under the thirteenth section
of the said Act, whether of the whole or a
portion or portions of a line of railway, the
Governor, on behalf of Her Majesty, may enter
upon, take possession of, use and hold, or cause to be
entered upon, taken possession of, used and held, so
much of the lands defined in such Proclamation as
proposed to be taken as shall be required to be taken,
purchased, or permanently used for the purposes of
such railway, notwithstanding that an agreement
shall not have been come to or an award made for
the purchase or compensation money to be paid in
respect of such lands:

And whereas by the said last-mentioned Act it is
also enacted that in any case in which a road or right
of road has been or hereafter may be reserved in any
Crown grant, and in any case in which, under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," or any law for the time
being in force relating to the sale of waste lands of
the Crown, or any law whatever, there is a right to
take a public road through any lands, it shall be law-
ful, after such road shall have been surveyed, to con-
struct under the said Acts any railway or any part of
any railway, on the road so surveyed, notwithstanding
that such road may not have been made:

And whereas among the lines of railway authorized
by "The Railways Act, 1871," and mentioned in the
Third Schedule thereof, is a branch line on the Can-
terbury Great Northern Railway from the Town of
Rangiora to Oxford, the same being the line men-
tioned in the First Schedule to "The Railways Act,
1872," as the Rangiora to Oxford Railway:

And whereas the Governor has determined to con-
struct and maintain a portion of the said branch
railway from Rangiora to Oxford, being a branch
railway authorized to be constructed by "The Rail-
ways Act, 1871," and also by "The Railways Act,
1872," which said portion is hereinafter described:

Now therefore, I, the Right Honorable Sir James
Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers
and authorities conferred on me by the hereinbefore
in part recited Acts, and in exercise of every other
power enabling me in this behalf, do hereby pro-
claim, declare, and define the limits, description,
and line of the said portion of the said branch
railway from Rangiora to Oxford 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 portion of the said branch railway;
and that the limits of deviation shall be those set
forth in the said First Schedule hereto; and in pur-
suance and exercise of all powers and authorities
conferred on me in that behalf, I do hereby fix the
point of commencement of the said portion of the
said branch railway to be at a point in Rural Section
numbered 917 in the Province of Canterbury, close
to the northern end of the concrete platform in the
Rangiora station yard of the Great Northern
Railway of the said Province; and the point of
termination thereof to be at or near the north-
eastern corner of Rural Section numbered 4370, in
the Province of Canterbury aforesaid.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of
a portion of the Branch Railway from Rangiora
to Oxford, in the Province of Canterbury.

COMMENCING at a point in Rural Section numbered
917, in the Province of Canterbury, close to the
northern end of the concrete platform in the Rangiora
station yard of the Great Northern Railway of said
Province, and passing in, through, and into the
following Road Districts, viz., the Rangiora and
Mandeville Road District, the Eyreton Road Dis-
trict, and terminating at or near the north-eastern
corner of Rural Section numbered 4370, in the
Province of Canterbury aforesaid, 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 this
Proclamation by the signature of the Honorable
Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, to
be 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, rivers, and
watercourses enumerated in the Second Schedule
hereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE,
OR BOOK OF REFERENCE.

Lands and Roads, &c., proposed to be taken for the
purposes of a portion of the Branch Railway from
Rangiora to Oxford.

So much of the lands and roads 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 or book of reference
aforesaid.

RANGIORA AND MANDEVILLE ROAD DISTRICT.
Rural Sections numbered 917, 541, 890, 1019, 1062,
1696, 186, 980, 1045, 1080, 1031, 473, 984, 969, 1022,
505, 795, 1036, 1133, 900, 903, 968, 1167, 909, 936,
1174, 1175, 937, 1215, 983, 1290, 991, 1057, 1268,
1454, 1508, 1505, 1507, 1539, 1631, 1583, 1612, 1679,
1727, 1988, 1728, 2217, 4131, 4908, 4729, 3694,
Reserves numbered 170 and 628, Rural Sections
numbered 2187, 8062, 14084, 8994, 13939, 9327,
8020, 11446, 11444, 10521, Reserve numbered 358,
Rural Sections numbered 3773, 11211, 14058, 14057,
3352, 8112, 8112, 4667, 4202, 3774, the Oxford
and Rangiora Road, the Cust River, and all inter-
vening roads, streams, and watercourses.

EYRETON ROAD DISTRICT.
Rural Section numbered 4202, and all intervening
roads, streams, and watercourses.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's Most
Honorable Privy Council, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this thirteenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!