Numb. 51.

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1873.

Defining Roads from the Arnould River by way of
Grey Valley, Little Grey Valley, and Inangahua
Valley, to the Buller River, in the Nelson South-
West Gold Fields.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that the Governor, from time to time, by
Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette,
may, as to parts within the North Island of New
Zealand, define the roads and the boundaries thereof,
and the bridges and ferries which shall be and be
deemed to be roads, bridges, or ferries, as the case
may be, under the provisions of the said Act, and
any such Proclamation may include existing roads,
but no such roads or parts of roads shall be included
if they are, in the opinion of the Governor in Council,
roads which should be constructed by the Superin-
tendent and the Provincial Council of the Province
wherein such roads are situated, as well as new road
lines; and the Governor from time to time may
revoke or alter any such Proclamation: And
whereas by "The Immigration and Public Works
Act, 1872," it is, among other things, enacted that all
the provisions contained in Part I. and Part VI. of
"The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870,"
shall be applicable to the County of Westland and
the Nelson South-West Gold Fields, and may be
adapted and used with reference to those portions of
the Colony, as if such portions had formed part of
the North Island: And whereas it is expedient that
the roads mentioned and defined in the Schedules
hereto should be constructed under the said Acts:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, and the Executive
Council of New Zealand, the said roads are not
roads which should be constructed by the Superin-
tendent and the Provincial Council of the Province
of Nelson:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
in me vested by the said Acts, and of every other
power and authority enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the roads within
the Nelson South-West Gold Fields, described, and
the boundaries whereof are set forth, in the several
Schedules hereto, shall respectively be and be deemed
to be roads under the provisions of the said Acts;
and in further pursuance of "The Immigration
and Public Works Act, 1870," I do hereby proclaim
and declare that I have caused a map and survey
plan of the road defined in the First Schedule
hereto, describing the course and bearings and the
admeasurements required for the same, and through
what lands the same is proposed to pass, and the
names of the owners or occupiers thereof, so far as
known, to be deposited in the office of the Public
Works Department at Westport, in the Province
of Nelson; and I have also caused a like map and
survey plan of the road defined in the Second Sche-
dule, and containing like particulars, to be deposited
in the office of the said Department at Westport
aforesaid, which said maps and survey plans are
authenticated, for the purposes of this Proclamation,
by the signature of the Honorable Edward Richard-
son, Minister for Public Works.

SCHEDULE No. 1.

From the Arnould River by way of Grey Valley, Little
Grey Valley, and Inangahua Valley, to the Buller
River.

COMMENCING at the bridge over the Arnould River,
and proceeding thence in a general N.E. direction to
the Ahaura River, about eleven miles, crossing that
river and through the Ahaura Township; thence in
the same general direction crossing Ohinetakitaki
Plain and Ikangatua Plain to the River Grey, about
eight miles, crossing that river at a point about
three-quarters of a mile above the junction of the
Little Grey River; thence up the Little Grey River,
partly on the left bank and partly on the right
bank, in a general northerly direction, for about ten
miles; thence crossing the Little Grey and pro-
ceeding by way of Slab Hut Creek in a general

ERRATUM.—In Gazette No. 50, of 14th August, page 463, in notice of Governor's assent to Taranaki Ordinance, for "Roads
Division Ordinance, 1873," read "Roads Diversion Ordinance, 1873."