596
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Governor, on behalf of Her Majesty, may enter | southern side of Richmond Quay, in the Town of
upon, take possession of, use and hold, or cause to be | Greymouth, in the County of Westland, as the limits,
entered upon, taken possession of, used and held, so | description, and line thereof are set forth in the plan,
much of the lands defined in such Proclamation as | and described in the book of reference referred to on
proposed to be taken as shall be required to be taken, | the face of the said plan, and which plan and book
purchased, or permanently used for the purposes of | are authenticated for the purposes of this Proclama-
such railway, notwithstanding that an agreement | tion by the signature of the Honorable Edward
shall not have been come to or an award made for | Richardson, Minister for Public Works, to be de-
the purchase or compensation money to be paid in | posited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme
respect of such lands:
Court at Hokitika, or within the limits of deviation
And whereas by the said last-mentioned Act it is | set forth in the said plan by dotted red lines, being
also enacted that in any case in which a road or right | not more than 110 yards on either side of the said
of road has been or hereafter may be reserved in any | line, and passing through or over the several sections
Crown grant, and in any case in which, under "The | of land, roads, reserves, rivers, and watercourses
Native Lands Act, 1865," or any law for the time | enumerated in the Second Schedule hereto.
being in force relating to the sale of waste lands of
the Crown, or any law whatever, there is a right to | SECOND SCHEDULE,
take a public road through any lands, it shall be law- | OR BOOK OF REFERENCE.
ful, after such road shall have been surveyed, to con- | Lands and Roads, &c., proposed to be taken for the
struct under the said Acts any railway, or any part of | purposes of the further portion of the Railway
any railway, on the road so surveyed, notwithstanding | from Brunner to Greymouth, hereinbefore described.
that such road may not have been made:
So much of the lands and roads hereinafter mentioned
And whereas the Governor has determined to | as are required for the said further portion of the said
construct and maintain a portion of the railway | railway along the line of the said railway hereinbefore
authorized to be constructed from Brunner to Grey- | defined, or within the limits of deviation aforesaid,
mouth, and has, by Proclamation dated the first day | as the lands are described and defined in the plan
of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight | or book of reference aforesaid.
hundred and seventy-three, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette of same date, proclaimed, declared, | TOWN OF GREYMOUTH,
and defined the limits, description, and line of a | Mawhera Quay, Richmond Quay, Boundary Street,
portion of the said railway from a point on the south | and all adjoining and intervening places, roads,
bank of the Grey River opposite the Brunner Coal | beaches, streams, and watercourses.
Mine, to a point on Mawhera Quay, Greymouth:
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
And whereas the Governor has determined to | Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
construct and maintain a further portion of the rail- | Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
way from Brunner to Greymouth, authorized to be | Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor
constructed by "The Railways Act, 1871," which | and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
said further portion is hereinafter described:
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Now therefore, I, the Right Honorable Sir James | Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of the Colony of New | same; and issued under the Seal of the
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers | said Colony, at Wellington, this sixteenth
and authorities conferred on me by the hereinbefore | day of October, in the year of our
in part recited Acts, and in exercise of every other | Lord one thousand eight hundred and
power enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim, | seventy-three.
declare, and define the limits, description, and line of
the said further portion of the said railway to be those | EDWARD RICHARDSON.
set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and that the | GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
lands specified and described in the Second Schedule
hereto are proposed to be taken for the purposes of the | Limits and Description of Water Race for supplying
said further portion of the said railway; and that the | Water to a portion of the Hauraki Gold Fields.
limits of deviation shall be those set forth in the said
First Schedule hereto; and in pursuance and exercise | (L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
of all powers and authorities conferred on me in that | A PROCLAMATION.
behalf, I do hereby fix the point of commencement | WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
of the said further portion of the said railway to be a | Works Act, 1870," it is enacted that the
point which is situated on Mawhera Quay in a line | Governor may, on the request of the Superintendent
with Werita Street, in the Town of Greymouth, in the | and Provincial Council of any Province in which any
County of Westland, and the point of termination | proclaimed gold field is, cause to be constructed,
thereof to be a point which is situated on Richmond | completed, extended, repaired, or maintained, such
Quay, and about 90 links, more or less, distant from | works for supplying water to such gold fields as he
the corner formed by the western side of Boundary | may from time to time think fit, and may enter into
Street with the southern side of Richmond Quay, in | contracts for the construction, completion, or exten-
the town and county aforesaid.
| sion of such works, or for purchasing or otherwise
FIRST SCHEDULE.
| acquiring any drains, dams, water races, reservoirs,
Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of | or other works already constructed, which may
a further portion of the Railway from Brunner to | appear to the Governor suitable for any such purpose
Greymouth, in the County of Westland.
| aforesaid: And it is also thereby enacted that,
COMMENCING at a point which is situated on | whenever the Governor shall determine to construct
Mawhera Quay in a line with Werita Street, Town | any waterworks under the powers conferred by
of Greymouth; thence along Mawhera Quay and | Part III. of the said Act, he shall from time to time,
Richmond Quay, and terminating at or near a point | by Proclamation published in the New Zealand
which is situated on Richmond Quay, and about 90 | Gazette, declare and specify the waterworks which
links, more or less, distant from the corner formed | he proposes to construct, and the lands and streams
by the western side of Boundary Street with the | of water proposed to be taken for the purposes of
such waterworks, and any such Proclamation may