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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1874.

Her Majesty's assent to "An Act to amend the
Civil List Act, 1863."

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Session of
Parliament held in the fifteenth and sixteenth
years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to
grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony
of New Zealand," it is, amongst other things, enacted
that no Bill which shall be reserved for the significa-
tion of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon shall have
any force or authority within the Colony of New
Zealand until the Governor of the said Colony shall
signify by Speech or Message to the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives of the said
Colony, or by Proclamation, that such Bill has been
laid before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her
Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same :

And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legis-
lative Council and House of Representatives of the
said Colony, intituled "An Act to amend The Civil
List Act, 1863,' so far as the same relates to the
salary of the Governor, and regulate the Salary of
Officers Administering the Government of New
Zealand, and for other Purposes," was presented to
the Governor of the said Colony for Her Majesty's
assent, and the said Bill was reserved for the
signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon :

Now therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the provisions of the said in part
recited Act, do by this Proclamation signify and
proclaim to all whom it may concern that the said
Bill has been laid before Her Majesty in Council,
and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to
the same.

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;
the same; and issued under the Seal of
the said Colony, at Auckland, this
eighteenth day of April, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.

JULIUS VOGEL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of part
of the Nelson-Foxhill Railway (Nelson to Stoke).

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," it is enacted that the rail-
ways to be constructed under the said Act shall be
only such railways as shall from time to time be
determined by the General Assembly : And it is also
thereby enacted that, subject to the provisions con-
tained therein, the Governor may construct, or cause
to be constructed, any lines of railway which shall
be prescribed by the General Assembly as railways
to be constructed under the said Act, or any part
or parts thereof, and acquire the necessary engines,
plant, and machinery for working and using the same,
or any of them : And it is also thereby enacted that,
whenever the Governor shall determine to construct
any such railway, or any part thereof, it shall be
lawful for him, by Proclamation published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to declare and define the limits and
description and line thereof, and the lands proposed
to be taken for the purpose of such railway, subject
to the provisions of any Act defining such limits and
descriptions ; and any such Proclamation may refer to
maps, plans, or drawings to be deposited in the office
of the Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the Supreme
Court in the Province in which such railway or part
thereof is proposed to be constructed, and any maps,
plans, or drawings so referred to shall be deemed to
form part of such Proclamation ; and upon the pub-
lication of such Proclamation, the provisions and
regulations contained in the Seventh Part of the
said Act shall be applicable to the railway, and to the

ERRATA.—In Gazette No. 22, page 267, for "laws for the time being in force in the Province of Auckland," read "laws
for the time being in force in the Province of Wellington." In Gazette No. 22, page 271 under "Contract for Coal,"
opposite J. Dransfield's name, for "14s.," read "42s."