THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

of all powers and authorities conferred on me in that
behalf, I do hereby fix the point of commencement of
the said further portion of the said railway to be at or
near a point which is situated on Richmond Quay,
and about 90 links, more or less, distant from the
corner formed by the western side of Boundary
Street with the southern side of Richmond Quay, in
the Town of Greymouth, in the Province of Westland,
and the point of termination thereof to be a point
which is situated on the sea beach in the said
province, the said point being distant 65 chains
or thereabouts in a west-north-westerly direction
from the point of commencement in the town and
province aforesaid.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation
of a portion of the Railway from Brunner to
Greymouth in the Province of Westland.

COMMENCING at or near a point which is situated on
Richmond Quay, and about 90 links, more or less,
distant from the corner formed by the western side
of Boundary Street with the southern side of Rich-
mond Quay, in the Town of Greymouth, in the Pro-
vince of Westland; thence along Richmond Quay and
over Erua Moana Lagoon and South Spit, and termi-
nating at a point which is situated on the sea beach,
in the same province, the said point being distant 65
chains or thereabouts in a west-north-westerly direc-
tion from the point of commencement, 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 Pro-
clamation by the signature of the Honorable Edward
Richardson, Minister for Public Works, to be de-
posited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme
Court at Hokitika, or within the limits of deviation
set forth in the said plan by dotted red lines, and
passing in through into or over the several sections
of land, roads, reserves, rivers, beaches, and water-
courses enumerated in the Second Schedule hereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE,
OR BOOK OF REFERENCE.

Lands and Roads, &c., proposed to be taken for the
purposes of the portion of the Railway from
Brunner to Greymouth, hereinbefore described.

So much of the lands and roads hereinafter mentioned
as are required for the said portion of the said rail-
way along the line of the said railway hereinbefore
defined, or within the limits of deviation aforesaid,
as the lands are described and defined in the plan
or book of reference aforesaid.

In the Town of Greymouth, Town Sections num-
bered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 81, 8, 63, 9, 62, 10, 61, 60, 11,
12, 13, 14, 59, 58, 15, 16, 56, 57, 41, 42, 17, 43, 18,
44, 19, 45, 20, 46, 21, 47, 22, 48, 23, 49, 24, 50, 25,
51, 26, 27, 55, 54, 52, 53, 28, 29, 80, 79, 64, 65, 30,
66, 31, 67, 32, 68, 33, 69, 34, 70, 35, 71, 36, 72, 37,
73, 38, 74, 39, 40, 78, 77, 76, 75, 220, 224, 221, 225,
222, 226, 223, and 227.

Crown lands, Erua Moana Lagoon, and Crown
land on South Spit; and all adjoining and intervening
roads, reserves, rivers, beaches, 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 sixteenth

695
day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of a
portion of the Railway from Mataura to Clutha,
viz. Mataura River to Clinton.

(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
lands to which the Proclamation shall relate: And
it is also thereby enacted that it shall be lawful
for the Governor to make, construct, and maintain
any such railway as aforesaid, with proper works,
approaches, and conveniences connected therewith,
commencing at the place delineated on, and extending
along the lines set forth in, and terminating at a
point described in the Act or Proclamation proclaim-
ing and defining such railway, or shown in the maps,
plans, or drawings referred to in such Act or
Proclamation: And it is also thereby enacted that
the Governor may direct that any part of such line
of railway may be constructed on and along any part
of any public highway, and that any part of any such
line of railway may be constructed on or through
any public reserves: And it is also thereby enacted
that, subject to the provisions of that Part of the
said Act and of the Acts incorporated therewith, the
Governor may exercise all or any of the powers by
that Part of the said Act or the said incorporated
Acts conferred upon him for the construction of any
such railway, and may enter upon, and cause to be
entered upon, all lands within the colony for the
purpose of making such surveys as may be necessary,
and may take and hold all the lands required for the
railway along the line set forth and described as
aforesaid, or within the limits of deviation described
in the Proclamation relating thereto, and may tem-
porarily occupy and use such lands as may be
necessary on either side of the railway during the
construction thereof:

And whereas by "The Railways Act, 1871," and
"The Railways Act, 1872," and "The Railways
Act, 1873," it is enacted that the Governor may,