✨ Railway Proclamations




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 873

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 railway or portion of the said railway; and
that the limits of deviation shall be those set forth in
the said First Schedule hereto; and in pursuance and
exercise of all powers and authorities conferred on
me in that behalf, I do hereby fix the point of com-
mencement of the said railway or portion of the said
railway to be at or near a point which is situated on
the Waitaki and Moeraki Railway in Section num-
bered 110, Block II., Papakaio Survey District, in the
Province of Otago, and the point of termination
thereof to be at or near a point which is situated on
the south bank of the Maruwenua River, the said
point being in Section numbered 9, Block IV., Maru-
wenua Survey District, in the same province.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation
of the Awamoko Railway, being a Provincial Rail-
way in the Province of Otago.

COMMENCING at or near a point which is situated on
the Waitaki and Moeraki Railway, in Section num-
bered 110, Block II., Papakaio Survey District, and
passing in, through, over, or into the following Sur-
vey Districts, viz. The Papakaio Survey District, the
Awamoko Survey District, the Maruwenua Survey
District, and terminating at or near a point which is
situated on the south bank of the Maruwenua River,
the said point being in Section numbered 9, Block
IV., Maruwenua Survey District, 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 Dunedin, or within the limits of
deviation set forth in the said plan by dotted black
lines, being not more than 110 yards on either side of
the said line, and passing in, through, over, or into
the several places, lands, 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 the Awamoko Railway, being a Provin-
cial Railway.

So much of the lands and roads hereinafter men-
tioned as are required for the said portion of the said
railway 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.

PAPAKAIO SURVEY DISTRICT.

In Block II., Sections numbered 114, 113, 112, 76,
77, 83, 82, 78, 80, 79, 57, 58, 64, 197, 63, 65, 66, 62,
61, 11, 12, 13, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 9.

In Block IV., Sections numbered 170, 171, 202,
173, 174, 203, 175, 204, 176, 205, 177, 206, 178, 207,
179, 208, 180, 181, 182, 183, Application numbered
2229, Sections numbered 184, 193, 185, 192, 186, 191,
187, 190, 188, and 189.

In Block I., Sections numbered 23, 22, Education
Reserve numbered 21, Sections numbered 19, 18,
and 17.

In Block III., Sections numbered 110, 109, 108,
107, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 81, 80, 79, 78, 55, 56, 57, 58,
38, 37, 36, 35, 23, 24, 22, 25, 8, 7, 6, 5, 121, 120,
and 4.

In Block VI., Sections numbered 46, 47, 48, 49,
50, 18, and 17.
And all adjoining and intervening places, lands,
roads, streams, and watercourses.

AWAMOKO SURVEY DISTRICT.

In Block IV., Sections numbered 16 and 15.

In Block I., Sections numbered 84, 55, 56, 85, 57,
80, 58, 81, 51, 50, 59, 49, 60, 47, 48, 61, 21, 46, 45,
91, 90, 27, 28, 29, 36, 35, 34, 33, 30, 31, and 32.

In Block II., Sections numbered 9, 5, 4, 3, 10,
Application numbered 2990, Section numbered 20,
Application numbered 5509, Sections numbered 12,
1, 13, and 2.

In Block III., Sections numbered 12, 14, 28, 11,
10, 9, 8, 27, 26, 7, 25, 6, 24, 5, 23, 4, 22, 3, 21, 2, 20,
1, 19, and 18.
And all adjoining and intervening places, lands,
roads, streams, and watercourses.

MARUWENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

In Block III., Sections numbered 4, 9, 8, 7, 6,
and 5.

In Block IV., Sections numbered 12, 11, 10, 9,
and Pre-emptive Right bounded by Section num-
bered 9 and the Maruwenua River.

And all adjoining and intervening places, lands,
roads, streams, and watercourses.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Administrator of the
Government in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House
at Wellington, this thirtieth day of
December, 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 further
portion of the Railway from Brunner to Grey-
mouth. Grey Gorge Bridge and Railway Station.

(L.S.)

NORMANBY,
Administrator of the Government.

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



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πŸ—οΈ Proclamation defining limits for Awamoko Provincial Railway in Otago (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
30 December 1874
Railway construction, Proclamation, Otago Province, Awamoko Railway, Land acquisition, Survey Districts, Waitaki, Maruwenua River
  • Honorable Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works
  • Marquis of Normanby, Administrator of the Government
  • EDWARD RICHARDSON

πŸ—οΈ Proclamation defining limits for Brunner to Greymouth Railway extension

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
Railway construction, Proclamation, Brunner, Greymouth, Grey Gorge Bridge, Limits of Deviation, Immigration and Public Works Act 1870
  • NORMANBY, Administrator of the Government