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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
take a public road through any lands, it shall be
lawful, after such road shall have been surveyed, to
construct under the said Acts any railway, or any
part of any railway, on the road so surveyed, notwith-
standing that such road may not have been made:
And whereas the Governor has determined to
construct and maintain a portion of the railway from
Winton to Kingston, authorized to be constructed by
"The Railways Act, 1871," and "The Railways Act,
1872," which said portion is hereinafter described :
Now therefore, I, the Most Honorable George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers and authorities con-
ferred on me by the hereinbefore in part recited
Acts, and in exercise of every other power enabling
me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim, declare, and
define the limits, description, and line of the said
portion of the said railway to be those 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 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 commencement of
the said portion of the said railway to be at or near
a point which is situated in the railway reserve, north
of the Township of Athol, and about six chains, more
or less, east of the south-easternmost corner of Pre-
emptive Right Run numbered 214, in the Eyre Dis-
trict, in the Province of Otago, the said point being
the point of termination of a portion of the Winton
and Kingston Railway as described in the Proclama-
tion dated the second day of September 1874, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 47, of
September 3rd 1874, page 582, and the point of
termination thereof to be at or near a point which is
situated in Lake Wakatipu, near the Township of
Kingston, in the same province.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation
of a portion of the Railway from Winton to
Kingston, in the Province of Otago.
COMMENCING at or near a point which is situated in
the Railway Reserve, north of the Township of Athol,
and about six chains, more or less, east of the south-
easternmost corner of Pre-emptive Right Run
numbered 214, in the Eyre District, the said point
being the point of termination of a portion of the
Winton and Kingston Railway as described in the
Proclamation dated the second day of September
1874, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No.
47 of September 3rd 1874, page 583, and passing
in through or into the following districts, viz.,-
The Eyre District, the Nokomai District, the Kings-
ton District, and terminating at or near a point
which is situated in Lake Wakatipu, near the Town-
ship of Kingston, as the limits, description, and
line thereof are set forth in the plan, and de-
scribed 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 Richard-
son, 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
not more than 110 yards on either side of the said
line, unless otherwise delineated on plan, 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 portion of the Railway from Winton
to Kingston, hereinbefore described.
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.
EYRE DISTRICT.
Railway Reserve, Education Reserve, Rural Sec-
tions numbered 15, 10, 51 and 49, Crown land,
Government Reserve and all adjoining and interven-
ing places, lands roads, streams, and watercourses.
NOKOMAI DISTRICT.
Unsurveyed Crown lands and all adjoining and
intervening places, lands, roads, reserves, streams, and
watercourses.
KINGSTON DISTRICT.
Unsurveyed Crown lands, Pre-emption Right Block
I., of KINSGTON TOWNSHIP: Unsurveyed Sections,
Sections numbered 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5 in Block
XII.; Sections numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24
in Block VIII.; Sections numbered 17, 18, 19 and
20 in Block VII.; Sections numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23 and 24 in Block
VI.; Sections numbered 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
and 22 in Block IV.; Sections numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24 in Block V.; Sections
numbered 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 in
Block I.; Crown lands, Lake Wakatipu; and all
adjoining and intervening places, sections, lands,
streets, roads, streams and watercourses.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Cons-
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 Council;
Knight Commander of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George; 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 the Government House, at Wellington,
this twenty-fifth day of November, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of a por-
tion of the Dunedin-Moeraki Railway.
(L.S.)
NORMANBY, 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
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Proclamation defining limits and land acquisition for Winton to Kingston Railway portion
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ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works25 November 1875
Railway construction, Proclamation, Winton, Kingston, Athol, Otago, Land acquisition, Schedules
- George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor
- Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works
ποΈ Proclamation regarding line and limits of deviation for Dunedin-Moeraki Railway
ποΈ Infrastructure & Public WorksRailway construction, Proclamation, Dunedin, Moeraki, Land acquisition
- NORMANBY, Governor
NZ Gazette 1875, No 65