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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1875.

Proclamation authorizing the Construction of certain
Waterworks commonly known as the "Waipori"
Drainage Channel," in the Province of Otago.

(L.S.)

NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREOF by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," it is enacted that the
Governor may, on the request of the Superintendent
and Provincial Council of any province in which any
proclaimed gold field is, cause to be constructed,
completed, extended, repaired, or maintained, such
works for supplying water to such gold field as he
may from time to time think fit, and may enter into
contracts for the construction, completion, or exten-
sion of such works, or for purchasing or otherwise
acquiring any drains, dams, water-races, reservoirs,
or other works already constructed, which may
appear to the Governor suitable for any such purpose
aforesaid: And it is also thereby enacted that,
whenever the Governor shall determine to construct
any waterworks under the powers conferred by Part
III. of the said Act, he shall from time to time,
by Proclamation published in the New Zealand
Gazette, declare and specify the waterworks which
he proposes to construct, and the lands and streams
of water proposed to be taken for the purposes of
such waterworks, 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 waterworks are 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 publication of such Proclamation, the pro-
visions and regulations contained in the Eighth Part
of the said Act shall be applicable to the lands and
streams and the waterworks to which the Proclama-
tion relates :

And whereas by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1872," it is enacted that the provisions
of Part III. and of Part VIII. of "The Immigration
and Public Works Act, 1870," and, so far as they

apply to waterworks, of Part VIII. of "The Immi-
gration and Public Works Act Amendment Act,
1871," shall apply not only to works for the supply
of water, but also to sludge channels, drains, and
other works for removal of the wash and refuse
matter oozing or flowing from gold-mining claims :

And whereas by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1873," it is enacted that it shall be suffi-
cient, in any Proclamation under and for the purposes
of Part III. of the said Act, to describe in general
language the waterworks to be constructed and the
lands and streams of water proposed to be taken;
and it shall not be necessary that such waterworks,
lands, and streams shall have been surveyed, or be
specified by name or boundaries or area :

And whereas by a resolution passed by the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Otago, on the
twenty-eighth day of July, 1873, and assented to
and concurred in by the Superintendent of the said
Province, the Governor was requested to construct
works for the drainage of water from part of
the Otago Gold Field (the same being a duly pro-
claimed gold field): And whereas, in accordance with
the terms of the said resolution, the Governor has
determined to construct and maintain certain works
for the said gold field :

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities conferred on me by the herein-
before in part recited Acts, and in exercise of every
other power enabling me in this behalf, do hereby pro-
claim, declare, and specify that I propose to construct
waterworks for the purpose of draining water from the
Waipori Creek and its tributaries, and other streams
as mentioned in the Schedule hereto, to a portion of the
Otago Gold Field aforesaid, together with all such
drains, races, aqueducts, pipes, culverts, buildings,
and other works as may be requisite or neces-
sary for the said waterworks; and I do hereby also
proclaim and declare that the lands and streams of
water proposed to be taken for the purpose of such
waterworks are those as are described in general
language in the Schedule hereto.