THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 243

And it is also enacted that the Minister shall cause
the map to be deposited in the office of the Registrar
of Deeds for the Registration District within which
the lands shall be situated; or if the lands set forth
on any such map shall extend beyond the boundaries
of any one district, then such map shall be prepared
in so many parts as shall be requisite to delineate the
land within each such district; and the map, or the
parts thereof, as aforesaid, shall be deposited in the
office of the Registrar of Deeds in each Registration
District where the lands shall be situated to which
such map relates; but for the purposes of the said Act,
such map, although consisting of several parts, shall
only be deemed to be one map: And whereas by the
said Act it is further enacted that it shall thereupon
be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Pro-
clamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to declare that
the lands set forth in such map, or any of them, have
been taken or acquired for the purposes of the rail-
way in respect of which the same shall have been
taken or acquired under the said Acts, or any Act
authorizing the same to be taken or acquired; and
in such Proclamation the lands intended to be affected
shall be therein described by reference to such map
so to be deposited as aforesaid: And whereas, in
accordance with the provisions of the said in part
recited Act, the Minister for Public Works has
caused a map of all such lands as have been taken or
purchased for that portion of the line of railway
from Ashburton to Temuka, in the Province of Can-
terbury, the commencment of the said portion of the
said railway being at or near the point of termination
of the portion of the Ashburton and Temuka Railway
from Ashburton to Rangitata, as described in the
New Zealand Gazette, No. 13, dated February 26,
1874, page 154, and a point on the northern side of
the road which forms the southern boundary of the
Railway Station Reserve at the Arowhenua Township,
in the Province of Canterbury aforesaid, the said
point being about 49 chains, more or less, southward
from the terminating point of the Timaru and Temuka
Railway, as described in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 33, dated June 14, 1871, page 294, to be pre-
pared as by the said in part recited Act is required,
and the said map is authenticated by the signature
of the Honorable Edward Richardson, as such Minister
for Public Works: And whereas the said Minister,
on or about the thirteenth day of March, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-six, caused the said
map to be deposited in the office of the Registrar of
Deeds at Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury
aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authority vested in me by the herein-
before in part recited Act, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the lands set forth in the said map so
deposited as aforesaid have been taken or acquired
for the purposes of the hereinbefore mentioned rail-
way from Ashburton to Temuka, which said railway
is, by "The Railways Act, 1871," and "The Railways
Act, 1872," authorized to be constructed and main-
tained under the provisions of "The Immigration
and Public Works Act, 1870," and the several Acts
amending the same: And in further pursuance and
exercise of the said power and authority, I do
hereby proclaim and declare that the lands intended
to be affected by this Proclamation are described
and delineated in the said map so deposited as afore-
said.

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
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished 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 Napier, this thirtieth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Deposit of the Memorial Plan of certain
Lands taken for purposes of the Line of Railway
from Ashburton to Temuka.
(Portion from Ashburton to Rangitata Creek.)
—
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1872," it is, among other things,
enacted that, whenever it shall become necessary that
any land which the Governor or the Minister is, by
or under the Acts therein mentioned, or any Act
authorizing the construction of any railway by the
Governor or Minister, authorized to purchase or take
for such railway, or any portion thereof on or over
which a railway authorized by the said Acts, or any
Act to be passed in pursuance thereof, has been or
may hereafter be constructed, should be vested in
Her Majesty the Queen, it shall be lawful for the
Governor or the Minister to cause a map of all such
lands as may have been taken or purchased under
the said Acts, or any Act authorizing the construc-
tion of any railway as aforesaid, or any portion of
such railway, to be prepared. Such map shall fully
and accurately set forth the pieces or parcels of land
intended to be taken and permanently used, or which
have been purchased or taken, or are required to be
vested in Her Majesty for the purposes of any such
railway, and shall be authenticated by the signature
of the Minister, or by that of some person to be
appointed by him for that purpose from time to time.
And it is also enacted that the Minister shall cause
the map to be deposited in the office of the Registrar
of Deeds for the Registration District within which
the lands shall be situated; or if the lands set forth
on any such map shall extend beyond the boundaries
of any one district, then such map shall be prepared
in so many parts as shall be requisite to delineate the
land within each such district; and the map, or the
parts thereof, as aforesaid, shall be deposited in the
office of the Registrar of Deeds in each Registration
District where the lands shall be situated to which
such map relates; but for the purposes of this Act,
such map, although consisting of several parts, shall
only be deemed to be one map: And whereas by the
said Act it is further enacted that it shall thereupon be
lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Pro-
clamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to declare that
the lands set forth in such map, or any of them, have
been taken or acquired for the purposes of the rail-
way in respect of which the same shall have been
taken or acquired under the said Acts, or any Act
authorizing the same to be taken or acquired; and
in such Proclamation the lands intended to be affected
shall be therein described by reference to such map
so to be deposited as aforesaid: And whereas, in