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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
accordance with the provisions of the said in
recited Act, the Minister for Public Works has
caused a map of all such lands as have been taken
or purchased for the line of railway from Ashburton
to Temuka, being the portion of the said railway from
Ashburton to Rangitata Creek, in the Province of
Canterbury, which said line is situated between a
point at or near the north-eastern corner of Rural
Section numbered 3936, in the Province of Canter-
bury, and a point situated about 10 chains, more or
less, south of the southern bank of the Rangitata
Creek, in the same province, to be prepared as by the
said in part recited Act is required; and the said
map is authenticated by the signature of the Honor-
able Edward Richardson, as such Minister for Public
Works: And whereas the said Minister, on or about
the tenth day of March, one thousand 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
power 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 said line of railway from
Ashburton to Temuka, portion Ashburton to Rangi-
tata Creek, which said railway is, by "The Railways
Act, 1871," and "The Railways Act, 1872," author-
ized to be constructed and maintained 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 Pro-
clamation are described and delineated in the said
map so deposited as aforesaid.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
the Most Honorable George Augustus
Constantine, 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 Mul-
grave of New Ross, in the County of
Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honor-
able 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, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Deposit of Memorial Plan of certain
Lands taken for purposes of the Railway from
Timaru to Temuka.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

W
HEREAS 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
in part, 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 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 the line of railway from Timaru to
Temuka, in the Province of Canterbury, which said
railway commences at a point of the Beach Reserve
Street, in the Town of Timaru, in the province
aforesaid, and terminates at a point situate in a line
with the northern boundary of the Township of
Arowhenua, in the said province, and about 2 chains
west of the north-west corner of the said township,
to be prepared 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 thousand 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
aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constan-
tine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the powers and authority vested in
me by the hereinbefore 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 railway from Timaru to
Temuka, which said railway is, by "The Railways