THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
267

Most Honorable George Augustus Con-constructed on and along any part of any public
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of highway, and that any part of any such line of rail-
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and way may be constructed on or through any public
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the reserves: And it is also thereby enacted that, sub-
County of York, in the Peerage of the ject to the provisions of that Part of the said Act
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave and of the Acts incorporated therewith, the Governor
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, may exercise all or any of the powers by that Part of
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of the said Act or the said incorporated Acts conferred
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy upon him for the construction of any such railway,
Council; Knight Commander of the Most and may enter upon, and cause to be entered upon,
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and all lands within the colony for the purpose of
Saint George; Governor and Commander- making such surveys as may be necessary, and may
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony take and hold all the lands required for the railway
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and along the line set forth and described as aforesaid, or
Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued within the limits of deviation described in the Pro-
under the Seal of the said Colony, at clamation relating thereto, and may temporarily
Napier, this second day of April, in the occupy and use such lands as may be necessary on
year of our Lord one thousand eight either side of the railway, during the construction
hundred and seventy-six.
thereof:

EDWARD RICHARDSON,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation
of a portion of the Wanganui-Manawatu Railway,
from 4 miles 69 chains to 12 miles 26 chains, -ap-
proximate length about 7½ miles. (Rangitawa Con-
tract.)

(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
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 en-
acted 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 description and line thereof, and the lands
proposed to be taken for the purpose of such rail-
way, subject to the provisions of any Act defining
such limits and descriptions; and any such Pro-
clamation 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 railway or part thereof is 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 provisions and regulations con-
tained in the Seventh Part of the said Act shall be
applicable to the railway, and to the lands to which
the Proclamation shall relate: And it is also thereby
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to
make, construct, and maintain any such railway as
aforesaid, with proper works, approaches, and con-
veniences connected therewith, commencing at the
place delineated on and extending along the lines
set forth in, and terminating at a point described in
the Act or Proclamation proclaiming and defining
such railway, or shown in the maps, plans, or draw-
ings referred to in such Act or Proclamation: And
it is also thereby enacted that the Governor may
direct that any part of such line of railway may be

And whereas by "The Railways Act, 1871,"
"The Railways Act, 1872," "The Railways Act,
1873," "The Railways Act, 1874," and "The Rail-
ways Act, 1875," it is enacted that the Gover-
nor may, under the provisions of the herein-
before firstly recited Act and of the now re-
citing Acts, construct and maintain, or cause to
be constructed and maintained, the several lines
of railway specified therein; and it is also thereby
enacted that the line of the railways thereby author-
ized to be constructed shall be fixed by the Governor,
and shall commence and terminate at points to be
fixed by the Governor: And whereas by "The Im-
migration and Public Works Act, 1872," it is enacted
that as to any railway which the Governor has been
authorized to construct, and to fix the commencing
and termination points and line thereof, it shall be
competent for him, if he thinks fit, instead of fixing
and proclaiming such points and the whole line at
one time, to fix and proclaim portions of such line
from time to time, and the commencing and termina-
tion points of any such portion or portions, and the
limits and description of any such portion or por-
tions, and the lands proposed to be taken for the
purpose of any such portion or portions, and to con-
struct any portion or portions so fixed, and to take
the lands for the same; and any such portion so
proclaimed shall be deemed to be a railway within
the meaning of the said Act and the said amending
Act and this Act:

And whereas by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1872," it is enacted that, at any time
after the expiration of twenty-one days from the
publication in the New Zealand Gazette, and in a
newspaper ordinarily circulating in the district, of a
Proclamation under the thirteenth section of the
said Act, whether of the whole or a portion or por-
tions of a line of railway, the Governor, on behalf of
Her Majesty, may enter upon, take possession of,
use and hold, or cause to be entered upon, taken
possession of, used and held, so much of the lands
defined in such Proclamation as proposed to be taken
as shall be required to be taken, purchased, or per-
manently used for the purposes of such railway, not-
withstanding that an agreement shall not havebeen
come to or an award made for the purchase or com-
pensation money to be paid in respect of such lands:
And whereas by the said last-mentioned Act it is
also enacted that in any case in which a road or right
of road has been or hereafter may be reserved in any
Crown grant, and in any case in which, under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," or any law for the time
being in force relating to the sale of waste lands of
the Crown, or any law whatever, there is a right to
take a public road through any lands, it shall be law-
ful, after such road shall have been surveyed, to con-
struct under the said Acts any railway, or any part of