THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 543

1876," it is enacted that every railway shall be made
direction 50 chains or thereabouts, thence in a
only under the authority of a special Act, which northerly and north-easterly direction 50 chains or
shall state as nearly as may be the line of the railway thereabouts, thence in a south-easterly direction 50
and the two termini thereof; and by the one hundred chains or thereabouts, thence in a north-easterly
and twenty-third section of the same Act, that the direction 40 chains or thereabouts, thence in a south-
several railways specified in the Fourth Schedule to easterly direction 105 chains or thereabouts, to a
the said Act shall be deemed to have been made, and point in Section No. 1, Block XIII., North Molyneux
in so far as any of them are unfinished may be com- District, within the County of Bruce, in the manner
pleted, under the provisions of the Act now under delineated on the map and plan marked P.W.D.
recital, and the said Act shall be deemed to be a 5699, signed by the Honorable John Davies Ormond,
special Act authorizing the construction of each of Minister for Public Works, deposited in the office
the said railways; and by the one hundred and of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, at Dunedin ;
twenty-fourth section of the same Act, that when any the total length being 23 miles 35 chains or there-
railway is to be constructed under the provisions of abouts.
any special Act the Governor shall issue a proclama-
tion defining the middle line of the railway or any
part thereof, and may from time to time, by a pro-
clamation revoking or amending such former pro-
clamation, alter such line in any manner or to any
extent which may be found necessary for the con-
struction of such railway within the provisions of the
said special Act; and by the one hundred and
twenty-fifth section of the same Act, that the Minis-
ter shall cause to be made and deposited in the office
of the Registrar of the Supreme Court such maps
and plans as may be necessary to explain the said
line and the land through which the same passes, and
such maps and plans shall be referred to in any such
proclamation; and whereas the railway from Amber-
ley to the Bluff is one of the railways specified in
the said Fourth Schedule, and the same is unfinished,
and it has been determined to construct and maintain
a further portion of such railway:

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
Public Works Act, 1876," and in exercise of every
other power and authority enabling me in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
middle line of the said further portion of the said
railway shall be that defined and set forth in the
Schedule hereto, and that the two termini of the said
line shall be about two chains seventy links north-
wards from the southernmost corner of Section No. 7,
in Block XI., in the Township of Clinton, within
the County of Clutha; and Section No. 1., Block
XIII., North Molyneux District, within the County
of Bruce. The said middle line and the land through
which the same passes are set forth in the map and
plan marked P.W.D. 5699, and authenticated for the
purposes of this Proclamation by the signature of the
Honorable John Davies Ormond, Minister for Public
Works, and which said map and plan is deposited in
the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court at
Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point about 2 chains 70 links
northwards from southernmost corner of Section No.
7, in Block XI., in the Township of Clinton, within the
County of Clutha, the said point being the point
of termination of a portion of the railway from
Mataura to Clutha, as described in the Proclama-
tion dated 16th October, 1874, and published in
the New Zealand Gazette, No. 55, of 22nd October,
1874, and proceeding thence generally in a south-
easterly direction for a distance of 120 chains or
thereabouts, thence in an easterly direction 680
chains or thereabouts, thence in a south-easterly
direction 210 chains or thereabouts, thence in an
easterly direction 300 chains or thereabouts, thence
in a north-easterly direction 200 chains or there-
abouts, thence in a south-easterly direction 50 chains
or thereabouts, thence in a north-easterly direction
20 chains or thereabouts, thence in a north-westerly

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 Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this fourteenth day of May,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
J. D. ORMOND.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of portion of the Railway
from Auckland to Puniu (Onehunga Branch Ex-
tension).
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and twenty-
second section of "The Public Works Act,
1876," it is enacted that every railway shall be made
only under the authority of a special Act, which
shall state as nearly as may be the line of the railway
and the two termini thereof; and by the one hundred
and twenty-third section of the same Act, that the
several railways specified in the Fourth Schedule to
the said Act shall be deemed to have been made, and
in so far as any of them are unfinished may be com-
pleted, under the provisions of the Act now under
recital, and the said Act shall be deemed to be a
special Act authorizing the construction of each of
the said railways; and by the one hundred and
twenty-fourth section of the same Act, that when any
railway is to be constructed under the provisions of
any special Act the Governor shall issue a proclama-
tion defining the middle line of the railway or any
part thereof, and may from time to time, by a pro-
clamation revoking or amending such former pro-
clamation, alter such line in any manner or to any
extent which may be found necessary for the con-
struction of such railway within the provisions of the
said special Act; and by the one hundred and
twenty-fifth section of the same Act, that the
Minister shall cause to be made and deposited in the
office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court such
maps and plans as may be necessary to explain the
said line and the land through which the same passes,
and such maps and plans shall be referred to in any
such proclamation; and whereas the railway from