β¨ Railway Line Proclamation
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 611
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 Wellington.
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 rail-
way from Amberley to the Bluff is one of the rail-
ways 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.
SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at or near a point 0 miles 20 chains on
the Waitara to Wanganui Railway, as proclaimed on
the 30th December, 1874, and proceeding thence
generally in a South-easterly direction 10 chains or
thereabouts; thence in a South-westerly direction 120
chains or thereabouts; thence in a South-easterly
direction 110 chains or thereabouts; thence in a
North-easterly direction 22 chains or thereabouts to
a point at or about the Wanganui River Road Bridge,
opposite the south side of Victoria Avenue, all within
the County of Wanganui, in the manner delineated
on the map and plan marked P.W.D. 5745, signed
by the Honorable John Davies Ormond, Minister
for Public Works, deposited in the office of the
Registrar of the Supreme Court, at Wellington, in
the Provincial District of Wellington, the total
length being 3 miles 22 chains or thereabouts.
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and in 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 be-
half, 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 the eastern boundary of Severn Street, and
the western boundary of Section 1, granted to H. C.
Hertslet, both in block XCV., within the Township
of Oamaru, and within the County of Waitaki. The
said middle line and the land through which the
same passes are set forth in the map and plan marked
P.W.D. 5744, 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.
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 the Government
House, at Wellington, this fourth day of
June, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
J. D. ORMOND.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at a point on the eastern boundary
line of Severn Street, and proceeding thence gene-
rally in a south-easterly direction 950 links or there-
abouts to a point on the western boundary of Section
1, granted to H. C. Hertslet, all in block XCV.,
within the Township of Oamaru, and County of
Waitaki, in the manner delineated on the map and
plan marked P.W.D. 5744, signed by the Honorable
John Davies Ormond, Minister for Public Works,
deposited in the office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court, at Dunedin, in the Provincial District
of Otago, the total length being 950 links or there-
abouts.
Defining the Middle Line of part of the Railway from
Amberley through Oamaru to the Bluff. - Recreation
Ground, Town of Oamaru.
(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 provi-
sions of any special Act the Governor shall issue a
proclamation defining the middle line of the railway
or any part thereof, and may from time to time, by a
proclamation revoking or amending such former pro-
clamation, alter such line in any manner or to any
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 Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House,
at Wellington, this fourth day of June,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
J. D. ORMOND.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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Proclamation defining middle line for railway sections (Wanganui and Oamaru)
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ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works4 June 1877
Proclamation, Railway line definition, Public Works Act 1876, Wanganui, Oamaru, Waitaki County
- H. C. Hertslet, Land section granted to
- Honorable John Davies Ormond, Minister for Public Works
- George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
- J. D. Ormond
NZ Gazette 1877, No 51