Numb. 73.
871

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1877.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1877.

Defining the Middle Line of a portion of the Railway
from Greymouth to Brunnerton.

(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 Pro-
clamation 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
Proclamation, 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 Proclama-
tion; and whereas the railway from Greymouth to
Brunnerton 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 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 behalf,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line
of the said further portion of said railway shall be that
defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto, and that
the two termini of the said line shall be at or near a
point bearing 55° 50', and distant about one thousand
seven hundred and fifty links in a north-easterly direc-
tion from the centre of the north pier of the Grey
Gorge Bridge, and at or near a point bearing 222°
40', and a distance of four thousand four hundred
and sixty links from the north pier of the Grey
Gorge Bridge, all within the County of Grey. The
said middle line and the land through which the same
passes are set forth in the map and plan marked
P.W.D. 5880, 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 Hokitika.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at or near a point bearing 55° 50', and
distant about 1750 links in a north-easterly direc-
tion from the centre of the north pier of the Grey
Gorge Bridge, and proceeding thence in a generally
north-easterly direction for a distance of sixty-five
chains, or thereabouts, and terminating at or near a
point bearing 222° 40' from the centre of the north
pier of the Grey Gorge Bridge, all within the
County of Grey, in the manner delineated on the
map and plan marked P.W.D. 5880, signed by the
Honorable John Davies Ormond, Minister for Public