THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1129

accurate description of the lands proposed to be | after a date to be named in the said Proclamation
taken for a certain public work—to wit, the con- | the land therein specified shall become absolutely
struction of a portion of the railway from Amberley | vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, discharged
through Oamaru to the Bluff (Recreation Ground, | from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates, or in-
Oamaru).
All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial | terests of what kind soever, for the public use named
District of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, | in the said Proclamation :
containing by admeasurement two (2) acres three (3) | And whereas the lands described in the memorial
perches, more or less, situate in the Town of Oamaru, | above written are required to be taken under the
being part of Section No. 8, Block ninety-five (XCV.) | authority of the said “Public Works Act, 1876,” for
on the southern boundary of Severn Street, three hun- | a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a
dred and sixty-four (364) links or thereabouts, from | portion of the railway from Amberley through
the westernmost corner of Block ninety-five (XCV.) | Oamaru to the Bluff;
aforesaid; thence in a north-easterly direction along | And whereas all the requirements and conditions
said boundary of Severn Street, three hundred and | prescribed by the said Act prior to the taking of such
forty-three (343) links or thereabouts; thence in a | lands have been duly performed and fulfilled :
southerly direction along the southern boundary of | Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
the new cut of the Oamaru Creek, eight hundred | Marquis of Normanby, Governor of New Zealand, in
(800) links or thereabouts; thence in a south- | exercise and pursuance of the power and authority in
westerly direction by Crown lands, and Section No. 1, | me vested by the said Act, and of any other power and
Block ninety-five (XCV.) aforesaid, four hundred | authority enabling me in that behalf, do hereby pro-
and thirty (430) links or thereabouts; thence in a | claim and declare that the lands described in the
north-easterly direction by Reserve for Public Re- | memorial above written, and shown on the plan
creation, seven hundred and seventy-six (776) links | thereto attached, are hereby taken for the purposes
and two hundred and thirty (230) links respectively, | of a railway; and that from and after the day of
to point of commencement; the same being delineated | the date hereof the said lands shall become absolutely
upon the map marked P.W.D. 5940, deposited in | vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, discharged
the office of the Minister for Public Works, at | from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates, or in-
Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.
I, the undersigned, William James Mudie Larnach, | terests of what kind soever, for use as a railway.
the Minister for Public Works, hereby certify that | Given under the hand of His Excellency the
the above-written memorial is true and correct in | Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine,
the several particulars thereof.
Witness my hand this fifteenth day of | Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount
November, 1877.
W. J. M. LARNACH.
Witness to signature—
JOHN KNOWLES,
Under Secretary for Public Works, Wellington.
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by “The Public Works Act, 1876,” it
is enacted that whenever lands are required
to be taken for public works the Minister for Public
Works shall cause a survey to be made and plans to
be prepared showing generally the nature of the
works proposed to be executed and the lands required
to be taken for the same, together with the names of
the owners and occupiers of such lands so far as they
can be ascertained, and shall cause a copy of such
plans to be deposited in some place in the road
district in which such lands are: And it is further
enacted that the said Minister shall cause a notice to
be gazetted, and to be twice publicly notified, stating
the place where such plans are open for inspection,
with a general description of the works proposed
to be executed and of the land required to be taken;
and if after due consideration the said Minister is
of opinion that it is expedient that the proposed
works should be executed, and that no private injury
will be done thereby for which due compensation is
not provided by the Act now in recital, the land
proposed to be taken shall be taken in the following
manner, that is to say : The said Minister shall lay
before the Governor a memorial containing an accu-
rate description of the land proposed to be taken,
together with a map thereof, signed by the Surveyor-
General or some certificated surveyor as evidence of
the accuracy thereof; and the Governor in Council
may thereupon, if he think fit, by Proclamation
gazetted and publicly notified, declare that the said
lands are taken for the use of a railway, road, or
other public work, as the case may be; and from and
Normanby, of Normanby, 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 Council;
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished 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 Govern-
ment House, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seven.
JOHN SHEEHAN,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.
Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Hundreds under “The Otago Waste
Lands Act, 1872.”

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by “The Otago Waste Lands Act,
1872,” it is, amongst other things, enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he think
fit, on the recommendation of the Superintendent
and Provincial Council, from time to time, by Pro-
clamation published in the New Zealand Gazette, to
constitute into a hundred any portion of the waste
lands not forming any part of any hundred pre-
viously proclaimed, notwithstanding that such lands
or any part thereof shall be comprised within any
pastoral lease or license theretofore or thereafter to
be granted by the Crown under any law regulating
the occupation or disposal of waste lands, and
whether or not the same shall have been included
within the boundaries of any proclaimed gold field;