THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1415

Assent to Construction of Rakaia and Ashburton
Forks Railway, and Area and Boundaries of Rail-
way District.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by sections eighteen and nineteen of
"The District Railways Act, 1877" (herein
referred to as "the said Act"), it is enacted that
whenever the Governor shall approve of or object to
any proposed railway, he shall, by notice gazetted,
declare his assent to or disapproval of the construc-
tion of the railway, and such notice when so pub-
lished shall be sufficient notice to the company of
such approval or dissent, as the case may be; and
that in and by any notice of approval the Governor
shall declare the area and boundaries proposed to be
a railway district for the purposes of the said Act,
and such declaration shall be sufficient evidence of
the constitution of such district for the purposes of
the said Act:

And whereas the Rakaia and Ashburton Forks
Railway Company (Limited) propose to construct a
railway under the said Act, and a majority of the
whole body of ratepayers and owners of property
in the proposed district, representing more than one-
half of the value of the rateable property, have con-
sented to the construction of the proposed railway.

And whereas the said Company have made applica-
tion to me for my approval of the construction of
the said proposed railway, and all things have been
done and performed as required by the said Act to
enable me to declare my assent to and approval of
the construction thereof:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers vested in me by the said Act, do hereby
notify and declare that I do hereby approve and
assent to the construction of the said railway, and I
further notify and declare that the area and bounda-
ries of the district proposed to be a railway district
for the purposes of the said railway and of the said
Act shall be as follows:-

Area, one hundred and seventy-one thousand four
hundred and fifty-seven acres, or thereabouts, bounded
as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the south-
eastern corner of Rural Section 6128, thence north-
westerly along the south bank of the River Rakaia to
the north-east corner of Rural Section 28847, thence
westerly along the northern boundary of the last-
mentioned rural section, thence in a straight line to
the north-west corner of 28846, thence along the
western boundary of the said last-mentioned rural
section, thence southerly in a straight line to the
south-western corner of H. P. R. on Run number
703, thence south-east along the western boundary
of Rural Sections 28845 and 24440 and 30302 to the
boundary dividing Runs 703 and 701, thence south-
westerly along the said boundary of Runs 703 and 701
to the south-western corner of Run 703, thence in a
straight line to the north-east corner of Rural Section
1542, thence along the northern boundary of the last-
mentioned rural section, thence in a straight line to
the north-eastern corner of P. R. 9 on Run number
698, Class III.; thence along the northern boundary
of the said P. R. to its north-west corner, thence in
a straight line to the northernmost corner of Rural
Section 13617, thence along the north-west boundary
of the said last-mentioned rural section, thence in a
straight line to the northernmost corner of Rural
Section 30091, thence along the north-west bound-
ary of the said last-mentioned rural section, thence
in a straight line to the north-east corner of Rural
Section 30089, thence along the northern boundary
of the said last-mentioned section, thence in a
straight line to the north-west corner of Rural

Section 20743, thence along the western boundary
of the said last-mentioned rural section, thence
along the north-west boundary of Rural Sections
22069 and 22071, thence along the south-west
boundary of Rural Sections 22071 and 22070, thence
along the north-west and south-west boundaries of
Rural Section 21721, thence along the north-west
boundary of Rural Section 21492, thence in a straight
line to the north-east corner of Rural Section 21535,
thence along the western boundary of Rural Sections
21535 and 7906, thence in a straight line to the north-
east corner of Rural Section 14266, thence along the
western boundary of Rural Sections 14266 and 14188
and a line in continuation thereof to the south branch
of Bowyer's Stream, thence south-easterly along the
northern banks of Bowyer's Stream and south branch
of the River Ashburton to the road forming the
southern boundary of Rural Section 15429, thence
along the said road to the north bank of the north
branch of the River Ashburton, thence south-east
along the said bank to the road forming the southern
boundary of Rural Section 23218, thence along the
said road to its intersection of the road forming the
western boundary of Rural Section 27963, thence
south-east along the last-mentioned road to its inter-
section with the road forming the southern boundary
of Rural Section 27907, thence easterly along the
last-mentioned road to the road forming the south-
east boundary of Rural Section 28220, thence along
the last-mentioned road in a north-easterly direction
to its intersection with the road forming the eastern-
most boundary of Rural Section 27394, thence south-
easterly along the last-mentioned road to its intersec-
tion with Reserve 1450, thence north-easterly along
the said reserve to the south-west boundary of the
Rakaia Township, thence south-easterly along the
south-west and south-east boundaries of the said
township and south-east boundary of Rural Section
6128 to the starting point.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this seventeenth day of Octo-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.

J. MACANDREW.

Wardens for Featherston Highway District elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1878.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, Mr. William
Skeet, that the under-mentioned gentlemen have been
duly elected Wardens of the Featherston Highway
District, for the wards placed opposite to their
respective names:----

No. 1. Greytown Ward ... Mr. Henry H. Jackson.
No. 2. Featherston Ward ... Mr. James Donald.
No. 3. Western Lake Ward ... Mr. Alfred Matthews.
No. 4. Kahutara Ward ... Mr. Thomas Walker.
No. 5. Wharekaka Ward ... Mr. Coleman Phillips.
No. 6. Turanganui Ward ... Mr. John P. Russell.
No. 7. East Coast Ward ... Mr. Richard Barton.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Wardens elected for Castlepoint Highway District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1878.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the
Presiding Officer, Mr. A. McHutchon, that the
following persons were duly elected Wardens of the
Castlepoint Highway District, for the wards placed
opposite to their respective names:-

No. 1 Ward ... James Bennet.
No. 2 Ward ... John Groves.
No. 3 Ward ... Hugh Belliss.