1558
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

WOOL.
Undumped, per bale, per mile (bale not to
exceed 4 cwt.) ... 0 1 $\frac{1}{2}$
Ditto, for each bale exceeding 4 cwt. extra,
per mile ... ... ... 0 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
Ditto, minimum charge, per bale ... 1 0
Double-dumped, per bale, per mile (bale not
to exceed 8 cwt.) ... 0 2 $\frac{1}{2}$
Ditto, for each bale exceeding 8 cwt. extra,
per mile ... ... ... 0 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
Ditto, minimum charge, per bale ... 1 6
Each loading or unloading done by the Com-
pany, per bale, undumped ... 0 4
Ditto, dumped... ... ... 0 8

TIMBER.
Sawn timber, per 100 feet super., per mile... 0 0 $\frac{3}{4}$
Ditto, minimum charge, per 100 feet super. 0 7
Heavy timber, per 100 feet super., per mile 0 1 0
Ditto, minimum charge, per 100 feet super. 1 0
Australian timber, rate and a half.
For each loading or unloading done by the
Company, per 100 feet super. ... 0 4
A truck load is computed at 5 tons.
A fraction of a mile is counted as a mile.
A truck of firewood must not exceed 3 tons.

PASSENGERS.
First class, per mile ... ... ... 0 3 $\frac{1}{2}$
Second class, per mile ... ... ... 0 2 $\frac{1}{2}$
Minimum charge-First class ... ... 0 6
" Second class ... ... 0 4
Return fares equal one and one-half single fares.
A fraction of a mile is counted as a mile.

Notice is also hereby given that the maximum
rent or charge to be made for the storage of goods,
produce, or merchandise, shall be as follows:----
STORAGE.
On all goods not removed within twelve s. d.
working hours of their arrival, per ton,
per day ... ... ... 2 0

DEMURRAGE.
On all trucks not unloaded by the con-
signees within four working hours of their
arrival, per truck, per day ... ... 20 0

Notice is also hereby given that the minimum
number of trains to be run daily shall be two trains
each way daily, Sundays excepted.

And notice is also hereby given that the rates it is
proposed to levy pursuant to the provisions of the
said Act in respect of the lands above classified are
as follow:-
In respect of the lands of the first class a rate
sufficient to produce £3 per centum per
annum on the cost of the proposed railway
and equipment thereof.
And in respect of the lands of the second class a
rate sufficient to produce £2 per centum per
annum on such cost.

The registered office of the said Company is at
Waimate, in the Provincial District of Canterbury,
where all communications may be addressed.

Dated at Waimate this twenty-first day of October,
1878.

For and on behalf of the said Company,
FRANK SLEE,
Secretary thereto.
675

WAIMEA PLAINS RAILWAY.
THIS is to give notice that, in accordance with
section 5 of "The District Railways Act, 1877,"
the under-mentioned places have been appointed for
the deposit of plans and books of reference:----
The Police Station, Gore;
Hanson's Hotel, Lumsden; and
The Council Chambers, Invercargill.
HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary.

Waimea Plains Railway Company's Office,
Dunedin, 7th October, 1878. 645

IN THE MATTER OF THE WAIMEA PLAINS RAIL-
WAY COMPANY (LIMITED) AND "THE DISTRICT
RAILWAYS ACT, 1877."

NOTICE is hereby given that the Waimea Plains
Railway Company (Limited) propose to con-
struct a railway, under the provisions of the above-
mentioned Act, from the Township of Gore, in the
Provincial District of Otago, to the Elbow, in the
said Provincial District of Otago, and that the said
Company have, pursuant to the provisions of the
said Act, deposited at each of the several places
under-mentioned (1) a plan on which is set forth the
middle line and direction of the said proposed rail-
way; and (2) a book of reference describing the
same, showing the lands required to be taken for the
said proposed railway, and the names of the owners
and occupiers of such lands, so far as they can be
ascertained.

The several places at which plans and books of
reference have been deposited as aforesaid are as
follows:----The Police Station, Gore; Hanson's Hotel,
Lumsden; the Southland County Council Chambers,
Invercargill.

The plan and book of reference at each such place
is there open for public inspection without any fee.

Notice is also hereby given that the area which it
is proposed to constitute a railway district for the
purposes of the said Act, and the boundaries thereof,
are as follow, that is to say: All that area of land
situate in the Provincial District of Otago, estimated
to contain by admeasurement two hundred and eighty-
eight thousand five hundred (288,500) acres; boun-
dary lines as follows: Bounded on the South by
Oldham Street, the Town Belt, and Eccles Street,
Gore; on the West by Broughton Street, thence
along the western boundary of Section 57, Block
XVI., Gore Township; thence along the road line
running along the south boundaries of Sections
135 and 2, Hokonui District; thence in a straight
line running from the south-west corner of Section
2, Hokonui District aforesaid, to south-east corner of
Section 423, Hokonui District; thence along the
south-west boundary of Section 423, Hokonui Dis-
trict aforesaid, by a straight line running from the
south-west corner of Section 423, Hokonui District
aforesaid, to the south-west corner of Section 312,
Hokonui District; thence along the road line to the
Otameita Stream, thence along the Otameita Stream
to the south-west corner of Section 361, Hokonui
District; thence along the west boundary of
Section 361, Hokonui District; thence along the
south and west boundaries of Section 354, Hoko-
nui District; thence along the south-west boun-
daries of Sections 121, 93, 28, 109, 110, 94, 27, and
111, Hokonui District; thence along the south-eastern
boundary of Section 95, Hokonui District; thence by
a line running from the north-east corner of Section
95, Hokonui District aforesaid, to the south-east
corner of Section 223, Hokonui District; thence
along the south-east boundary of Section 223,
Hokonui District; thence along the north-east boun-
dary of Section 368, Hokonui District; thence along
the south-east boundary of said Section 368, Hoko-
nui District; thence along the south boundaries of
Sections 321 to 241, Hokonui District; thence along