THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

situate in the Oteramika District, Southland County,
for the purpose of making a public road :--
All that area comprising 2 acres 1 rood and 16
poles, more or less, being part of Section 66, Block
I., Oteramika Hundred, and bounded as follows, viz.:
Commencing at the north-eastern angle of said sec-
tion, thence due south 100 links, thence due west
2488 links, thence by line running 186 links bearing
57° 26', thence by line running due east 2331 links
to starting point.

All that area comprising 3 roods and 2 poles, more
or less, being part of Section 48, Block II., Otera-
mika Hundred, and bounded as follows, viz. : Com-
mencing at the north-east angle of said section,
thence due south 100 links, thence due west 760
links, thence due north 100 links, thence due east
760 links to starting point.

And notice is hereby given that the plans have
been deposited at the Board's office, Edendale, and
will be open for inspection for forty days from date
of this notice.

Any person having a well-grounded objection why
such land should not be taken for a public road is
required to lodge the same with me within forty days
from this date.

THOMAS BRYDONE,
Chairman, Oteramika Road Board.
Edendale, 16th November, 1878. 724

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 |

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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
the Oreti River to the north boundary of Run
207; thence along the north boundary of Runs
207, 207A, and 329, Hokonui District; thence south
along the Mataura River to the north boundary
of Run 194; thence along the north boundary of
Run 194 to the Garvie Burn, thence South along the
Garvie Burn to Waikaia River, thence in a north-
easterly direction along the Waikaia River to the
north boundary of the Wendon Survey District,
thence along the north boundary of the Wendon
Survey District to Waikaka River, thence along the
Waikaka River to the north boundaries of the
Chatton and Otama Survey Districts, thence along
the north boundaries of the Chatton and Otama
Survey Districts to the Mataura River, thence south
along the Mataura River to the south-east corner of
Gore proper, the starting point.

The manner in which it is proposed to classify the
lands included in the proposed railway district is as
follows:--

1. Lands receiving or supposed to receive im-
   mediate and direct benefit from the construc-
   tion of the railway.
   All the lands comprised within the said proposed
   district.

Notice is also hereby given as follows: The esti-
mated cost of the said proposed railway and of the
equipment thereof is one hundred and one thousand
pounds (£101,000).

Notice is also hereby given that the maximum rates
of tolls and charges for the carriage of animals, goods,
merchandise, and passengers proposed to be charged
on the said proposed railway shall be as follows :--

PASSENGER RATES.
s. d.
First class single, per mile ... ... 0 3
Second class single, per mile ... ... 0 2
Return tickets, fare and a half.
Children under fourteen years of age, half rates.

Minimum Charges.
First class single ... ... ... 0 6
Second class single ... ... ... 0 4
First class return ... ... ... 0 9
Second class return ... ... ... 0 6
Return tickets are available for distances of 25
miles and under on the day of issue only; for each
additional 25 miles, or fraction thereof, one day's