THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 331

Defining the Middle Line of portion of the Railway | termination of a portion of the railway from Wel-
from Wellington to a junction with the Railway | lington to Masterton, as described in the Proclama-
from Napier to Sentry Hill, at a point near the | tion dated the thirtieth day of March, one thousand
Manawatu Gorge, passing through the Hutt, Feather- | eight hundred and seventy-six, and published in the
ston, and Masterton--from 45 miles, Featherston | New Zealand Gazette No. 21, of the sixth day of
(Suburban), to 65 miles 50 chains, near Masterton. | April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six,
| and proceeding thence generally in a north-easterly
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor. | direction one thousand six hundred and fifty (1650)
| chains or thereabouts to a point on the southern
A PROCLAMATION. | bank of the Waipoa River, situate in Rural Section
| No. 61, Township of Masterton, in the manner
WHEREAS by the one hundred and twenty- | delineated on the map and plan marked P.W.D.
second section of "The Public Works Act, | 6217, signed by the Honorable John Ballance, the
1876," it is enacted that every railway shall be made | Minister acting for the Minister for Public Works,
only under the authority of a special Act, which | deposited in the office of the Registrar of the Su-
shall state as nearly as may be the line of the railway | preme Court, at Wellington, in the Provincial
and the two termini thereof; and by the one hundred | District of Wellington, the total length being one
and twenty-third section of the same Act, that the | thousand six hundred and fifty (1650) chains or
several railways specified in the Fourth Schedule to | thereabouts.
the said Act shall be deemed to have been made, and
in so far as any of them are unfinished may be com- | Given under the hand of His Excellency the
pleted, under the provisions of the Act now under | Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
recital, and the said Act shall be deemed to be a | stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
special Act authorizing the construction of each of | Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
the said railways; and by the one hundred and | Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
twenty-fourth section of the same Act, that when any | County of York, in the Peerage of the
railway is to be constructed under the provisions of | United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
any special Act the Governor shall issue a Proclama- | of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
tion defining the middle line of the railway or any | in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
part thereof, and may from time to time, by a Pro- | Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
clamation revoking or amending such former Pro- | Council; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
clamation, alter such line in any manner or to any | Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
extent which may be found necessary for the con- | Saint George; Governor and Commander-
struction of such railway within the provisions of the | in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
said special Act; and by the one hundred and | of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
twenty-fifth section of the same Act, that the | and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
Minister shall cause to be made and deposited in the | under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court such | Government House, at Auckland, this
maps and plans as may be necessary to explain the | thirteenth day of March, in the year of
said line and the land through which the same passes, | our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and such maps and plans shall be referred to in any | and seventy-eight.
such Proclamation: And whereas the railway from
Wellington to a junction with the railway from
Napier to Sentry Hill, at a point near the Manawatu
Gorge, passing through the Hutt, Featherston, and
Masterton, 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 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 the said
railway shall be that defined and set forth in the
Schedule hereto, and that the two termini of the said
line shall be a point in Suburban Section number
seventy, Township of Featherston, and Rural Section
number sixty-one, Township of Masterton, Provincial
District of Wellington, and Colony of New Zealand.
The said middle line and the land through which the
same passes are set forth in the map and plan marked
P.W.D. 6217, and authenticated for the purposes of
this Proclamation by the signature of the Honorable
John Ballance, the Minister acting for the Minister
for Public Works, and which said map and plan is
deposited in the Office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at a point in Suburban Section No. 70,
Township of Featherston, within the County of
Wairarapa West, Provincial District of Wellington,
Colony of New Zealand, the said point being the

J. BALLANCE,
(Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Lands taken for the purpose of a portion of the
Road between Masterton and Opaki.

A MEMORIAL

LAID before His Excellency the Governor by the
Minister for Public Works, pursuant to the provi-
sions of "The Public Works Act, 1876," containing
an accurate description of the lands proposed to be
taken for a certain public work--to wit, the construc-
tion of a portion of a road lying between Masterton
and Opaki, in the County of Wairarapa West.

All those pieces or parcels of land in the Opaki
District, County of Wairarapa West, Provincial Dis-
trict of Wellington, running into and through the
following sections :-

Section 61: Commencing at a point on boundary
between Sections 61 and 27, one hundred and thirty-
four links westerly of south-west corner of Section
60, thence by a line north-easterly for a distance of
twenty-five links, thence by a line north-easterly for
a distance of three thousand one hundred and sixty-
three links, thence by a line north-westerly for a
distance of one hundred links, thence by a line south-
westerly for a distance of three thousand two hundred
and eleven links to boundary between Sections 61 and
27, thence by a line easterly on said boundary for a
distance of one hundred and twenty-four links to the
point of commencement; containing three acres and
thirty-one perches, more or less.