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for a distance of three hundred links, thence by a
line north-easterly for a distance of eight hundred
and eighty-five links, thence by a line north-easterly
one thousand three hundred and forty-six links,
thence by a line north-westerly for a distance of
eight hundred and seventy-five links, thence by a
line north-westerly for a distance of one thousand
seven hundred and sixty-two links, thence by a line
northerly to Ruamahanga River for a distance of
one hundred and thirty links, thence north-westerly
by said river for a distance of three hundred and
fifty links, thence by a line southerly for a distance
of two hundred and forty links, thence by a line
south-easterly for a distance of two thousand and ten
links, thence by a line south-easterly for a distance
of eight hundred and ten links, thence by a line
south-westerly for a distance of one thousand three
hundred and forty-two links, thence by a line
south-westerly for a distance of eight hundred and
eighty-eight links, thence by a line south-easterly for
a distance of two hundred and two links to boundary
between Sections 11 and 56, thence south-easterly
by said boundary for a distance of one hundred and
fifty-four links to point of commencement; containing
five acres three roods one perch, more or less; the
above particulars being delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 6010, hereto attached.

I, the undersigned, John Ballance, the Minister
acting for the Minister for Public Works, hereby
certify that the above-written Memorial is true and
correct in the several particulars thereof.

Witness my hand this sixth day of March, 1878.

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

Witness to signature—
JOHN KNOWLES,
Under Secretary for Public Works.

(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
in such notice shall call upon all persons affected to
set forth in writing any well-founded objections to
the execution of such works or to the taking of such
lands, and to send such writing within forty days
from the first publication of such notice to the said
Minister: And it is further enacted that the Min-
ister for Public Works shall cause a copy of such
notice and description to be served upon the said
owners and occupiers so far as they can be ascer-
tained; and that the said Minister shall, upon receiv-
ing any objection, appoint a time and place within
the colony within which the objector may appear
before the said Minister, or some person appointed
by him, and support the objection by such evidence
as the objector thinks fit; and that if within the said
forty days no such objection is made, or if after due

consideration of such objections 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
after a date to be named in the said Proclamation
the land therein specified shall become absolutely
vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, discharged
from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates, or inter-
ests of what kind soever, for the public use named in
the said Proclamation:

And whereas the lands described in the memorial
above written are required to be taken under the
authority of the said "Public Works Act, 1876," for
a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a
portion of a road between Masterton and Opaki, in
the County of Wairarapa West:

And whereas all the requirements and conditions
prescribed by the said Act prior to the taking of
such lands have been duly performed and fulfilled:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of New Zealand, in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority in
me vested by the said Act, and of any other power
and authority enabling me in that behalf, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the lands described in the
memorial above written, and shown on the plan
thereto attached, are hereby taken for the purposes
of a road; and that from and after the day of the
date hereof the said lands shall become absolutely
vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, discharged from
all mortgages, charges, claims, estates, and interests
of what kind soever, for use as a public road.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, 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 Coun-
cil; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished 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 Government House,
at Auckland, this thirteenth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.

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

Approved in Council.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!