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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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
lands required to be taken; and if after due con-
sideration 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 accurate description
of the lands proposed to be taken, together with
a map thereof, signed by the Surveyor-General or
some certificated surveyor as evidence of the accu-
racy 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 lands therein
specified shall become absolutely vested in fee-simple
in Her Majesty, discharged from all mortgages,
charges, claims, estates, or interests of what kind
soever, for the public use named in the said Pro-
clamation:

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 the railway from Kaipara through River-
head to Auckland—(Auckland contract):

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 railway; and that from and after the day of
the date hereof the said lands shall become abso-
lutely vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, dis-
charged from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates,
and interests of what kind soever, for use as a rail-
way.

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
Council; 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
eighteenth day of April, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

Approved in Council.

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Returns from Cattle Inspectors.

General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 17th April, 1878.

THE following returns from the Inspectors of Cattle within the Provincial Districts of Auckland,
Nelson, and Canterbury, are published for general information.

J. MACANDREW.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

Devonport, North Shore, Auckland, 1st April, 1878.

SIR,—I have the honor to furnish returns of cattle arrived from foreign ports to the Port of Auckland,
for the six months ending 31st March, inspected by me, and report that this district and province is free
from any contagious disease.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

I have, &c.,
GEORGE RUST,
Inspector of Cattle.

Auckland, 1st April, 1878.

SIR,—I have the honor to state that I have examined the Inspector's report for the six months ending
31st March, and believe it to be correct.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

I have, &c.,
JOSEPH MAY,
Chairman, Local Cattle Board.

RETURN of CATTLE inspected within the DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND, not brought by Sea, within the Six
Months ended the 31st MARCH, 1878, which have been found to be affected with any Contagious
or Infectious Disease.

Nil.

RETURN of CATTLE imported by Sea to the Port of AUCKLAND, within the Six Months ended 31st
MARCH, 1878, which have been found to be affected with any Contagious or Infectious Disease.

Nil.