THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 597

lease, distant 4955 links from the western extremity
of the said southern boundary, thence along a line
bearing 216° 58' for a distance of 525.2 links,
thence along a line bearing 196° 44′ a distance of
104.4 links, thence along a line bearing 225° 39'
a distance of 212.9 links, thence along a line bearing
303° 26′ a distance of 63 links, thence along a line
bearing 39° 36′ a distance of 74.4 links, thence along
a line bearing 32° 46′ a distance of 434 links, thence
along a line terminating in the south boundary of
the Brunner Coal Mining Company's lease a bear-
ing of 35° 48′ a distance of 261.9 links, thence along
the south boundary of the Brunner Coal Mining
Company's lease a bearing of 90° 29' for a distance
of 115.2 links to starting point.

Also all that part or parcel of land in the County
of Grey, Provincial District of Nelson, containing
by admeasurement one (1) acre one (1) rood twenty-
four (24) perches, more or less. Commencing at
a point in the southern boundary of the said lease
distant 4955 links from the western extremity of
the said southern boundary, thence along the south-
ern boundary of said lease on a bearing of 270° 29'
a distance of 115.2 links, thence along a line bearing
50° 2' a distance of 200 links, thence along a line
bearing 45° 3' a distance of 125.3 links, thence along
a line bearing 67° 14' a distance of 296.1 links,
thence along a line bearing 336° 55' a distance of
71.8 links, thence along a line bearing 55° 6' a
distance of 206.1 links, thence along a line bear-
ing 145° 2' a distance of 130.6 links, thence
along a line bearing 55° 2' a distance of 406
links, thence along a line bearing 145° 2' a
distance of 100 links, thence along a line bearing
236° 12' a distance of 490 links, thence along a line
bearing 244° 53' a distance of 651.4 links, thence
along a line bearing 216° 58' for a distance of 13.9
links to starting point.

The above particulars being delineated upon the
plan marked P.W.D. 6351 hereto attached.

I, the undersigned, James Macandrew, the Min-
ister for Public Works, hereby certify that the
above-written memorial is true and correct in the
several particulars thereof.

Witness my hand, this seventh day of May,
1878.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

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

(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 lands required to be taken;

and if after due consideration 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 lands 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 lands therein specified shall become absolutely
vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, discharged
from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates, or in-
terests 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 the railway from Greymouth to Brun-
nerton :

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 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 railway.

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 Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this eleventh day of May,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!