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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [Ост.
issued under the authority of sections one hundred
and twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-three, and
one hundred and twenty-four of "The Public Works
Act, 1876," the middle line of the railway from Grey-
mouth to Hokitika (main portion), being one of the
railways specified in "The Immigration and Public
Works Appropriation Act, 1878," was defined: And
whereas pursuant to the one hundred and twenty-
fifth section of "The Public Works Act, 1876," the
Minister for Public Works has caused to be made
and, on the twelfth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, to be deposited in the
office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Hoki-
tika, such maps and plans as were necessary to explain
the said portion of the said line of railway and the
land through which the same passes, and such maps
and plans were referred to in such Proclamation as
aforesaid: And whereas the land described in the
Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a part of
the said portion of the said line of railway:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers
and authorities coferred by the sixth section of "The
Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," and
of every power and authority in that behalf, doth
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described
in the Schedule hereto is taken for the said part of
the said line of railway.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land situated within
Native Reserve No. 31, in the Town of Greymouth,
containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods 11
perches. Bounded by lines as follows, that is to say:
Commencing at the junction of the eastern side of
Tainui Street with southern side of Mackay Street;
thence along said southern side of Mackay Street by
a line bearing 74° 37′ 30″ for a distance of 970 links
to the junction of the said southern side of Mackay
Street with the western side of Alexander Street;
thence along the said western side of Alexander Street
by a line bearing 164° 37′ 30″ for a distance of 405 links
to the junction of the said western side of Alexander
Street with the northern side of Chapel Street;
thence along the said northern side of Chapel Street
by a line bearing 254° 37' 30" for a distance of 600
links; thence along a line in Chapel Street bearing
203° 36' for a distance of 174 links; thence along
a line in Chapel Street aforesaid bearing 232° 18'
for a distance of 282 links to the eastern side of
Tainui Street; thence along the said eastern side of
Tainui Street by a line bearing 344° 37′ 30″ for a
distance of 648 links to the starting point, as shown
on map herewith. Save and excepting the following
sections, that is to say: Sections Nos. 78, 79, 80, 81,
82, 83, 84, 85, 85A, 96, 96A, 97, 98, 54, or 284A, 315,
316, 317, 318, 319, and 320, as delineated upon the
plan marked P.W.D. 7250, deposited in the office of
the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the
Provincial District of Wellington.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished 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 Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
J. MACANDREW.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Setting apart Land in Otago for Alienation on
Deferred Payments.
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the fifty-fourth section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to
cause Crown lands situate within a gold field to be
selected and set apart for the purpose of granting
agricultural leases thereon and therefor, or for
alienation by occupation licenses on deferred pay-
ments under any law for the time being in force in
the land district in which such mining district is
situate:
And whereas the lands described in the Schedule
hereto are Crown lands subject to be dealt with
under the provisions of the said Act, and it is deemed
expedient to set the same apart, to be dealt with
under the said Act, for alienation by occupation
licenses on deferred payments as aforesaid:
Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, do hereby select and set apart, for the purpose
of alienation by occupation licenses on deferred pay-
ments, the lands described in the Schedule hereto;
and do fix the sixth day of November next ensuing as
the day on which the said allotments shall be open
for application in allotments, as surveyed and marked
on the survey map in the office of the Chief Surveyor,
Dunedin.
SCHEDULE.
| Section. | Block. | District. | Area. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Hawea Survey | A. R. P. | ||
| 12 | V. | District | 320 0 0 |
| 13 | V. | ” | 282 2 8 |
| 15 | V. | ” | 226 0 24 |
| 18 | V. | ” | 194 0 25 |
| 19 | V. | ” | 318 0 36 |
| 20 | V. | ” | 318 2 1 |
| 1 | VII. | ” | 320 0 0 |
| 2 | VII. | ” | 319 3 22 |
| 3 | VII. | ” | 320 0 0 |
| 4 | VII. | ” | 314 0 22 |
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished 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 Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of September, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.
JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
NOTE.—This Proclamation is republished in consequence of
an error in the copy published on page 1308, Gazette No. 100,
25th September, 1879.
Constituting Rabbit District of Napier.
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by section three of "The Rabbit Nui-
sance Act, 1876," it is enacted that the Governor
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- J. Macandrew
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