Numb. 117.
1617

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1879.

Lands taken for Greytown Branch Railway.
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the sixth section of "The Public
Works Act, 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," it
is, amongst other things, enacted that, at any time
and from time to time after the deposit of maps and
plans, pursuant to section one hundred and twenty-
five of "The Public Works Act, 1876," the Governor
may, by Proclamation, take any land required for
the railway, and that such Proclamation, when
gazetted, shall be conclusive evidence that the land
therein referred to is vested in Her Majesty in fee-
simple, freed and discharged from all mortgages,
charges, claims, estates, and interests of what kind
soever, for the use of the railway: And whereas by
a Proclamation issued under the authority of the
twenty-third section of "The Public Works Act
1876 Amendment Act, 1878," and 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 portion
of 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, with branches
(Greytown Branch), being one of the railways
specified in the Schedule to the said "Public Works
Act, 1876," 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 twenty-
second day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine, to be deposited in the office of the
Registrar of the Supreme Court at Wellington, 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 afore-
said: And whereas the lands described in the

Schedule hereto are required to be taken for 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 conferred 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
lands described in the Schedule hereto are taken for
the said portion of the said line of railway.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing by ad-
measurement 4 acres 3 roods 3 perches, being portion
of Section No. 47, commencing at a point on the
south-western boundary of the land taken by
memorial dated 2nd July, 1879, for railway pur-
poses, at the Woodside Station, on the Wellington-
Masterton Railway. Bounded-North-easterly by
lines, 2464, 503, and 1387 links respectively; thence
South-easterly by Section No. 48, 101 links; thence
South-westerly by lines, 1752, 2309, and 474 links
respectively; thence North-westerly by the Wood-
side Station boundary to commencing point, 380
links: be the aforesaid measurements more or less.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing by
admeasurement 2 roods 20 perches, more or less,
being portion of Section No. 48. Bounded-North-
easterly by lines, 327, and by Section 44, 601 links;
thence South-westerly by a line, 937 links; thence
North-westerly by Section No. 47 to commencing
point, 101 links: be the aforesaid measurements
more or less.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing by
admeasurement 5 acres 1 rood, more or less, being
portion of Section No. 44. Bounded-North-easterly
by a line, 5610 links; thence South-easterly by a
line, 101 links; thence South-westerly by a line to
commencing point, 4912, and by Section No. 48, 601
links respectively: be the aforesaid measurements
more or less.

ERRATUM.-In Gazette No. 101, of 2nd October, 1879, page 1337, the name of the Trustee appointed under "The Maori
Real Estate Management Act, 1867," on behalf of Pakira Pakira Matenga, in Taramoarahi No. 3, should be "Rihia te Kauae," and
not "Rihia te Kanae."