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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

said colony, do hereby order and declare the respec-
tive elections of the said Robert Allan and Henry
Sawtell, at Christchurch, and of the said Hugh Percy
Murray-Aynsley, at Lyttelton, upon the days and
times hereinbefore mentioned, shall be valid and
effectual notwithstanding that the provisions of "The
Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876," were not
complied with as hereinbefore mentioned, and not-
withstanding any other irregularity in the matter of
form in respect or in connection with the said
election.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

representing two-thirds of the value of the rateable
property in the proposed district have consented
to the construction of the proposed railway:
And whereas the said Company have made applica-
tion to me for my approval of the construction of
the said railway, and all things have been done and
performed as required by the said Acts to obtain such
approval:
Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Adminis-
trator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers
vested in me by the said Acts, do hereby notify
and declare that I do hereby assent to the con-
struction of the Waimate Railway, from the Wai-
mate Branch Railway, at Waimate, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, to a terminus in Section
number eighteen thousand eight hundred and
forty-four (18844), near Pudding Hill, in the said
Provincial District, as shown on the plan and in the
book of reference; and I further notify and declare
that the area and boundaries of the district for the
purposes of the said railway are as follows:-

Notification of the Consent of Ratepayers and Owners
to the Construction of the Waimate Railway.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN terms of the regulations made under "The Dis-
trict Railways Act, 1877," and published in
the New Zealand Gazette of the eleventh day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight,
I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the
Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby notifiy and declare that the consent of the
ratepayers and owners of property within the railway
district proposed to be constituted for the purpose
of the railway proposed to be constructed by the
Waimate Railway Company (Limited), under the
provisions of the above-mentioned Act, from the
Waimate Branch Railway, at Waimate, in the Pro-
vincial District of Canterbury, to a terminus in
Section number eighteen thousand eight hundred and
forty-four (18844), near Pudding Hill, in the said
provincial district, has been duly given to the con-
struction of the said proposed railway.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
twenty-sixth day of February, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

J. MACANDREW.

All that area of land situated in the County of
Waimate, in the Provincial District of Canterbury,
estimated to contain by admeasurement 100,000
acres; boundary lines as follow: Commencing at a
Trig. Station No. 38, in the County of Waimate,
thence in a straight line in a southerly direction to
the western boundary of Section 22729, thence along
the Waimate Gorge Creek in a westerly direction to
the north-east corner of Section 22246, thence along
the eastern boundary of said section to the south-
east corner of said section, thence in a straight line
in a south-westerly direction to the north-east
corner of Section 17227, thence along the eastern
boundary of said section to the south-east corner of
said section, thence along the south boundary line
of Section 17227 in a westerly direction to the north-
west corner of Section 17440, thence along the
western boundary line of Section 17440 to the south-
west corner of said section, thence in a westerly
direction along northern boundary line of Section
17079 to north-west corner of said section, thence
along the western boundary line of said section to
the north-east corner of Section 19926, thence along
the north-east boundary line of said section to the
south-east corner of said section, thence along a
district road in a south-westerly direction passing
through Trig. Station 34 and Sections 20157 and
18113 to the north boundary line of Section 21065,
thence along the north boundary line of Section
21065 in a westerly direction to the north-
east corner of Section 17959, thence in a south-
westerly direction along the south boundary lines
of Sections 17959, 17957, 17956, 17955, 17954,
to the south-eastern corner of Section 17953; thence
in a westerly direction along the south boundary
lines of Sections 17953, 17965, 17964, 17963, 17962,
to Trig. Station 82, and south-western corner of
Section 17962; thence in a straight line in a north-
westerly direction passing through Sections 19917,
18204, and part of 19916, to Trig. Station 86; thence
in a straight line in a south-westerly direction
passing through part of Sections 19916 and I.P.R. E
to the north-east corner of Section 19175, thence in a
straight line in a south-westerly direction along the
southern boundary lines of Sections 19175 and 20148
to a district road, thence along said district road in a
north-westerly direction passing along the western
boundary line of Section 20148, and south boundary
line of Section 22518, and north-west corner of
Section 19919, along the south boundary line of
Section 20069, to the north-west corner of Section
20074; thence in a straight line in a north-westerly
direction passing through part of Section 22392 to
Trig Station 92, thence in a straight line in a westerly

Assent to Construction of the Waimate Railway, from
the Waimate Branch Railway, at Waimate, in the
Provincial District of Canterbury, to a Terminus in
Section No. 18844, near Pudding Hill, in the said
Provincial District, and Area and Boundaries of
Railway District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by "The District Railways Act, 1877,"
and "The District Railways Act 1877 Amend-
ment Act, 1878" (herein referred to as "the said
Acts"), it is enacted that, whenever the Governor
shall approve of or object to any proposed railway,
he shall, by notice gazetted, declare his assent to or
disapproval of the construction of the railway, and
such notice, when so published, shall be sufficient
notice to the company of such approval or dissent, as
the case may be; and that in and by any notice of
approval the Governor shall declare the area and
boundaries proposed to be a railway district for the
purposes of the said Acts, and such declaration shall
be sufficient evidence of the constitution of such
district for the purposes of the said Acts:
And whereas the Waimate Railway Company
(Limited) propose to construct a railway under the
said Acts, and ratepayers and owners of property