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SCHEDULE—continued.

1878," it is enacted that, if it shall be found desirable
for the use, convenience, or enjoyment of any public
work, executed or in course of execution, to take,
purchase, or acquire other land, such land, or the
estate or interest of any person therein, may be
taken, purchased, or acquired in the manner pro-
vided by "The Public Works Act, 1876," and "The
Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878;"
And whereas by the one hundred and twenty-
fourth section of "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
it is enacted that, when any railway is to be
constructed under the provisions of any special
Act, the Governor shall issue a Proclamation
defining the middle line of the railway or any
part thereof, and may from time to time, by a
Proclamation revoking or amending such former
Proclamation, alter such line in any manner or to
any extent which may be found necessary for the
construction of such railway within the provisions of
the said special Act; and, by the one hundred and
twenty-fifth section of the same Act, that the Minis-
ter shall cause to be made and deposited in the office
of the Registrar of the Supreme Court such maps
and plans as may be necessary to explain the said
line and the land through which the same passes,
and such maps and plans shall be referred to in any
such Proclamation: And whereas the railway from
Greymouth to Brunnerton is one of the railways
specified in the said Fourth Schedule of "The
Public Works Act, 1876," and the same is un-
finished, and it has been determined to construct
and maintain a further portion of such railway:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Esquire,
Administrator of the Government of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and in pursuance of the
powers and authorities conferred on me by "The
Public Works Act, 1876," and "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act 1878," and in exercise of
every other power and authority enabling me in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
middle line of the said further portion of the said
railway shall be that defined and set forth in the
Schedule hereto, commencing at a point on the
Greymouth to Brunnerton Railway, as proclaimed in
the New Zealand Gazette, No. 26, of the first day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six,
and terminating at a point situate in subdivision
number three hundred and ten (310), within Native
Reserve number thirty-one (31), all within the Town
of Greymouth, Provincial District of Westland. The
said middle line and the land through which the same
passes are set forth in the map and plan marked
P.W.D. 6785, and authenticated for the purposes of
this Proclamation by the signature of the Honorable
James Temple Fisher, the Minister acting for the
Minister for Public Works, and which said map and
plan is deposited in the office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Hokitika.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point 18 chains on the Greymouth
to Brunnerton Railway, as proclaimed in the Pro-
clamation dated the 1st of May, 1873, and pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 26, of the 1st
of May, 1873, and proceeding thence generally in a
westerly and southerly direction for a distance of
9 chains, or thereabouts, to a point in Subdivision
310, and passing in, through, or over the following
sections, viz.: Subdivisions Nos. 132, 133, 134, 312,
formerly known as Block IX., 311, formerly known
as Block X., and 310, formerly known as Block XI.,
all within Native Reserve No. 31, Town of Grey-
mouth, Provincial District of Westland, Colony of

Given under the hand of His Excellency
James Prendergast, Esquire, Adminis-
trator of the Government 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 March, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

G. S WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of a further portion of
the Railway from Greymouth to Brunnerton.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

W HEREAS by the fourth section of "The
Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act,