THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin- | Railway, the said point being within the limits of
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint | deviation of portion of the Dunedin and Moeraki
George, Governor and Commander-in- | Railway, as described in the Proclamation dated the
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony | twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, | hundred and seventy-five, and published in the New
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued | Zealand Gazette No. 65, of the twenty-fifth day of
under the Seal of the said Colony, at | November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
the Government House, at Wellington, | five, and proceeding thence in a generally south-
this eighteenth day of April, in the year of | easterly direction for a distance of one (1) mile
our Lord one thousand eight hundred | sixty-eight (68) chains or thereabouts, passing in,
and seventy-nine. | into, through, or over the following lands: Moeraki
J. MACANDREW. | District, Block IX., Sections 42 and 45; Block
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! | III., Sections 1 of 20, 2 of 20, 2 of 21, and 58
Defining the Middle Line of the Branch Line of | (reserve); and terminating at a point in Section 58,
Railway from the Main Line—Amberley to the | Block III., aforesaid, all within the Provincial District
Bluff to Shag Point. | of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand; including
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor. | all adjoining and intervening places, lands, roads,
A PROCLAMATION. | reserves, streams, rivers, and watercourses; in the
WHEREAS by the one hundred and twenty- | manner delineated on the map and plan marked
second section of "The Public Works Act, | P.W.D. 6954, signed by the Honorable James
1876," it is enacted that every railway shall be made | Macandrew, Minister for Public Works, deposited
only under the authority of a special Act, which | in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court
shall state as nearly as may be the line of the railway | at Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago; the
and the two termini thereof; and, by the one hundred | total length being one (1) mile and sixty-eight (68)
and twenty-fourth section of the same Act, that when | chains or thereabouts.
any railway is to be constructed under the provisions | Given under the hand of His Excellency
of any special Act the Governor shall issue a Pro- | Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
clamation defining the middle line of the railway or | Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
any part thereof, and may from time to time, by a | guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
Proclamation revoking or amending such former Pro- | George, Governor and Commander-in-
clamation, alter such line in any manner or to any | Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
extent which may be found necessary for the con- | of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
struction of such railway within the provisions of the | and Vice-Admiral of the same; and
said special Act; and, by the one hundred and | issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
twenty-fifth section of the same Act, that the | at the Government House, at Wellington,
Minister shall cause to be made and deposited in the | this eighteenth day of April, in the year
office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court such | of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
maps and plans as may be necessary to explain the | and seventy-nine.
said line and the land through which the same passes, | J. MACANDREW.
and such maps and plans shall be referred to in any | GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
such Proclamation: And whereas the branch line of | Defining the Middle Line of Portion of the Railway
railway from the main line (Amberley to the Bluff) | from Edendale to Toitois (Wyndham Contract).
to Shag Point is one of the railways specified in "The | (L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
Immigration and Public Works Appropriation Act, | A PROCLAMATION.
1878," and which Act is therein declared to be a | WHEREAS by the one hundred and twenty-
special Act for the said railway within the meaning | second section of "The Public Works Act,
of "The Public Works Act, 1876:" And whereas it | 1876," it is enacted that every railway shall be made
has been determined to construct and maintain such | only under the authority of a special Act, which
railway: | shall state as nearly as may be the line of the railway
Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert | and the two termini thereof; and, by the one hundred
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea- | and twenty-fourth section of the same Act, that when
land, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and | any railway is to be constructed under the provisions of
authorities conferred on me by "The Public Works | any special Act the Governor shall issue a Proclama-
Act, 1876," and in exercise of every other power and | tion defining the middle line of the railway or any
authority enabling me in that behalf, do hereby pro- | part thereof, and may from time to time, by a Pro-
claim and declare that the middle line of the said | clamation revoking or amending such former Pro-
branch line of railway, Shag Point, shall be that | clamation, alter such line in any manner or to any
defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto, and | extent which may be found necessary for the con-
that the two termini of the said line shall be a point | struction of such railway within the provisions of the
on the Amberley to Bluff Railway, in Section forty- | said special Act; and, by the one hundred and
two (42), Block nine (IX.), Moeraki District, and a | twenty-fifth section of the same Act, that the
point in Section fifty-eight (58), Block three (III.), | Minister shall cause to be made and deposited in the
Moeraki District. The said middle line and the | office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court such
land through which the same passes are set forth in | maps and plans as may be necessary to explain the
the map and plan marked P.W.D. 6954, and authenti- | said line and the land through which the same passes,
cated for the purposes of this Proclamation by the | and such maps and plans shall be referred to in any
signature of the Honorable James Macandrew, | such Proclamation: And whereas the railway from
Minister for Public Works, and which said map and | Edendale to Toitois is one of the railways specified
plan is deposited in the office of the Registrar of the | in "The Immigration and Public Works Appropria-
Supreme Court at Dunedin. | tion Act, 1878," and which Act is therein declared
SCHEDULE. | to be a special Act for the said railway within the
COMMENCING at a point on the Amberley to the Bluff | meaning of "The Public Works Act, 1876:" And
| whereas it has been determined to construct and