THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 919

at peg figured 182. on the existing Kumara Water-
race herein above mentioned, being also peg figured
0. on existing race known as Branch Race No. 6,
thence following the said Branch Race No. 6 and
ending at peg figured 17 on same, having a width
of 15 feet throughout. Bounded to the South-west
by a line 5 feet distant from south-western side of
said existing Branch Race No. 6 as constructed, and
generally parallel to same; and bounded to the North-
east by a line 5 feet distant from north-eastern side
of said existing Branch Race No. 6 as constructed,
and generally parallel to same.

Branch Race No. 7.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 15 perches or thereby, and having a
length of 415 links or thereby, commencing at peg
figured 138 on the existing Kumara Water-race,
herein above mentioned, being also peg figured 138
on existing race known as Branch Race No. 7, thence
following the said Branch Race No. 7 and ending at
peg figured 142 on same, having a width of 15 feet
throughout. Bounded to the South-west by a line 5
feet distant from south-western side of said existing
Branch Race No. 7 as constructed, and generally
parallel to same; and bounded to the North-east by
a line 5 feet distant from north-eastern side of said
existing Branch Race No. 7 as constructed, and
generally parallel to same.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 33 perches or thereby,
and having a length of 1981 links or thereby, com-
mencing at peg figured 142 on the existing race
known as Branch Race No. 7 herein above men-
tioned, and ending at peg figured 162 on same,
having a width of 200 links throughout. Bounded
to the South-west by a line 100 links distant from
the centre of the said water-race as constructed, and
generally parallel to same; and bounded to the
North-east by a line 200 links distant from the said
south-western boundary, and generally parallel to
same.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 17 perches or thereby, and having a
length of 462 links or thereby, commencing at peg
figured 167 on the existing race known as Branch
Race No. 7 herein above mentioned, and ending at
peg figured 179 on same, having a width of 15 feet
throughout. Bounded to the West by a line 5 feet
distant from western side of said existing Branch
Race No. 7 as constructed, and generally parallel to
same; and bounded to the East by a line 5 feet
distant from eastern side of said existing Branch
Race No. 7 as constructed, and generally parallel to
same.

Branch Race No. 8.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 2 roods 27 perches or thereby, and
having a length of 2879 links or thereby, commencing
at peg figured 29 on the existing race known as
Branch Race No. 7 herein above mentioned, being
also peg figured 0 on existing race known as Branch
Race No. 8, thence following the said Branch Race
No. 8 and ending at peg figured 29 on same, having
a width of 15 feet throughout. Bounded to the
South-west by a line 5 feet distant from south-western
side of said existing Branch Race No. 8 as con-
structed, and generally parallel to same; and bounded
to the North-east by a line 5 feet distant from north-
eastern side of said existing Branch Race No. 8 as
constructed, and generally parallel to same.

Branch Race No. 9.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 18 perches or thereby, and having a

length of 483 links or thereby, commencing at a peg
figured 139 on the existing race known as Branch
Race No. 7 herein above mentioned, being also peg
figured 0 on existing race known as Branch Race
No. 9, thence following the said Branch Race No. 9
and ending at peg figured 5 on same, and having a
width of 15 feet throughout. Bounded to the North-
west by a line 5 feet distant from north-western side
of said existing Branch Race No. 9 as constructed,
and generally parallel to same; and bounded to the
South-east by a line 5 feet distant from south-eastern
side of said existing Branch Race No. 9 as constructed,
and generally parallel to same.

The pieces or parcels of land herein described
being delineated upon the plan by dotted green lines
and green shading, marked P.W.D. 6485, deposited
in the office of the Warden at Kumara, in the Pro-
vincial District of Westland, the 9th day of October,
1878.

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
fourth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.

J. MACANDREW.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of Portion of the River-

ton to Otautau Branch of the Railway from In-
vercargill to Kingston, with Branches.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and twenty-
second section of "The Public Works Act,
1876," it is enacted that every railway shall be made
only under the authority of a special Act, which
shall state as nearly as may be the line of the railway
and the two termini thereof; and, by the one hundred
and twenty-third section of the same Act, that the
several railways specified in the Fourth Schedule to
the said Act shall be deemed to have been made, and
in so far as any of them are unfinished may be com-
pleted, under the provisions of the Act now under
recital, and the said Act shall be deemed to be a
special Act authorizing the construction of each
of the said railways; and, by the one hundred
and twenty-fourth section of the same Act, that when
any railway is to be constructed under the provisions
of any special Act the Governor shall issue a Pro-
clamation 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
Minister 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 branch line
of railway from Riverton to Otautau of the railway
from Invercargill to Kingston, with branches, is one
of the railways specified in the said Fourth Schedule,