THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1187

twenty-first day of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
J. MACANDREW.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Lands taken for Foxton Deviation.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

W
HEREAS 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 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 Napier to a junction
with the railway from New Plymouth to Waitara
at Sentry Hill, passing by Pakipaki, Waipawa,
Waipukurau, Takapau, the Manawatu Gorge,
Bunnythorpe, and Wanganui, with a branch from
the main line at Bunnythorpe to Foxton through
Palmerston (Foxton deviation), 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 sec-
tion of "The Public Works Act, 1876," the Minister
for Public Works has caused to be made and, on the
ninth day of August, 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, being portion of
the Foxton Racecourse Reserve on the map of the
Township of Foxton, in the District of Manawatu, in
the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony
of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement
three (3) acres one (1) rood and twenty-four (24)
perches, more or less: Commencing at a point four
hundred and eighty (480) links along the eastern
boundary of the said racecourse reserve, in a north-
easterly direction from the south-eastern corner of
the said racecourse reserve; thence in a northerly
direction for three hundred and fifty (350) links
along the boundary of the said racecourse reserve;
thence in a generally south-westerly and westerly
direction in a curvilineal line parallel to the centre
line of railway for 2290 links, 437 links, and 848
links respectively to a public road; thence in a south-
easterly direction along a public road, being part of
the boundary of the said racecourse reserve, for 175
links; thence in a generally easterly and north-
easterly direction in a curvilineal line parallel to the
centre line of railway for 667 links, 487 links, and
2056 links respectively to a public road to the start-
ing point: be all the aforementioned linkages more
or less.

All those two pieces or parcels of land, containing
by admeasurement two (2) acres three (3) roods and
thirty (30) perches, more or less, being portions of
Block IV. on the map of the Township of Foxton, in
the District of Manawatu, in the Provincial District
of Wellington and Colony of New Zealand: Com-
mencing at a point three hundred and fifty-two (352)
links, measured along the eastern boundary of the
said Block IV. in a southerly direction from the
north-east corner of the said block, and going in a
generally south-westerly and southerly direction in a
curvilineal line parallel to the centre line of railway
for 1655 links to a public road; thence in a south-
easterly direction along a public road for 100 links;
thence in a generally northerly and north-easterly
direction in a curvilineal line parallel to the centre
line of railway for 1530 links; thence in a northerly
direction for 118 links along the boundary of the said
Block IV. to the starting point; and again commencing
at a point one hundred (100) links, measured in a
southerly direction along the continuation of the
first-mentioned curvilineal line from the point where
it abuts as described on a public road, and going in a
generally southerly direction in a curvilineal line
parallel to the centre line of railway for 1243 links
to the right bank of the Manawatu River; and thence
in a south-easterly direction along the right bank of
the Manawatu River, being part of the boundary
of the said Block IV., 400 links; and thence in a
generally northerly direction in a curvilineal line
parallel to the centre line of railway 1553 links to a
public road; thence in a north-westerly direction for
100 links along the said public road to the second
commencing point as before described: be all the
aforementioned linkages more or less.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing by ad-
measurement three (3) acres and two (2) roods, more
or less, being portion of Suburban Section No. 90 on
the plan of the Township of Foxton, in the District
of Manawatu, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton and Colony of New Zealand: Commencing at
the north-east corner of Block IV. on the plan of
the said Township of Foxton, and going in a southerly
direction along the boundary between the said
Block IV. and the said Section No. 90 for 470
links; thence in a north-easterly direction for 470
links and 460 links to a public road; thence along
the said public road in a north-westerly direction
for 895 links to the north-west corner of said Sec-
tion No. 90; thence in a southerly direction for 290
links to the starting point: be all the aforementioned
linkages more or less.

All that piece or parcel of land situated in the
Township of Foxton, in the District of Manawatu,
in the Provincial District of Wellington and Colony of
New Zealand, and containing by admeasurement thirty-
six (36) perches, more or less; and bounded towards
the North by Town Section No. 115 in the said Town-
ship of Foxton for 165 feet; and towards the East
by the reserve for the Foxton Station of the Patea-
Manawatu Railway, Foxton Branch, for 50 feet;
and towards the South by the said railway-station
reserve for 166 feet 2 inches; and towards the West
by a public road for 70 feet: be all the aforemen-
tioned dimensions more or less.

The above parcels of land being delineated upon