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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Delegation of Powers under "The Auckland Im-
pounding Act, 1867," to the Tuhikaramea Highway
District Board.

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

WHEREAS by section sixty-three of an Act of
the late Provincial Council of Auckland,
Session XXIX., No. 28, the Short Title of which
is "The Highways Act, 1874," it is, amongst
other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Superintendent from time to time, by Procla-
mation in the Provincial Government Gazette, to
delegate to the Board of any district created under
that Act all or any of the powers vested in him by
"The Impounding Act, 1867:" And whereas by
"The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," the powers
vested in the Superintendent as aforesaid are now
vested in the Governor:

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
me as aforesaid, do hereby delegate to the Tuhikara-
mea District Board, for the time being, all the powers
vested in me by the seventh section of the Act of
the late Province of Auckland, Session XX, No. 10,
the Short Title of which is "The Impounding Act,
1867."

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
fifth day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.

WM. ROLLESTON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of further Portion of
the Wellington to Napier Railway (Wellington
Station).

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

WHEREAS the line of railway from Wellington
to Napier is one of the railways specified in
the First Schedule to "The Public Works Act, 1879,"
Act authorizing the construction of such railway;
and the same is unfinished, and it has been determined
to construct and maintain a further portion of such
railway:

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
exercise and in pursuance of the powers and au-
thorities conferred on me by sections one hundred
and twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-three, one
hundred and twenty-four, and one hundred and
twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876," 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 por-
tion of the said railway shall be from a point situate
on the eastern side of Waterloo Quay, opposite the
Railway Wharf, in the City of Wellington, and ter-
minating at a point in Section No. 4, Block II.,
Thorndon Reclamation, in the said city, all within
the Provincial District of Wellington, Colony of New
Zealand, as defined and set forth in the Schedule
hereto. The said middle line and the land through
which the same passes are set forth in the map and
plan marked P.W.D. 7629, and authenticated for the
purposes of this Proclamation by the signature of the
Honorable Harry Albert Atkinson, Minister acting
for the Minister for Public Works, and which said
map and plan is deposited in the office of the Regis-
trar of the Supreme Court at Wellington, in the
Provincial District of Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point on the eastern side of
Waterloo Quay, opposite the Railway Wharf, the
said point being within the limits of deviation of a
portion of the railway from Wellington to Master-
ton, as described in the Proclamation dated the
1st April, 1879, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 38, of the 3rd April, 1879, and proceeding
thence in a generally south-westerly direction for a
distance of 15 chains or thereabouts, and terminating
at a point in Section No. 4, Block II., Thorndon
Reclamation, all within the Provincial District of
Wellington, and Colony of New Zealand, in the man-
ner delineated upon the map marked P.W.D. 7629,
signed by the Honorable Harry Albert Atkinson,
Minister acting for the Minister for Public Works,
deposited in the office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Wellington, in the Provincial
District of Wellington; the total length being 15
chains or thereabouts.

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
sixth day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minister acting for the Minister
for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a further Portion of the Wellington
to Napier Line of Railway (Wellington Station).

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

WHEREAS by a Proclamation issued under the
authority of sections one hundred and twenty-
two, one hundred and twenty-three, and one hun-
dred and twenty-four of "The Public Works Act,
1876," the further portion of the middle line of the
railway from Wellington to Napier, being one of the
railways specified in "The Public Works Act,
1879," was defined: And whereas pursuant to the
one hundred and twenty-fifth section of "The
Public Works Act, 1876," the Minister for Public
Works has caused to be made and, on the sixth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, 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
further 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
aforesaid: And whereas "The Public Works Act,
1879," enacts that such of the railways mentioned
therein as are unfinished may be completed under