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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1881.

Defining the Middle Line of Portion of the Hurunui-
Waitaki Railway-Branch Line from Christchurch
to Lyttelton (Portion of Lyttelton Station-yard).

(L.S.) A. GORDON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the branch line of railway from
Christchurch to Lyttelton, from the main
line, Hurunui-Waitaki, is one of the railways speci-
fied in the First Schedule to "The Public Works
Act, 1879," and which Act is therein declared to
be a special Act authorizing the construction of such
railway; and the same is unfinished, and it has been
determined to construct and maintain a further por-
tion of such railway:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
and in pursuance of the powers and authorities con-
ferred 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 portion of the said railway shall
be from a point within the Lyttelton Station-yard
to a point opposite the southern boundary of Section
number three hundred and twenty-five, all within the
Borough of Lyttelton, Provincial District of Canter-
bury, 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. 8136,
and authenticated for the purposes of this Procla-
mation by the signature of the Honorable John
Hall, 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 Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Can-
terbury.

SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at a point within the Lyttelton Station-
yard, the said point being opposite to the western

boundary-line of Oxford Street, Borough of Lyttel-
ton, and proceeding thence in a south-easterly direc-
tion for a distance of 750 links or thereabouts, and
terminating at a point opposite to the south-western
boundary of Section No. 325, Borough of Lyttelton
aforesaid, all within the Provincial District of Canter-
bury, and including all intervening lands, roads, &c.,
in the manner delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
8136, signed by the Hon. John Hall, Minister acting
for the Minister for Public Works, and deposited in
the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court
at Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Can-
terbury.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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 February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

JOHN HALL,
(Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Railway Purposes (Portion of Lyttel-
ton Station-yard).

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, 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 hundred
and twenty-four of "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
the middle line of a portion of the branch line of