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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Defining the Middle Line of further Portion of the
Waikato-Thames Railway (5 miles).
—

(L.S.) ARTHUR H. GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the railway from Waikato to the
Thames is one of the railways specified 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 deter-
mined to construct and maintain a further portion 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 authori-
ties conferred on me by sections one hundred and
twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-three, one hun-
dred and twenty-four, and one hundred and twenty-
five of "The Public Works Act, 1876," and in exer-
cise 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 in Motumaoho number
one (Native) Block, Waitoa Highway District, one
and a half miles distant from the south-western boun-
dary line of said block, to a point on the eastern boun-
dary of Motumaoho number two Block, all within the
Provincial District of Auckland, Colony of New Zea-
land, 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. 8167, and authenticated for the purposes of
this Proclamation 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 Auckland, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point situate in Motumaoho No. 1
(Native) Block, in the Waitoa Highway District, the
said point being the termination of a portion of the
railway from Waikato to the Thames, as described in
a Proclamation dated the 17th February, 1879, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 18, of the
26th February, 1879; and proceeding thence in a
generally easterly direction for a distance of 5 miles
or thereabouts, and passing in, into, through, or over
the following lands, &c.: Motumaoho No. 1, and
terminating at a point in Motumaoho No. 2 (Native)
Block, Waitoa Highway District; all within the
Provincial District of Auckland, Colony of New
Zealand; and including all adjoining and intervening
places, lands, roads, reserves, streams, rivers, and
water-courses; in the manner delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 8167, signed by the Honorable
John Hall, Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works, and deposited in the office of the
Registrar of the Supreme Court at Auckland, in
the Provincial District of Auckland; the total length
being 5 miles.

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
[No. 18
Government House, at Wellington, this
seventh day of March, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.
R. OLIVER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Road in Blocks II. and III., Awa-
moko District, Provincial District of Otago.
—
(L.S.) ARTHUR H. GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule
hereto is required to be taken under "The
Public Works Act, 1876," and "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," for a certain work,
to wit, the construction of a road in Blocks II. and
III., Awamoko District, Provincial District of Otago:
And whereas the Waitaki Road Board has laid
before the Governor the memorial and map mentioned
in and signed and certified as required by the said
Acts:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, in exercise and pursu-
ance of the powers and authorities in me vested
by sections twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three,
twenty-four, and twenty-five of "The Public Works
Act, 1876," and by section twenty-eight of "The
Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," and
of any other power and authority enabling me in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land
described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken
for the purposes of a road; and that, from and
after the tenth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one, the land so described shall
become absolutely vested in fee-simple in Her
Majesty, discharged from all mortgages, charges,
claims, estates, and interests of what kind soever,
for use as a road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Awamoko Survey Dis-
trict, Provincial District of Otago, being parts of
Sections No. 13, 29, and 14, Block III., and of Sec-
tion No. 13, Block II., containing by admeasurement
9 acres and 28 perches, more or less, and bounded
by lines running as follows: Commencing at the
south-eastern corner of Section No. 13, Block III.;
thence running due east along the northern boundary
of a road-line, 1454 links; thence 338° 25', 993 links;
thence 322° 9', 823 links; thence 341° 21′ 30″, 1826
and 37 links respectively; thence 354° 12′, 1064 links;
thence 310° 51', 569 links; thence 331° 44', 407 links;
thence 20° 41' 30", 1368 links; thence 48° 14' to a
point intersecting the boundary-line of the said
Blocks II. and III., 350 links and 307 links respec-
tively; thence 54° 21' to the boundary of the Town-
ship of Black Point, 57 links; thence 292° 1' along
the boundary of the said township, 118 links; thence
228° 14' to a point intersecting the boundary-line of
said blocks, 223 links; thence by a like bearing, 464
links; thence 200° 41′ 30″, 1439 links; thence 151°
44', 473 links; thence 130° 51′, 548 links; thence
174° 12′, 1036 links; thence 161° 21′ 30″, 1892 links;
thence 142° 9', 826 links; thence 158° 25', 885 links;
thence due west to a point 50 links due north of the
starting point, 1327 links; thence further due west,
1381 links; thence along the eastern boundary of a
road-line, 50 links; thence along the southern
boundary-line of said Section No. 13, Block III.,
back to the commencing point, 1375 links; be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less, and the same being