Aug. 4.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1007

day of July, the twentieth day of July, and the
eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and
made respectively between the said Corporations
respectively of the one part, and the said Company
of the other part, duly consent to the application
contained in the said notice so published as aforesaid,
and in the said deeds mentioned, so far as the same
affected their respective boroughs or districts:
of such extended time as the Governor shall, by
Order in Council, direct; and that the residue of the
said line, extending from the Steam Wharf to the
Heathcote Bridge, shall be completed at the expira-
tion of sixty calendar months from the date hereof,
or of such extended time as the Governor shall, by
Order in Council, direct.

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Arthur Gordon,
Knight, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the power and authority in that
behalf vested in me by "The Tramways Act, 1872,"
and of all other Acts and authorities enabling me,
do hereby authorize and empower the Canterbury
Tramway Company (Limited) (hereinafter called "the
Company") to extend, construct, make, and use along
the several routes hereinbefore mentioned, and in the
said notice and deeds specified, or any of them, a
tramway or tramways, of the gauge, and subject to
the regulations, hereinafter contained, that is to say,

I hereby order that the gauge of the said several
tramways shall be four feet eight inches and one-half
of an inch:

That the rails to be used in the construction of the
said tramway shall be of Bessemer steel, weight at
least thirty-five pounds to the yard:

That the rails of the said tramway shall be laid so
that the centre between the rails shall be as near as
possible to the centre line of the different streets or
highways, allowing for turns, curves, crossings, and
side lines, except as to that part of the line extending
from the junction of Tuam Street with the Lincoln
Road and along that road to the South Town Belt
the rails of the said tramway shall be laid as indicated
on the deposited plans, and shall be kept on a level
with the surface of such streets or highways:

That proper passing-places shall be constructed
along the lines of the said tramway for the purposes
of such tramway, and so as to subserve the public
convenience; but subject to the provisions in that
behalf in the said several deeds of concession pro-
vided:

That the power to be used on the said tramway
shall be mechanical or animal power, or both, at the
option of the said Company.

And I hereby direct that the said tramways shall
be used both for passenger and goods traffic, and that
the tolls and charges mentioned in the Schedule
hereto shall be chargeable for the use of the said
tramway, subject to the regulations in that behalf in
the said Schedule contained.

And I hereby further order that the said Company
may, for the purposes of the said tramway, acquire
all necessary land for the said works and under-
taking.

And I hereby further direct that the construction
of the Sydenham line, from the Agricultural Show-
grounds, by way of Colombo Road, and the siding
from Colombo Street, along the said Town Belt to
the railway station, authorized by this order, shall
be substantially commenced within twelve months
from the date of this order; and that the said works
shall be completed to the full extent of this order at
the expiration of twenty-four months from the date
of this order, or at the expiration of such extended
time as the Governor shall, by Order in Council, direct.

And I hereby further direct that the line from the
junction of Colombo and Tuam Street, and the
Lincoln Road to the Addington Railway Station, be
substantially commenced within twelve months from
the date of this order, and that the said works shall
be completed to the full extent of this order at the
expiration of twenty-four months from the date
hereof, or of such extended time as the Governor
shall, by Order in Council, direct.

And I hereby further direct that, after the con-
struction of the said several lines and works, the
same, and all plant used therewith, shall at all times
be kept by the said Company in good repair and con-
dition to the satisfaction of the engineers or sur-
veyors of the respective local authorities aforesaid;
and that the said Company shall at all times keep,
use, and maintain a sufficient quantity of plant to
subserve the purposes of the undertaking.

And I hereby further direct that the said several
lines of tramway and works shall be deemed com-
pleted, for the purposes of this order, and within the
meaning of the said Tramways Act, when the same
shall have been certified to be complete by an engi-
neer to be appointed in that behalf by the Governor
for the time being of the Colony of New Zealand;
such engineer to be entitled, for the purpose of such
certificate, free of all cost to inspect the same, and all
the works connected therewith, and all the plant to
be used in working the same.

And I hereby further direct that the said Com-
pany shall at all times conduct the business of the
undertaking in such manner as shall not interfere
with the ordinary traffic of the streets and public
places through which the same shall extend, beyond
such interference as is unavoidably incident to the
business of the undertaking; and that the business of
the undertaking shall at all times be carried on in a
manner conducive to the public convenience.

And I hereby further direct that, except in so far
as is expressly provided for in the said several deeds
of consent, the provisions of the said Act are to be
deemed to apply to any purchase of the tramway
which may be made by the said local authorities.

And I hereby further direct that the Governor for
the time being of the Colony of New Zealand shall
be the sole judge of the fact whether the require-
ments of this order have been complied with; and the
said Governor for the time being may make inquiry
into the matter as he thinks fit, and his decision shall
be final.

And I hereby further direct that the construction
of the line from High Street, aforesaid, to the East
Town Belt, and from the East Town Belt, by way of
the Ferry Road, shall be substantially commenced
within twelve months from the date of this order;
and that the part thereof extending as far as the
Steam Wharf, on the Heathcote River, shall be com-
pleted to the full extent of this order at the expira-
tion of twenty-four months from the date hereof, or
And, lastly, I do hereby order and declare that
nothing herein contained shall be deemed in any
way to interfere with, affect, or abridge any rights
or powers that may be vested in Her Majesty the
Queen, or in the Governor on her behalf, or other-
wise under any Acts of the General Assembly
authorizing the construction of railways or the
erection or construction of any public work which
Her said Majesty, or the Governor on her behalf,
may be authorized to construct. Nor shall Her
Majesty, or the Governor, or any person on her or
his behalf be liable to pay to the said Company any
compensation for injury done to the tramway by the
construction of any such railway or any other public
work as aforesaid, or for the loss of traffic occasioned
hereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power
as aforesaid.