DEC. 27.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1805

year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.

JOHN BRYCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment one thousand nine hundred and ten acres, more or
less, situate in the District of Wairarapa, and being the
block of land called or known by the name of "Maramamau
West," and numbered 35N.

Native Land taken for Portion of Awapurua Bridge Con-
tract, on Wellington-Napier Railway.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day
of November, 1883.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him
by "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of all other
powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency
Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order
that the Government work known as the Wellington-Napier
Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the
parcel of land more particularly described in the Schedule
hereto, and delineated in the plan marked P.W.D. 10863,
deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at
Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the
said colony.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment 10 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, situate in the
Provincial District of Wellington, being portion of the Manga-
tainoka Block No. 1B, in the Makuri Survey District, com-
mencing at a point on the bank of the Manawatu River.
Bounded as follows: North-easterly by said river, 360 links;
South-easterly by a line, 1126 links; Easterly by a line, 428
links; South-easterly by a line, 257 links; South-westerly by
a line, 445 and 50 links respectively; South-easterly by a
line, 1600 links; South-westerly by a line, 300 links; North-
westerly by a line to commencing point, 3043 links: as the
same is delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 10863,
deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at
Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Charges for Delivery of Telegraph Messages.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of December, 1883.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him
by "The Electric Telegraph Act, 1875," and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, fix
the scale of charges contained in the Schedule hereto as
charges to be respectively demanded and received for deliver-
ing telegrams beyond a mile radius of any telegraph station,
and doth hereby revoke all former regulations on the same
matter which may be repugnant thereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE sender of a telegram shall be responsible for the payment
of all charges incurred in its delivery, and the Officer in
Charge of the telegraph office at which the telegram was
delivered for despatch may, in his own name, sue for and
recover from the sender thereof the charges due on such
telegram.

Telegrams shall be delivered free of charge within a radius
of one mile of the station to which they may be transmitted
by wire.

For any distance not exceeding half a mile beyond s. d.
the free delivery
0 6
For any distance over half a mile but not exceeding
one mile beyond the free delivery
1 0
For any distance over one mile but not exceeding
two miles beyond the free delivery
2 0
The foregoing charges provide for ordinary delivery only.
For messages to be delivered by special messenger, the cost
of such delivery to be added and paid for.
If required to be delivered beyond the distance of three
miles all moneys disbursed in payment of cab-fares, omnibus-
fares, horse-hire, porterage, or any other expenses incurred in
delivery shall be charged.
All telegrams requiring to be delivered on shipboard on the
water, or across the water, shall bear any expenses incurred
to defray boat-hire.
To prevent the non-delivery or detention of telegrams, when
the sender of a telegram objects or refuses to pay the above
charges, or any of them, the telegram will be posted imme-
diately on its arrival at the station to which it is transmitted
by wire.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Additional Machinery brought under the Operation of "The
Inspection of Machinery Act, 1882."

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of December, 1883.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of "The Inspection
of Machinery Act, 1882" (hereinafter called "the
said Act"), it is, among other things, enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council,
declare that any other kinds of machinery than such as are
mentioned in the First Schedule to the said Act shall be
machinery subject to the provisions of the said Act: And
whereas it is expedient to declare that the other kinds of
machinery described hereafter shall be machinery subject to
the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance
and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by
the said Act, doth hereby order and declare that, on and
after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-four, all machinery within the meaning of that
expression as defined in the said Act which is used for or in
connection with lifts or elevators of any kind, which are
worked by steam, water, or gas, shall be machinery subject
to the provisions of the said Act.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

General Regulations under "The Railways Construction and
Land Act, 1881," for taking Votes of Ratepayers and
Owners of Property, &c.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by
"The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881," and
on the application of the Waicola, Linton, and Waiau
Valley Railway Company (Limited), I, William Francis
Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby make and prescribe the following general
regulations for the formation of lists of persons entitled to
vote under Part IV. of the said Act, and for ascertaining the
names and qualifications of persons so entitled, and for the
authentication and use of the lists so to be made, and for the
appointment, conduct, and duties of persons before whom
votes shall be taken.

REGULATIONS.

1. In the construction of these regulations the following
   terms and expressions shall have the meanings hereby
   assigned to them respectively, unless the context requires a
   different construction:—

"The Act" means "The Railways Construction and
Land Act, 1881 :"
"Railway district" means a railway district constituted
under the Act:"
"Public notice" means the publication in a newspaper
circulating in the railway district; and, if there be no
such newspaper, the publication by means of placards
posted in not less than twelve conspicuous places
within such district: