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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

respectively; Southerly by a line, 151 links; South-easterly by
lines, 118, 23, and 453 links respectively; North-easterly by a
line, 100 links; South-easterly by a line and road, 1349 links;
Southerly by Ruataruwhi Road, 165 and 221 links respec-
tively; North-westerly by a line, 1514 links; North-easterly by
a line, 151 links; North-westerly by lines, 432, 119, 222, 217,
and 30 links respectively; Northerly by the terrace of the
Tukituki River to starting-point.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement
3 acres 1 rood 20 perches, situate in the Survey District of
Waipukurau, being portion of Block XVI., Waipukurau Crown
Grant District, commencing at a point on the Main South
Road from Waipukurau 1492 links from its intersection with
the north-western boundary of Block XVI. Bounded -
Generally South-easterly by lines, 506, 897, 1712, and 420 links
respectively; North-westerly by Block XXXI. 239 links, and
by lines, 222, 1712, 833, and 459 links respectively to Main
South Road; North-easterly by said road, 110 links, to the
starting-point.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement
47 acres 1 rood 8 perches, situate in the Survey Districts of
of Waipukurau and Motuotaria, being portions of Blocks
XXXI., XLVIII., XLIX., and LI., Waipukurau Crown Grant
District, commencing at a point on the south-east boundary of
Block XXXI. at a point 2450 links distant from the Main
South Road. Bounded-Generally South-easterly by lines, 347,
9016, 395, 2615, 1211, 9105, 1461, 716, 1533, 2688, 619, and
3919 links respectively; generally Southerly by lines, 1454,
1187, 1176, 1541, and 1664 links respectively; generally South-
westerly by lines, 730, 637, 398, 751, 311, 524, 707, 605, 1019,
582, and 8 links respectively; North-westerly by Block LIV.,
113 links; generally North-easterly by lines, 62, 621, 1019,
566, 707, 474, 311, 831, 398, 577, and 775 links respectively;
generally Northerly by lines, 1557, 1541, 1238, 1187, and 1383
links respectively; generally North-westerly by lines, 3919,
605, 2688, 1457, 740, 1498, 9105, 1244, 2615, 406, 9016, and
576 links respectively; South-easterly by Block XVI., 239
links to the starting-point.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement
1 acre and 12 perches, situate in the Survey District of Motuo-
taria, being portion of Block LIV., Waipukurau Crown Grant
District, commencing at a point 601 links south-west from the
north-east corner of Block LIV. Bounded-South-westerly by
a line, 1192 links; North-easterly by Block LL. 198 links, and
by a line, 967 links; South-easterly by Block LI., 113 links, to
the starting-point.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement
5 acres and 39 perches, situate in the Survey District of
Motuotaria, being portion of Block LI., Waipukurau Crown
Grant District, commencing at a point 4650 links distant
south-east from the north-west corner of Block LIV. Bounded
-South-westerly by lines, 710, 728, and 612 links respectively;
generally Southerly by lines, 1628, 404, 1045, and 133 links
respectively; Northerly by a public road 280 links, and lines,
838, 404, and 1770 links respectively; North-easterly by lines,
612, 708, and 881 links respectively; South-westerly by Block
LIV., 198 links, to the starting-point.

All that pieee or parcel of land containing by admeasurement
1 acre and 29 perches, situate in the Survey District of Motuo-
taria, being portion of Blocks XXXIV. and LI., Waipukurau
Crown Grant District, commencing at a point on the north side
of the public road 676 links distant in an easterly direction
from the junction of roads. Bounded-Generally South-
westerly by lines, 412, 548, and public road 206 links respec-
tively; generally North-easterly by lines, 752 and 654 links
respectively; Southerly by public road, 262 links, to the
starting-point.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment 2 acres 1 rood 17 perches, situate in the Survey District
Crown Grant District, commencing at a point on the south-
western side of public road 524 links distant in a north-westerly
direction from the junction of roads. Bounded-Generally
Southerly by lines, 225, 312, 859, and 1020 links respectively
Westerly by the Mangaharakeke Creek, 108 links; generally
Northerly by lines, 980, 933, 312, and 77 links respectively;
North-easterly by public roud, 184 links, to the starting-point.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement
35 acres 3 roods 34 perches, situate in the Survey Districts of
Motuotaria and Takapau, being portion of Block CXX., com-
mencing at a point on the left bank of the Mangaharakeke River.
Bounded - Generally Easterly by the said river, 108 links;
generally Southerly by lines 700, 1019, 3494, and 17153 links
respectively to a public road (crossing said road 101 links), by
lines 3665, 304, 1000, 304, 4182, and 2231 links respectively
to the eastern boundary of Block CCXXXIV.; North-westerly
by said boundary, 116 links; generally Northerly by lines,
2172, 4182, 316, 1000, 316, and 3679 links respectively to a
public road (crossing said road 101 links), by lines 17139, 3494,
970, and 740 links respectively to the starting-point.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement |

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7 acres 3 roods 24 perches, situate in the Survey District of
Takapau, being a portion of Block CCXXXIV., commencing at
a point on the western boundary of Block CXX., 4186 links
distant from the south-east corner of Block CCXXXIV.
Bounded-South-easterly by lines, 2551, 684, 3237, and 1333
links respectively; Southerly by boundary of Native land, 103
links; North-easterly by lines, 1426, 3237, 719, and 2610 links
respectively; South-easterly by the western boundary of Block
CXX., 116 links, to the starting-point.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement
153 acres 3 roods 1 perch, situate in the Survey District of
Takapau, commencing at a point on the southern boundary of
Block CCXXXIV. Bounded-Generally North-westerly and
Westerly by lines, 507, 926, 319, and 3885 links respectively;
North-easterly by a line, 100 links; generally North-westerly
and Westerly by lines, 1000, 428, 1903, 843, 332, 540, 5568,
389, 660, and 2343 links respectively; Northerly by lines, 2660,
619, 2637, and 844 links respectively; North-westerly and
Westerly by lines, 1329, 1385, 63, 524, 645, 708, 2119, 1047,
4419, 291, 1278, 342, 1120, and 1824 links respectively;
Northerly by a line, 879 links; generally North-westerly and
Westerly by lines, 1708, 342, and 1360 links respectively;
Southerly by a line, 50 links; Westerly by lines, 483, 526,
3364, 407, and 740 links respectively to the boundary of the
Native land on the bank of the Manawatu River; Southerly by
said river, 158 and 203 links respectively; Easterly by lines,
565, 433, 3397, 568, and 504 links respectively; Southerly by a
line, 50 links; generally South-easterly and Easterly by lines,
1648 and 1215 links respectively; Southerly by a line,
879 links; generally South-easterly and Easterly by lines,
2120, 1120, 398, 1278, 313, 4419, 1217, 2119, 657, 645, 609, 63,
1024, 1329, and 720 links respectively; Southerly by lines,
2637, 532, and 2660 links respectively; generally South-easterly
and Easterly by lines, 2723, 660, 361, 5568, 731, 332, 623, 1903,
498, and 1000 links respectively; North-easterly by a line, 100
links; Easterly by lines, 3885, 319, and 1443 links respectively
to the boundary of Block CCXXXIV.; Northerly by the boun-
dary of Block CCXXXIV., 609 links, to the starting-point.

Be all the above areas and linkages either more or less, and
the several parcels of land being situate in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Hawke's Bay, Colony of New Zealand, the same being
more particularly delineated upon the plans marked P.W.D.
6634, 6723, 6751, 6522, 6563, and 9529, deposited in the office
of the Minister for Public Works at Wellington, in the Pro-
vincial District of Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in
Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, 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 second day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of further Portion of the Wel-
lington-Napier Railway (Opaki Contract, Portion of).

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
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," and which Act is, in the seventh
section thereof, 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
portion of such railway:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and in
pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the
aforesaid section seven of "The Public Works Act, 1879," and
by sections one hundred and twenty-nine and one hundred and
thirty of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and in exercise of
every other power and authority in anywise 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 Section number twenty to a point in Section number
sixty-seven, Opaki District, Provincial District of Wellington,
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. 9927, and
authenticated for the purposes of this Proclamation by the