Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 323

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of an Extension of the Foxton-New Plymouth Main Line of Railway, from New Plymouth to the Breakwater at Moturoa.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the extension of the Foxton-New Plymouth main line of railway from New Plymouth to the breakwater at Moturoa is one of the railways specified in the Schedule to “The Railways Authorization Act, 1884,” and which Act is, in the eighth section thereof, declared to be a special Act authorizing the construction of such railway; and such railway is unfinished, and it has been determined to construct and maintain a further portion of the same:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the aforesaid section eight of “The Railways Authorization Act, 1884,” 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 him in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said further portion of the said railway shall be as defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto,

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point in the New Plymouth Railway-station, the said point being the termination of the railway from Waitara to New Plymouth, as described in a Proclamation dated the 21st April, 1873, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the 22nd April, 1873; proceeding thence in a generally westerly direction for a distance of 2 miles 42 chains or thereabouts, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands, &c. : Town Belt A, in the Borough of New Plymouth; Sections Nos. 4, 3, and B, Fitzroy District; Native Reserve 1, Barrett’s Reserve A, and Section No. 811, Grey District; and terminating at a point about 10 chains north of the northern boundary of Section No. 811 aforesaid, Grey District; all within the Paritutu Survey District, County of Taranaki, Provincial District of Taranaki, and including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, roads, reserves, streams, and watercourses; in the manner delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 12865, which plan is signed by the Hon. Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, and deposited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, at New Plymouth, in the Provincial District of Taranaki.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Native Land taken for Portion of Wellington-Napier Railway (Ballast-pit at Petone).

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of March, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE DEPUTY-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 (ballast-pit at Petone) shall and may be constructed on or through the parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 12726, deposited in. the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring a certain Road in the Lower Moutere Road District to be a District Road.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of March, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE DEPUTY-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 portions of road in the Lower Moutere Road District, described in the Schedule below, shall, on and after the date above mentioned, become a district road under the charge and control of the Lower Moutere Road Board.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point on the main road about 10 chains from the north-west corner of Section No. 108, Motueka District, and runs thence through Section Nos. 108, 32, and VI. in a northerly direction for 56·50 chains until it inter-