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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 18

Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth 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!

Defining the Middle Line of Further Portion of the Line of Railway from the Main Line of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway to Oteramika and Toitois (Seaward Bush Branch).

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,

By his Deputy,

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the line of railway from the main line of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway to Oteramika and Toitois is one of the railways specified in the Schedule to "The Railways Authorization Act, 1881," and which Act is, in the fifth 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 the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the aforesaid section five of "The Railways Authorization Act, 1881," 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 on the Seaward Bush Railway about 350 links distant in a north-westerly direction from the south-eastern corner of Section No. 16, Block XXII., Invercargill Hundred, and proceeding thence in a south-easterly and easterly direction for a distance of 7 miles and 3 chains or thereabouts, passing in, into, through, or over the following lands, namely, Railway Reserve situate in Sections Nos. 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, and 26, Block XXII., Invercargill Hundred; Railway Reserve situate in South Invercargill Municipal Endowment; Avenal Municipal Endowment, Block XXII., Invercargill Hundred; unsurveyed Crown lands in Blocks XXIII. and XXIV.; and terminating at a point on the road forming the eastern boundary of Block XIV. aforesaid; all within the Provincial District of Otago, Colony of New Zealand; including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, roads, reserves, streams, and watercourses; in the manner delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 12728, deposited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, at Invercargill, in the said provincial district; the total length of the said middle line being 7 miles and 3 chains or thereabouts.

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 twenty-third 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!

Land taken for Further Portion of Kaipara-Waikato Railway (Portion of Onehunga Branch).

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,

By his Deputy,

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for further portion of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway, namely, portion of Onehunga Branch:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land in the manner hereby provided have been observed and performed:

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 of the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred and thirty of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the further portion of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 12019, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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 twentieth 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!

Land set apart on Deferred Payments in Taranaki.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,

By his Deputy,

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifty-third section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time set apart out of any suburban or rural lands such blocks or allotments of land as he shall think fit, and set the same aside for sale on deferred payments, and in such Proclamation may fix a day on which the land shall be open for application; and that he may also in like manner set apart for sale on deferred payments such blocks or allotments as may be recommended by any Land Board, and may also from time to time alter, amend, or revoke any such Proclamation:

And whereas the Land Board of Taranaki did, on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, pass a resolution recommending that the land described in the Schedule hereto annexed should be set apart for sale on deferred payments:

And whereas it is expedient to give effect to the aforesaid recommendation, and to set apart the said land accordingly:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the above-named Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is set apart for sale on deferred payments; and that Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, shall be the day on which the said land shall be open for