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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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23, of the 22nd April, 1875, and which point is also situated
in Section vii., Block III., Rangitoto Survey District,
and proceeding in a generally north-easterly direction for a
distance of 12 miles 54 chains or thereabouts, and passing
in, into, through, or over the following lands situated in the
Rangitikei County, Provincial District of Wellington and
Colony of New Zealand, viz.: Sections vii., viii., and xxxvi.
in Block III., Rangitoto Survey District; xiii. in Block IV.,
Rangitoto Survey District; xii., xxi., xxii., xxiii., xxiv.,
xxv., xxvi., xxvii., xxvii.a, xix., xxviii., and xx. in
Block XVI., Wangaehu Survey District; the Taraketi Block,
being a Native reserve; Section vi. in the Rangatira Block;
Crown lands; Sections vii., viii., and ix. in the Rangatira
Block; and further portion of the Rangatira Block; and
including all adjoining and intervening places, land, roads,
reserves, streams, rivers, and watercourses; in the manner
delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 12936, and deposited
in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, at Wel-
ington, in the Provincial District of Wellington; the total
length being 12 miles 54 chains.

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 Honour-
able 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 Wel-
ington, this second day of April, 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 a Portion of the North Island
Main Trunk Line of Railway from a Point at or near
Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumarunui, and
the Ongaruhe Valley (Punui Contract, 14 miles 67 chains).

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the North Island Main Trunk Line of
Railway, from a point at or near Marton to Te
Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumarunui, and the Ongaruhe
Valley (Punui Contract), is one of the railways specified in
the First Schedule to “The Railways Authorization Act,
1884,” and which Act is, in the eighth section thereof, de-
clared 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 portion of the
same:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on me 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 me 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 southern boundary of Lot
No. 238, in the Survey District of Punui, Parish of Manga-
piko, about 6 chains distant in a south-easterly direction
from the south-west corner of said lot, which point of com-
mencement is also the terminating point of the Ohaupo-Te
Awamutu section of the Auckland-Punui Railway, as referred
to in a Proclamation dated the 4th July, 1878, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 68, and dated the 11th July,
1878; proceeding thence generally in a south-westerly direc-
tion for a distance of 14 miles 67 chains, more or less, passing
through or over the following lands, viz.: Lots 230, 231, 232,
322, and 325, in the said survey district and parish, and
Native lands; including all intervening roads, rivers, streams,
and watercourses; and terminating at a point in Native lands
marked 15 miles, and situated near the Mangapu River; all
in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New
Zealand; in the manner delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 12911, and deposited in the office of the Registrar of
the Supreme Court, at Auckland, in the Provincial District
of Auckland; the total length being 15 miles.

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 Honour-
able 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 Wel-
ington, this second day of April, 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 Line from the Main
Waitaki-Bluff Railway to Ngapara, with Sub-branch to
Livingstone (Captain Sewell's Land).

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for further portion of the
railway from the Main Waitaki-Bluff Railway to Ngapara,
with sub-branch to Livingstone:
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 per-
formed:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred
and thirty of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” section two
of “The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1884,” and of
every other power and authority in anywise enabling me 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.

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
12134, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Well-
ton, and thereon coloured purple.

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-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Road in the County of Marlborough.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken, under “The Public Works
Act, 1882,” for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a
road in the County of Marlborough:
And whereas it is impracticable to complete an immediate
survey of the said land:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by
section one hundred and twenty-three of “The Public Works