970
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

13360, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

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 tenth day of August, 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 Wellington-Napier Railway (Portion of Opaki Contract).

(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 Wellington-Napier Railway, namely, portion of Opaki Contract:

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, 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,” 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.

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. 13344, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

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 fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Sheep District of Marlborough amended, and Sheep District of Amuri constituted.—Notice No. 178.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the Marlborough Sheep District, as at present constituted, should be altered and reconstituted, and that a new district, to be called the Amuri Sheep District, should be constituted:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the eighth section of “The Sheep Act, 1878,” do hereby constitute anew the Marlborough Sheep District, and the subdivisions thereof respectively, and hereby constitute a new district to be called the Amuri Sheep District; and I do hereby declare that, for the purposes of the said Act, the said districts and the subdivisions of the Marlborough Sheep District shall hereafter be as the same are described in the Schedule hereto, including in such districts or subdivisions all boroughs within the territorial area comprised within the external boundaries of any such district or subdivision as defined in the said Schedule, although such boroughs do not actually form part of any county therein mentioned, and that such districts and subdivisions shall be known by the names set over each such district and subdivision respectively in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH SHEEP DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Marlborough, bounded generally towards the West, North-east, and East by the sea from the head of Croiselles Harbour to the mouth of the Conway River; thence towards the South-west generally by the Amuri District, hereinafter described, to the western corner of Section No. 6, Wiesenhavern Run; thence towards the North-west generally by the northern boundary of said Section No. 6, the western and northern boundaries of Section No. 4, and the northern boundary of Section No. 7 to Ward’s Pass; thence by the summit of the watershed between the Wairau River and Tasman Bay to the source of the Pelorus River; thence by that river to its confluence with the Heringa River; thence by that river to its source; thence by a right line to Saddle Hill; thence by the summit of the watershed between the Pelorus and Tasman Bay to Mount McLaren; and thence by a right line to the head of Croiselles Harbour: including D’Urville Island, Arapawa Island, and Forsyth and Chetwode Islands, and all islands adjacent thereto; and shall comprise the following subdivisions:—

The Picton Subdivision.

Bounded generally towards the West, North-east, and South-east by the sea from the head of Croiselles Harbour to White’s Bay at the north-east corner of the Native reserve; towards the South-east generally by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 37, Picton Suburban; thence by the northern boundary of that section produced to the Tuamarina River; thence by the northern boundary of the Raydale Run to the north-western corner of that run; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Section No. 9, Okaramio Valley; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 72, Havelock Suburban; thence by a right line to the south-west corner of Section No. 85, Havelock Suburban; thence by the summit of the watershed between the Atuhaua Stream and the Kaituna River to the watershed between the Wairau and Pelorus Valleys, and by the summit of that watershed to the watershed between the Wairau River and Blind Bay; thence generally towards the north-west by the Nelson Sheep District to the head of Croiselles Harbour, the starting point: including D’Urville Island, Arapawa Island, and Forsyth and Chetwode Islands.

The Blenheim Subdivision.

Bounded towards the East by the sea from the mouth of the Awatere River to the north-east corner of Native Reserve at White’s Bay; towards the North by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 37, Picton Suburban; thence by the northern boundary of that section produced to the Tuamarina River; thence by the northern boundary of the Raydale Run to the north-western corner of that run; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Section No. 9, Okaramio Valley; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 72, Havelock Suburban; thence by a right line to the south-west corner of Section No. 85, Havelock Suburban; thence by the watershed between the Atuhaua Stream and the Kaituna River to the watershed between the Wairau and Pelorus Valleys, and by that watershed to the watershed between the Wairau River and Blind Bay; towards the North-west by that watershed over Mount Rintoul to Ward’s Pass; thence along the northern and western boundaries of Sections Nos. 7, 4, and 3, Wiesenhavern Run, known as the “Red Hills Reserve,” to the Wairau River; thence northerly along the right bank of that river to a point in line with Tophouse and Barefell Pass; towards the West by a right line from thence to the Awatere Subdivision, hereinbefore described; and towards the South by the said Awatere Subdivision to the mouth of the Awatere River, the starting point.

The Awatere Subdivision.

Bounded towards the East by the sea from the mouth of the Kekerangu River to the mouth of the Awatere River; thence on the North and West by the Awatere River from its mouth to a point on Section No. 30, Wakefield Downs (being