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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

SCHEDULE.
WAITARA DISTRICT.
SECTION 10, Block XIV., 469 acres.

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 twenty-fourth day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

"Governor's Salary and Allowances Act Amendment Act,
1887," assented to by Her Majesty in Council.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the session of Parlia-
ment held in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of
Her Majesty's reign, entitled "An Act to grant a Represen-
tative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is,
amongst other things, enacted that no Bill which shall be
reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure
thereon shall have any force or authority within the Colony
of New Zealand until the Governor of the said colony shall
signify, by speech or message to the Legislative Council and
House of Representatives of the said colony, or by Procla-
mation, that such Bill has been laid before Her Majesty in
Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to
the same:

And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives of the said colony,
entitled "An Act to amend the Governor's Salary and Allow-
ances Act, 1873," was presented to the Governor of the said
colony for Her Majesty's assent, and the said Bill was re-
served for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure
thereon:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of
the provisions of the said in part recited Act, do, by this
Proclamation, signify and proclaim to all to whom it may
concern that the said Bill has been laid before Her Majesty
in Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent
to the same.

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 Wel-
lington, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine.

T. W. HISLOP.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of Further Portion of the Line
of Railway from Westport to the Ngakawau River.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the line of railway from Westport to the
Ngakawau River 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 authorising 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, 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 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 any-
wise 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 Westport-Ngakawau Railway,
the said point being the termination of the railway as de-
scribed in a Proclamation dated the 29th February, 1876,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 13, of the
9th March, 1876; proceeding thence generally in a north-
easterly direction for a distance of about 374 chains, and
passing in, into, through, or over the following lands, viz.:
Railway Reserve, Sections 3 and 1, Ngakawau Survey Dis-
trict, and terminating at a point bearing about 252° 45' from
the easternmost corner of Section 1, and distant therefrom
about 490 links; including all intervening places, roads,
rivers, streams, and watercourses; all in the Provincial
District of Nelson; in the manner delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 16123, a copy of which is deposited in the
office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, at Nelson, in
the Provincial District of Nelson; the total length being
about 374 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
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 twenty-eighth day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Additional Land taken between Benhar and Stirling for
the Purposes of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, con-
venience, and enjoyment of the Waitaki-Bluff Rail-
way, to take further land between Benhar and Stirling
Railway-stations, in addition to land previously acquired for
the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred on me by "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 purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder :-

| Approximate Area
of each of the
Parcels of Land
required to be taken. | Being Portion
of Section
No. | Situated
in Block
No. | Situated in
the Survey
District of |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 0 3 35 | 5 | XI. | South Tua-
kitoto. |
| 0 2 5 | 4 | XI. | South Tua-
kitoto. |
| 0 2 14.5 | 3 | XI. | South Tua-
kitoto. |
| 0 1 15 | 6 | XI. | North Moly-
neux. |
| 1 1 12 | 5 | XI. | North Moly-
neux. |

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the said parcels
of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 16020, 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 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