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nor : And whereas by "The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1872," it is enacted that
as to any railway which the Governor has
been authorised to construct, and to fix the
commencing and termination points and line
thereof, it shall be competent for him, if he
thinks fit, instead of fixing and proclaiming
such points and the whole line at one time, to
fix and proclaim portions of such line from
time to time, and the commencing and termination points of any such portion or portions
and the limits and description of any such
portion or portions, and the lands proposed to
be taken for the purpose of any such portion or
portions, and to construct any portion or
portions so fixed, and to take the lands for the
same; and any such portion so proclaimed shall
be deemed to be a railway within the meaning
of the said Act and the said amending Act
and this Act:

And whereas by "The Immigration and
Public Works Act, 1872," it is enacted that,
at any time after the expiration of twenty-one
days from the publication in "The New
Zealand Gazette," and in a newspaper
ordinarily circulating in the district, of a
Proclamation under the thirteenth section of
the said Act, whether of the whole or a portion
or portions of a line of railway, the Governor,
on behalf of Her Majesty, may enter upon,
take possession of, use and hold, or cause to
be entered upon, taken possession of, used and
held, so much of the lands defined in such
Proclamation as proposed to be taken as shall
be required to be taken, purchased, or permanently used for the purposes of such
railway, notwithstanding that an agreement
shall not have been come to or an award made
for the purchase or compensation money to be
paid in respect of such lands:

And whereas, by the said last-mentioned
Act it is also enacted that in any case in
which a road or right of road has been or
hereafter may be reserved in any Crown
grant, and in any case in which, under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," or any law for the
time being in force relating to the sale of
waste lands of the Crown, or any law whatever, there is a right to take a public road
through any lands, it shall be lawful, after
such road shall have been surveyed, to construct under the said Acts any railway, or
any part of any railway, on the road so surveyed, notwithstanding that such road may
not have been made:

And whereas the Governor has determined
to construct and maintain a portion of the
railway authorised to be constructed from

Brunner to Greymouth, and has, by Proclamation dated the first day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three, and published in "The New
Zealand Gazette" of same date, proclaimed,
declared and defined the limits, description,
and line of a portion of the said railway from
a point on the south bank of the Grey River
opposite the Brunner Coal Mine, to a point
on Mawhera Quay, Greymouth:

And whereas the Governor has determined
to construct and maintain a further portion of
the railway from Brunner to Greymouth,
authorised to be constructed by "The Railways Act, 1871," which said further portion
is hereinafter described:

Now therefore, I, the Right Honorable Sir
James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the hereinbefore in part recited Acts, and in exercise of every other
power enabling me in this behalf, do hereby
proclaim, declare, and define the limits, description, and line of the said further portion
of the said railway to be those set forth in
the First Schedule hereto; and that the lands
specified and described in the Second Schedule
hereto are proposed to be taken for the purposes of the said further portion of the said
railway; and that the limits of deviation shall
be those set forth in the said First Schedule
hereto; and in pursuance and exercise of all
powers and authorities conferred on me in that
behalf, I do hereby fix the point of commencement of the said further portion of the
said railway to be a point which is situated on
Mawhera Quay in a line with Werita Street,
in the Town of Greymouth, in the County of
Westland, and the point of termination thereof
to be a point which is situated on Richmond
Quay, and about 90 links, more or less, distant from the corner formed by the western
side of Boundary Street with the southern
side of Richmond Quay, in the town and
county aforesaid.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation
of a further portion of the Railway from
Brunner to Greymouth, in the County of
Westland.

Commencing at a point which is situated
on Mawhera Quay in a line with Werita Street,
Town of Greymouth; thence along Mawhera
Quay and Richmond Quay, and
terminating at or near a point which is