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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 of Greymouth, in the
County of Westland, as the limits, description,
and line thereof are set forth in the plan, and
described in the book of reference referred to
on the face of the said plan, and which plan
and book are authenticated for the purposes
of this Proclamation by the signature of the
Honorable Edward Richardson, Minister for
Public Works, to be deposited in the office of
the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Hokitika, or within the limits of deviation set
forth in the said plan by dotted red lines,
being not more than 110 yards on either side
of the said line, and passing through or over
the several sections of land, roads, reserves,
rivers, and watercourses enumerated in the
Second Schedule hereto.
SECOND SCHEDULE OR BOOK OF
REFERENCE.
Lands and Roads, &c., proposed to be taken for
the purposes of the further portion of the Railway from Brunner to Greymouth, hereinbefore
described.
So much of the lands and roads hereinafter
mentioned as are required for the said further
portion of the said railway along the line of
the said railway hereinbefore defined, or
within the limits of deviation aforesaid, as the
lands are described and defined in the plan or
book of reference aforesaid.
Town of Greymouth,
Mawhera Quay, Richmond Quay, Boundary
Street, and all adjoining and intervening
places, roads, beaches, streams, and watercourses.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
the Right Honorable Sir James
Fergusson, Baronet, a Member of
Her Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy
Council, 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 Wellington,
this sixteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.
God Save the Queen.
[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No.
62, of the 23rd of October, 1873.]
Limits and description of Waterworks for supplying Water to a portion of the Westland
Gold Field.
JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Immigration and
Public Works Act, 1870," it is
enacted that the Governor may, on the request
of the Superintendent and Provincial
Council of any Province in which any
proclaimed gold field is, cause to be constructed,
completed, extended, repaired, or maintained,
such works for supplying water to such gold
fields he may from time to time think fit, and
may enter into contracts for the construction,
completion, or extension of such works, or
for purchasing or otherwise acquiring any
drains, dams, water races, reservoirs, or other
works already constructed, which may appear
to the Governor suitable for any such purpose aforesaid: And it is also thereby enacted
that, whenever the Governor shall determine
to construct any waterworks under the
powers conferred by Part III. of the said Act,
he shall from time to time, by Proclamation
published in "The New Zealand Gazette,"
declare and specify the waterworks which he
proposes to construct, and the lands and
streams of water proposed to be taken for the
purposes of such waterworks, and any such
Proclamation may refer to maps, plans, or
drawings to be deposited in the office of the
Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the Supreme
Court in the Province in which such waterworks are proposed to be constructed, and any
maps, plans, or drawings so referred to shall
be deemed to form part of such Proclamation;
and upon the publication of such Proclamation,
the provisions and regulations contained
in the Eighth Part of the said Act shall be
applicable to the lands and streams and the
waterworks, to which the Proclamation relates: And it is also thereby enacted that, for
the purposes of the Third Part of the said
Act, the Governor or any person authorised
by him, subject to the restrictions and provisions therein contained, may exercise any of
the following powers (that is to say):—He may
enter upon any lands and take the levels of
the same, and set out such parts thereof as he
thinks necessary, and dig and break up the
soil of such lands, and remove or use all earth,
stones, trees, or other things dug or gotten
out of the same: He may enter upon, take
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Proclamation of Brunner and Greymouth Railway Limits
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- Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works
- James Fergusson, Governor
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1873, No 23