and hold such land as shall from time to time be specified in any Proclamation made under the Third Part of the said Act for the construction or improvement of any works authorised in and by the Third Part of the said Act:

He may from time to time make, maintain, or alter such reservoirs, dams, races, aqueducts, waterworks, drains, pipes, culverts, engines and other works, and erect such buildings in or upon the lands and streams authorised to be taken as he thinks fit: He may from time to time divert and impound the water from any such streams as shall be specified in any such Proclamation, or alter the course of any such streams:

And whereas by "The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1873," it is enacted that it shall be sufficient, in any Proclamation under and for the purposes of Part III. of the said Act, to describe in general language the waterworks to be constructed, and the lands and streams of water proposed to be taken; and it shall not be necessary that such waterworks, lands and streams shall have been surveyed, or be specified by name or boundaries:

I do hereby declare that the lands and streams of water proposed to be taken for the purpose of such waterworks are those which are described in general language in the 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 waterworks to be a point on Kawhaka Creek about four miles easterly from the Christchurch Road, and the point of termination thereof to be a point at or near Ballarat Hill, in the County of Westland.

SCHEDULE.

Limits, Description, Line and Limits of Deviation of a portion of the Waterworks, commonly known as or called the "Waimea Waterworks," in the County of Westland, and Lands, Roads, and Watercourses proposed to be taken for the purposes of the said Waterworks.

Commencing at a point on Kawhaka Creek, about four miles easterly from the Christchurch Road, the same being the eastern end of Dam No. 2, or Upper Dam; thence, westerly and north-westerly, a distance of about four and a half miles more or less, crossing the mail route to Canterbury or Christchurch Road west of the 17th mile-post; thence in a westerly direction along the southern watershed of hills to a point about two miles more or less west of Fox’s Township, a distance of about six and a half miles; thence in a north-westerly direction along the northern watershed of hills on the south side of the right-hand branch of Waimea Creek, a distance of about two miles; thence in a southerly direction crossing the headwaters of Liverpool Bill’s and Pretty Woman’s Gullies, and along western and northern watershed of hills to Ballarat Hill, a distance of about three and a half miles and terminating at or near Ballarat Hill, making a total distance of about sixteen and a half miles more or less from point of commencement.

Also a branch of the said waterworks marked Branch B on the plan, commencing at a point on the said line of the said waterworks about three miles distant from the point of termination thereof at or near Ballarat Hill; proceeding thence in a northerly and north-westerly direction a distance of about 50 chains more or less; as the limits, description, and line thereof are set forth in the plan, and which plan is authenticated for the purposes of this Proclamation by the signature of the Honorable Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, to be deposited in