TAPANUI-WAIPAHI RAILWAY.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 173, 2 November 1877, Page 5

TAPANUI- WAIPAHI R AILWAY.

The eager desire of the Grey Government (says the Sbar) to posh on this master received further exemplification on 'Wednesday, when the matter came before the Land Board. On October 17, the House of Repressntatives^ on the motion of Mr Bastings, agreed to art address to the (Governor, praying him to set aside in suitable blocks land to the value of L 50,000 for the construction of the line, such lands to be as near as possible to the proposed line. The next day the Governor's approval was obtained, and on the 19th Mr Macandrew gave instructions for the issue of the necessary proclamations to give effect to the wishes of the House On the 20fch matters were in such a forward state, that the Under-Secretary for Lands was able that afternoon to forward to Dunedin tracings of the country reserved and all the necessary papers, among which is the following memo, by the SurveyorGeneral, giving a description of the land proposed to be set aside : — It consists of the Acres. Whole of Run 212 a (Herbert's), the lease of wliich expires on Dec. 4, 1882 ... 14,000 Run 140 a (Poynter's), tbe lease of whioh expires on March 2, 18^2 Run 140 b (Cameron's), lease of which expires on March 2, 1882 Part Of Run 1(33 (M*l_ellar's\ the lease of which expires on July 15, 1881 ... 31,500 45,000 Valued at L 50,000. The whole of the country described will he benefited by the construction of the railway, which would run nearby parallel to and about two miles distant from the 31 ,500 acres. The 14,000 acres are about ten miles distant from tho Tapanui terminus. The land in question has now been marked on the maps in the Dunedin Survey Office as "reserved for railway purposes."