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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1637, 3 November 1873, Page 3

Government Notices. Efistrar of the Supreme Court in the Province in which such water- works 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 water- works, 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 but 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 and hold such land as shall from time to time be specified in any Proclamation made uader the Third Part of the 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, r water-works, 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 'ahy : 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, 1873J" it is enacted that it shall be sufficient, in any Pro- ; clamation under aud for the purposes of Part 111. of the said Act, to describe in general language the water-works to be constructed, and the lands and streams of water proposed to be taken ; and it shall not be necessary that such water-works, lands, and streams shall have been surveyed, or be specified byname or boundaries or area : And whereas by a Resolution passed by the County Council of the County of Westland, on the tenth day of August, 1872, and assented to and concurred in by the Chairman of the County Council of the said County, the Governor was requested to construct works for the supply of water to the Westland Gold-field (the same being a duly proclaimed gold-field)': Amd whereasj in accordance with, the terms o£ the said Resolution, the Governor has determined to construct and maintain certain works for supplying water to the said gold-field : t ■ " ! - Now, therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, ! Earonet, the Governor of the Colony of New' Zealand; in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on meJJbyTjihe hereinbefore in part recited Acts, and in exercise of every other power enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim, declare," and specify that the waterworks proposed to be constructed under the said. Acts are water- works for the. purpose of supplying water from the ELawhaka Creek arid 'its tributaries, and other streams, as mentioned in the Schedule hereto, to a portion of the Westland Gold-field aforesa.idj together with all such dra_in.a, raoes, aqueducts, pipes, culverts, buildings, and other works that may' be requsite or necessary for jtha said water-works ; and I do hereby also proclaim and declare 1 that the lands and streams of wa'cer proposed to be taken for the purpose of such waterworks are J those which are described in general lan- 1 guage in the Schedule hereto; and in pursuance and exeroise of all powers and authorities conferred on me in that behalf, ! I do hereby fix the point of commence:' ment of the said water- works to be %point on Kawhaka Creek about 1 four miles easterly from the Christchurch" Road," arid the point of termination thereof to be a point at or near Ballarat Hill, in the County of Westland.