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And further that the Plans, Selections and Books of Reference relating to so much of the Land proposed to be taken for the said undertaking as are Crown Lands and Tidal Lands, will be deposited before the commencement of the said Session in the Office of the Colonial Secretary of the Colony, and that the plans, Sections and Books of Reference relating to other Lands proposed to be taken for the said undertaking will be deposited in the Office of the Registrar of Deeds at Invercargill in the said Province of Southland within twenty days from this date. J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent. Dated at Invercargill aforesaid, this ) fifth day of August, 1863. /

No. 13. THE HONORABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOUTHLAND. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 22nd August, 18G3. Sir,— I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of 4th August, and in reply, to inform your Honor that the notice forwarded therein respecting the Bluff Harbour and Invercargill Railway and Extension has, in accordance with your request, been published in the New Zealand Gazette. I have, &c, Alfred Domett. His Honor the Superintendent, Southland.

No. 14. THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOUTHLAND, TO THE HONORABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETAST. Superintendent's Office, Southland, 13th August, 1863. Sir,— I have the honor to enclose a Notice in reference to the Bluff Harbour and Invercargill Railway, extracted from the Southland Provincial Government Gazette noted in the margin, with the request that you will be good enough to cause the same to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette. I have, &c, J. A. R. Menzies, Sujierintendent The Honorable the Colonial Secretary.

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