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Railways Authorization Act 1910

Public Act		1910 No 52
Date of assent		3 December 1910

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Certain railways authorized.
3	How cost to be defrayed.
4	Act to be deemed a special Act.
	Schedule

An Act to authorize the Construction of certain Railways.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the Railways Authorization Act, 1910.

2 Certain railways authorized.

The Governor may from time to time, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, undertake or enter into contracts for the construction of the railways mentioned in the Schedule hereto to the extent specified in that Schedule.

3 How cost to be defrayed.

The cost of constructing such railways shall be paid out of moneys to be appropriated for that purpose by Parliament.

4 Act to be deemed a special Act.

This Act shall be deemed to be a special Act (authorizing the construction of such railways to the extent specified in the Schedule hereto) within the meaning and for the purpose of the Public Works Act, 1908, which Act is, so far as applicable, hereby incorporated with this Act.

Schedule

Name of Railway.	Extent authorized.
1. North Auckland (formerly known as the Helensville Northwards Railway)	An extension from a point on the line as at present authorized in Section 35, Block XII, Waipu Survey District, to McCarroll’s Gap. Length, about 10 miles.
2. Kaipara-Waikato (Huntly-Awaroa Branch)	A branch line from Huntly Station towards Pepepe Parish. Length, about 3 miles.
3. East Coast - Main Trunk.	(1.) From the end of the line as at present authorized at Te Puke to Paengaroa. Length, about 5 miles. (2.) From Gisborne southwards. Length, about 26 miles.
4. Foxton - New Plymouth (Manawapou deviation)	A deviation leaving the existing line at about 195 miles 67 chains on the railway chainage, and running on the northern side of the present line to a junction therewith at about 196 miles 64 chains on the said chainage. Length, about 1 mile 6 chains.
5. Picton-Hurunui	(1.) An extension from the end of the line as at present authorized in Block XI, Cape Campbell Survey District, to a point about 1 mile south of the Ure River. Length, about 3¼ miles. (2.) From the end of the authorized line in the Leader River Valley, about 1 mile north of the Waiau-ua River, to a point further up the said valley in Section 87, Block IX, Hawkswood Survey District. Length, about 6 miles.
6. Waitaki-Bluff	A duplicate line leaving the main line at about 233 miles on the railway chainage, east of Ravensbourne, and running generally on the seaward side of the said main line to a junction therewith near Hanover Street, in the City of Dunedin, but not necessarily within the limits of deviation of the present railway. Length, about 2¼ miles.

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