I ' ; '■"'■■ public Works Office. Wellington, 22nd March. Sir, — I, am directed by the Minister for Public Works to acknowledge "the. receipt of your letter of 22nd February, requesting that" a survey of the. railway to J Mararoa via Dipton may be proceeded Avith, and in reply to "inform" you, that after due enquiry the Government finds that Lumsden is the best starting point 'of 'the Mararoa railway," .-both in the interests of settlement, and with a view to making • the line a paying «ne. It is therefore proposed to commence the line at ' that point. I have the honor, to be, Sir, ' Your obedient servunt,
„JNO. KNOWLES. „ Under-Secretary for Public Work?, The Chairman of the Dipton Railway Committee, Kpton,
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Southland Times, Issue 3362, 31 March 1879, Page 2
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