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Southland Times, Issue 8090, 19 August 1885, Page 2

of the East:and West Coast (Middle Is- 1 land) and Nelson Kail way, and did, sby certain provisions qt that contract,' agree to the allocation of the Crown lands 1 therein -set forth, and whereas it was agraed to by^the parties the eaid contract that shoulditihj&alldcatiQn 1 of yGrown landsP thereunder be modifiedteiHher wholly of in part by a resolution or resolutions of the .GeneraLAßßem i bly^ .ojc New /Zealand at, th. e next ensuing Bession thereof, the contractors shall not have any claim or demand on tuei Queen ■ or the Govern raeht of the colony of New Zealand for. any loss or damageiby^reason of such modification -0^ in consequence of the operation of such - ; resolution, and any property, estate, right or interest -that may have been acquired by the contractor under or] by virtue of contract shall -to the] extent and in the manner specified insuch resolution bo deemed Jo have again] become the property of the Queen, or? to vest iD the Queen as the case may re- [ quire, it is hereby resolved that all the ; provisions regarding the allocation of land in the said contract are wholly and in part modified, and that the contractors for the said railway shall have no claim to any lands, or to be put in possession of aoy land under the terms of the said : contract, except land of the width and extent necessary for the construction of such railway, and any land adjacent thereto which may be available, and which in the opinion of the Minister for Public Works may be required for side cuttings and ballasting, spoil banks and road approach**', and road diversions for 1 the said railway."