✨ Ferry and Toll Proclamations
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1872.
(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that the Governor from time to time, by
Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette,
may, as to parts within the North Island of New
Zealand, define the roads and the boundaries thereof,
and the bridges and ferries, which shall be and be
deemed to be roads, bridges, or ferries, as the case
may be, under the provisions of the said Act; and
by the said Act it is also enacted that the Governor
shall have power to form, control, improve, manage,
repair and maintain any proclaimed road, bridge, or
ferry: And whereas it is expedient that a ferry
should be established on the Manawatu River,
between the Provinces of Wellington and Hawke's
Bay, as hereinafter mentioned:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the ferry described in the Schedule
hereto shall be and be deemed to be a ferry under
the provisions of the said Act.
SCHEDULE.
FERRY at Upper Crossing of the Manawatu River,
in the eastern part of the Gorge, on the main road
from Manawatu to Napier, from the south side of
the river, in the Province of Wellington, to the
northern side, in the Province of Hawke's Bay.
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this tenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that the Governor may from time to time,
by Proclamation published in the New Zealand
Gazette, direct tolls to be paid for all animals and
vehicles passing or repassing at any ferry as in the
said Act mentioned, and fix and appoint the rates
thereof and the exemptions therefrom, and from
time to time, in like manner, may reduce, raise, alter,
and abolish any such tolls: And whereas a ferry
hath been proclaimed under the provisions of the
said Act at the Upper Crossing of the Manawatu
River in the eastern part of the Gorge between the
Provinces of Wellington and Hawke's Bay, and it is
expedient that the rates of tolls to be paid at the
said ferry should be fixed:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby fix and
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NZ Gazette 1872, No 30
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