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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1872.

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, in the
Province of Wellington, 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 on the Manawatu River near the Gorge,
connecting the line of road running through Rural
Section number four hundred and sixty-three, in the
Township of Palmerston, with the line of road
running through Rural Section number one hundred
and sixty-six, in the Township of Fitzherbert.

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 Miesty'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 thirtieth day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 near the Gorge at Manawatu, in the Pro-
vince of Wellington, and it is expedient that the
rate 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
appoint that the tolls to be paid for passing or re-
passing through or at the ferry at Manawatu afore-
said shall be at the rates set forth in the Schedule
hereto, and do fix and appoint the exemptions from
such tolls as in the said Schedule mentioned, and do
declare that the same shall be applicable only to the
said ferry at Manawatu aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

SCALE OF TOLLS AT FERRY, NEAR GORGE, AT
MANAWATU.

For every foot passenger carried over ... s. d.
0 6
For every horse or head of cattle carried or
towed over, including the rider or person
in charge ... ... ... ... 1 0
For every sheep, goat, or pig ... ... ... 0 1
For every dray or cart ... ... ... 2 0
For every horse or bullock drawing same ... ... 0 6

Exemptions.

Mail coaches and horses, with their drivers and
passengers, and Engineers in charge of General
Government works on the Manawatu and Seventy-
Mile Bush Roads.