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said Act"), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may,
upon the terms and conditions in the said section men-
tioned, by Proclamation publicly notified, direct that any
bridge already constructed, or which may hereafter be
constructed, over or across any river or arm of the sea
respectively, shall, from and after a date to be fixed in such
Proclamation, be under the exclusive care, control, and
management of such local authority as shall be mentioned
in that behalf in such Proclamation :

And whereas it is expedient that the control and manage-
ment of the bridge described in the Schedule hereto should
be vested in the manner hereinafter described :

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by
the said Act, and of every other power and authority in any-
wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the
bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and known as the
Whatawhata Bridge, shall, from and after the thirty-first
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, be
under the exclusive care, control, and management of the
Raglan County Council; and I do hereby fix and determine
that the Raglan County Council shall itself provide out of
its own funds sixty-six per centum of the actual cost of
managing and maintaining the said bridge; and that the
Waipa County Council shall, on demand in writing from the
said Raglan County Council, pay to the said Council from
time to time thirty-four per centum of the actual cost of
managing and maintaining the said bridge.

SCHEDULE.

THE bridge over the Waipa River known as the Whatawhata
Bridge, and the approaches on each side thereof, situated on
the line of road which passes in a north-westerly direction
between Sections Nos. 284 and 285 and Crown lands, Parish
of Pukete, County of Waipa, and through Section No. 201,
Block III., Alexandra Survey District, County of Raglan, all
in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 11747c,
deposited in the General Survey Office, at Wellington, in the
Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon marked in
red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of
Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley,
of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron
Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and
of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron
Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-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 Auckland, this ninth day
of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Amalgamating Licensing Districts.

(L.S.)

ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by section three of "The Licensing
Act Amendment Act, 1882," 1, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
Licensing Districts of Blenheim North, Blenheim East, and
Blenheim West shall be amalgamated under the name of
the Blenheim Licensing District, from the first day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and that from the
said date the said Licensing Districts of Blenheim North,
Blenheim East, and Blenheim West shall be abolished.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of
Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley,
of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron
Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and
of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron
Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-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 Auckland, this
seventeenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
W. R. RUSSELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Setting apart Land in the Marlborough Land District for
Leasing as Small Grazing Runs under "The Land Act,
1885."

(L.S.)

ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the one hundred and ninety-seventh
section of "The Land Act, 1885," and of every other power
and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, William
Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land enumerated
in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of
sections one hundred and ninety-eight to two hundred and
nineteen of Part VII. of "The Land Act, 1885," relating to
small grazing runs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing
by estimation 970 acres, commencing at the westernmost
corner of Section No. 108, Block I., Tennyson Survey Dis-
trict. Bounded generally towards the west and south-west
by a leading spur to and by a reserve for the growth and
preservation of timber; thence generally towards the north-
west and north-east by the dividing range between Nydia
Bay and Tennyson Inlet and a leading spur between Sections
Nos. 104 and 119, Block I. aforesaid, to Nydia Bay; towards
the east by Nydia Bay; and towards the south-east by Sec-
tion No. 108 aforesaid to the commencing-point: excepting
thereout Sections Nos: 104, 135, 3, 2, and 120, Block I. afore-
said.

Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District,
containing by estimation 1,000 acres, commencing at
the northernmost corner of Section No. 16, Block III.,
Linkwater Survey District. Bounded generally northerly,
easterly, and southerly by Broughton Bay, Section No. 19,
Block III. aforesaid, and the summit of the range between
Queen Charlotte and Mahau Sounds; thence generally
westerly by Sections Nos. 2 and 21, Block VI., said survey
district, Mahau Sound, and Section No. 15 and said Section
No. 16 to the commencing-point.

As the same are more particularly shown on the official
map deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Blenheim.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of
Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley,
of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron
Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and
of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron
Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-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 Auckland, this seventeenth
day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety.
W. R. RUSSELL,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third
day of March, 1890.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
in Council by Josephine Love and Aromi te Kokoti,
the Native owners of the land described in the second
column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restric-
tions on the alienation of such land contained in the Crown
grant, bearing date the seventh day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two, described in the first column
of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas in-
quiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and
the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law
in that behalf have been complied with: And whereas it
appears expedient to grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable
William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred on him by "The Native Land Act, 1888," and
acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all