May 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 583

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 twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Drain in the Road District of Omaka.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and its amendments, for a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a drain in the Road District of Omaka, Provincial District of Marlborough:

And whereas the Omaka Road Board has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by the statutory declaration and the map, as required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

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 Public Works Act, 1882,” “The Counties Act, 1886,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said public work.

SCHEDULE.

HE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Marlborough; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 13410, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured 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 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 twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Lands taken for a Road in Waihemo County.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and its amendments, for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a road in Waihemo County:

And whereas the Waihemo County Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

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 Public Works Act, 1882,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said road.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 13660, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured 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 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 twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Vesting Control of the Tarata Traffic-bridge in the Taranaki County Council.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may, upon the terms and conditions in the said section mentioned, 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 management 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 anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and known as the Tarata Traffic-bridge, shall, from and after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Taranaki County Council; and I do hereby fix and determine that the Taranaki County Council shall itself provide out of its own funds one-half of the cost of managing and maintaining the said bridge; and that the Clifton County Council shall, on demand in writing from the Taranaki County Council, pay to the said Council from time to time one-half of the cost of managing and maintaining the said bridge.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Waitara River known as the Tarata Traffic-bridge, and the approaches on each side thereof, situated on the Junction Road, and partly in Taranaki County and partly in Clifton County, Provincial District of Taranaki; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 12673, deposited in the General Survey Office, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of