954
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Warrant authorising the County Council of Hawera to con-
struct a Bridge over the Ingahepe Stream, between the
Hawera County and the Patea West Road District, and
apportioning the Cost of the Bridge between the said Council
and the Patea West Road Board.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fifteen of "The Public Works
Acts Amendment Act, 1889" (hereinafter termed
"the said Act"), it is, inter alia, enacted that, in any case
where the local authority of any district desires to construct
a bridge in any position that will, in its opinion, be of ad-
vantage and benefit to the whole or any considerable portion
of the inhabitants of an adjacent district or districts, as well
as to the inhabitants of its own district, and where it is, in
the opinion of such local authority, reasonable that the local
authority or local authorities of such district or districts
whose inhabitants are to be so benefited should contribute
to the cost of constructing or establishing the said bridge,
the provisions in the said section mentioned shall have effect:

And whereas the County Council of Hawera has made
application to the Governor to authorise the construction
of the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter
referred to as "the said bridge"), and to apportion the cost
of constructing the said bridge between the said Council and
the Patea West Road Board:

And whereas the County Council of Hawera has prepared
plans, specifications, and estimates of the work of con-
structing the said bridge, and has sent a copy of same to the
office of the Patea West Road Board, and to the Minister
for Public Works, together with a notice as required by the
hereinbefore in part recited Act:

And whereas, the Patea West Road Board having lodged an
objection to the said bridge being constructed, a Commis-
sioner was appointed to inquire into and report on the
matter, in terms of the hereinbefore in part recited Act:

And whereas the aforesaid Commissioner has reported that
he is of opinion that the said bridge should be constructed
by the County Council of Hawera, and that the cost of con-
structing the said bridge should be borne in equal proportions
by the said Council and the said Road Board:

And whereas the Governor is of opinion that the work
should be done:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the
power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby
authorise the County Council of Hawera to construct the
said bridge; and I do hereby declare that a proportion of
one-half of the cost of constructing the said bridge shall be
borne by the County Council of Hawera, and that a propor-
tion of one-half of the cost of constructing the said bridge
shall be borne by the Patea West Road Board.

SCHEDULE.

The bridge over the Ingahepe Stream, known as the Inga-
hape Bridge, situated on the Ingahepe Road, partly in
Hawera County and partly in Patea West Road District,
as the site of the said bridge is delineated on the plan
marked S.G. 21788, deposited in the Head Office, Depart-
ment of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington
Land District, and thereon marked in black.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth
section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having
received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the
rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the eighth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at
the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease
in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected
on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased,
as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and
subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Level land of dry nature, gravelly; portion arable; situated on main Gimmerburn-Hyde Road, about twelve miles
distant from Naseby. Valuation for improvements, £73 3s. This amount either must be lodged with application, or must
be paid immediately the result of the ballot is declared.

Bush land, broken; soil fair; situated about three-quarters of a mile east of Owaka Landing, and accessible by track
only. Valuation for improvements, £22 10s. This amount either must be lodged with the application, or paid
immediately the result of the ballot is declared.

Level bush land; soil of poor quality; watered by Sweetwater Creek; and situated near the mouth of the Catlin's
River, about two miles from Owaka Landing.

Very steep land, with a southerly aspect. This section is situated on the Glenomaru Creek, and is accessible by
road from Glenomaru, which lies three miles and a half distant.

Undulating land; portions arable, but generally of a dry nature; situated in Manuherikia Valley, about five miles
from Ophir. Valuations for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, are
as follows: Section 50, £21 6s.; Section 52, £26 11s.

Bush land of fair quality; watered; situated near Tahuakupu Valley, and accessible by track only. The bush consists
chiefly of kamai and ironbark.

Bush land; soil fair in parts; well watered; situated three miles south-west of Ratanui; has frontage to Long Point
Road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.