Sept. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1525

County Council of Akaroa towards the cost of maintaining,
repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge shall
be paid from time to time, in the proportions hereinbefore
prescribed by the County Council of Akaroa, out of the
County Fund of the said County Council of Akaroa, within
a period of three months after a demand in writing, made
by or on behalf of the County Council of Selwyn, stating the
amount so required to be paid and the purpose for which it is
so required, shall have been left at the office of the County
Council of Akaroa; and the payments so to be made shall
be made from time to time to the Clerk of the County
Council of Selwyn for and on behalf of the County Council
of Akaroa.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Halswell River on the line of road at
the southernmost corner of Section No. 15 of Blocks XIV.
and XV., Halswell Survey District, and marked B on plan
hereafter mentioned; as the site of the said bridge is de-
lineated on the plan marked S.G. 25766, deposited in the
Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
marked in red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at
the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Vesting Control of Halswell River Bridge (C) in Selwyn
County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Reconstruction
and Maintenance.

(l.s.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fourteen of
"The Public Works Act, 1894" (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 may, by any such
Proclamation as aforesaid, fix and determine whether all or
any, and, if so, what, part of the cost, whether theretofore
incurred or thereafter to be incurred, of maintaining, re-
pairing, improving, or reconstructing any such bridge is to
be provided and paid by the local authority or local autho-
rities, and, if so, by what local authority or authorities; and
may, by any such Proclamation as aforesaid, direct how,
when, and to whom any such payment is to be made:

And whereas by the said Act it is further provided that
the Governor may from time to time, with the view of de-
termining whether it is expedient to vest the exclusive care,
control, management, and maintenance of any such bridge
in any local authority, direct any person to be a Commis-
sioner to inquire into and report to him upon any matter
which he shall deem necessary to enable him to determine
any such question as aforesaid:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed and an in-
quiry was duly held with a view to determining what local
authority or authorities could most conveniently and effi-
ciently control the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto
(hereinafter referred to as "the said bridge"), and what
proportion of the cost of reconstructing and maintaining
the said bridge should be paid by any, and, if so, which,
local authority or authorities: And whereas such Commis-
sioner did report to the Governor after due inquiry his
opinion as to the matters respecting which he was appointed
to report:

And whereas it is expedient to make provision under the
said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set
forth:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 Halswell River

Bridge, Little River District, shall, from and after the
date of the public notification of this Proclamation, be
under the exclusive care, control, and management of the
Selwyn County Council. And, in further pursuance and
exercise of the powers aforesaid, I do hereby fix and deter-
mine that the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or
reconstructing the said bridge is to be provided and paid by
the local authorities hereinafter mentioned in the follow-
ing proportions: namely, the Selwyn County Council and
the Akaroa County Council, each fifty per centum
of such cost. And I do also hereby direct that the con-
tributions hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the
County Council of Akaroa towards the cost of maintaining,
repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge
shall be paid respectively from time to time, in the pro-
portion hereinbefore prescribed, by the County Council of
Akaroa, out of the County Fund of the said County Council
of Akaroa, within a period of three months after a demand
in writing, made by or on behalf of the County Council of
Selwyn, stating the amount so required to be paid and the
purpose for which it is so required, shall have been left at
the office of the County Council of Akaroa; and the pay-
ments so to be made shall be made from time to time to the
Clerk of the County Council of Selwyn for and on behalf of
the County Council of Akaroa.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Halswell River on the line of road
to the north-west corner of Section No. 16 of Block XIV.,
Halswell Survey District, and marked C on plan hereafter
mentioned; as the site of the said bridge is delineated on the
plan marked S.G. 25766, deposited in the Head Office of the
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District, and thereon marked in red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and St. George; Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;
and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at
the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming a Road as closed through Lands in Block III.,
Kopuaranga, and Block XVI., Mangaone Survey Districts.

(l.s.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section thirteen of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David,
Earl of Glasgow, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do by this notice hereby proclaim as closed the road in
the Kopuaranga and Mangaone Survey Districts hereinafter
described, that is to say:—

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan
marked S.G. 25833, deposited in the Head Office of the
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above
mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!