Numb. 14. 379

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1896.

Vesting Control of Bridge over the Southern Branch of the
Waiapoua River in the Wairarapa North 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, by Proclamation publicly notified, direct that any
bridge already constructed over or across any river or arm
of the sea 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, repair-
ing, improving, or reconstructing any such bridge is to be
provided and paid by any local authority, and, if so, by
what local authority; and may, by any such Proclamation
as aforesaid, direct how, and 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 deter-
mining 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 could most conveniently and efficiently control the
bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter
referred to as "the said bridge," and what proportion of the
cost of reconstructing the said bridge theretofore incurred
should be paid by any, and, if so, which, local authority or
authorities: And whereas such Commissioner 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 pursuance and in exercise
of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, and
of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me
in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and direct that the said

bridge described in the Schedule hereto, and known as the
"Waiapoua Bridge," shall, from and after the date of this
Proclamation, be under the exclusive care and control and
management of the Wairarapa North County Council; and,
in further pursuance of the aforesaid powers and authorities,
I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of repairing the said
bridge already incurred by the Masterton Borough Council
—namely, fifty-one pounds eighteen shillings and one penny
—shall be borne wholly by the said Borough Council, and
that the amount of two hundred pounds fourteen shillings
and tenpence already expended by the County Council of
Wairarapa North should be borne by the said County and
by the Borough Council of Masterton in the proportion of
eighty-three per cent. and seventeen per cent. of such amount
respectively.

And I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of main-
taining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said
bridge at any future time shall be borne by the said Borough
Council and the said County Council in equal proportions
respectively—viz., that each shall contribute one-half of such
cost.

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution
hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Borough
Council of Masterton shall be paid from time to time in the
proportions hereinbefore prescribed out of the borough funds
of the Borough Council within a period of thirty days after
demand in writing made by or on behalf of the said Waira-
apa North County Council, and all such payments shall be
made from time to time to the Clerk of the said County
Council for and on account of such borough.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Waiapoua River on the main line of
road continuing from Queen Street, Borough of Masterton,
in a north-easterly direction; as the same is delineated upon
the plan marked S.G. 26057, deposited in the Head Office of
the Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District, and thereon marked A.

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
twentieth day of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!