Numb. 50. 1125

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1897.

Vesting Control of the Bridge over the Selwyn River at
Ellesmere in the Selwyn County Council, and apportioning
the Cost of Maintenance.

(L.S.)
JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

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, or which may hereafter be con-
structed, 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 Pro-
clamation ; 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, repairing, improving, or recon-
structing any such bridge, is to be provided and paid by any
local authority or authorities, and, if so, by what local
authority or authorities ; 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 work
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
inquiry was duly held with a view to determining what local
authority could most conveniently and efficiently control the
work mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter
referred to as " the said bridge," and what proportion of the
cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing
the said bridge 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, James Prendergast, the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in
the Governor 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 work described in the
Schedule hereto, and known as the " bridge over the Selwyn
River at Ellesmere, in the County of Selwyn," shall, from and
after the date of this Proclamation, be under the exclusive
care and control and management of the Selwyn County
Council ; and in further pursuance of the aforesaid powers
and authorities I do hereby fix and determine that the cost
of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the
said bridge shall be borne by the Ellesmere Road Board in
the proportion of eighty per centum, and by the Springs
Road Board in the proportion of twenty per centum, of the
cost :

And I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of main-
taining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said
bridge from time to time shall be borne by the said local
bodies in the said proportions respectively :

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution
hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Ellesmere
and Springs Road Boards shall be paid from time to time
respectively in the proportions hereinbefore prescribed out of
the funds of the said Road Boards in each case within a
period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on
behalf of the Selwyn 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 County Council.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge across the Selwyn River on the road between
Irwell and Ellesmere, as the site of the said bridge is de-
lineated upon the plan marked S.G. 35465, deposited in the
Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
marked A in red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, Administrator
of the Government in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
at the Government House, at Wellington ; and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this
twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !