Sept. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1717

Waipipi Parish.—Lot 140, Section 4: 1 acre 3 roods 30 perches; total upset price, £1 10s.

Tutamoe Survey District (Hokianga County).—Block VIII., Section 1: 274 acres; total upset price, £177 15s. Two-thirds fern land, balance forest, with 68 kauri-trees (about 200,000 ft.). On the Opouteke River, about four miles from Mangakahia.

Waipoua Survey District (Hokianga County).—Block XI., Section 18: 76 acres 2 roods 30 perches; total upset price, £100. Undulating clay land, mixed forest, with 46 kauri-trees (about 160,000 ft.) and some dead logs, and a few good totara-trees.

There are driving-creeks with dams in use on each side of section. Situated eight miles from Kaihu Railway-station by dray-road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Warrant authorising the County Council of Rangitikei to rebuild a Portion of a Bridge over the Rangitikei River at Onepuhi, and apportioning the Cost of the Same.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirteen of "The Public Works Act, 1894" (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 advantage and benefit to the whole or any considerable portion of the inhabitants of an adjacent district, 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 of such adjacent district should contribute to the cost of constructing or establishing the said bridge, the provisions in the said section mentioned shall have effect:

And whereas by the said section it is also provided that the construction of a bridge includes an addition to the length of a bridge, or the rebuilding of any portion of a bridge destroyed by fire, flood, or tempest: And whereas the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto was partly destroyed by flood and tempest, and it is desirable that the damaged portion of the same should be renewed by the erection of a new cylinder pier and other works:

And whereas the County Council of Rangitikei has made application to the Governor to authorise the rebuilding of a portion of the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and to apportion the cost of constructing the same between the said Council and the Kiwitea County Council, the Pohangina County Council, and the Manchester Road Board:

And whereas the Rangitikei County Council has taken the steps and has issued the notices to the local bodies concerned as required by subsection two, (a), of section one hundred and thirteen of "The Public Works Act, 1894," and no objection has been made thereto by the said local bodies:

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

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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, do hereby authorise the County Council of Rangitikei to construct the said work; and I do hereby declare that the cost of constructing the said work—namely, one thousand pounds—shall be borne in the following proportions: namely, five hundred pounds shall be borne by the Rangitikei County Council, three hundred and thirty-three pounds six shillings and eightpence shall be borne by the Manchester Road Board, eighty-three pounds six shillings and eightpence shall be borne by the Kiwitea County Council, eighty-three pounds six shillings and eightpence shall be borne by the Pohangina County Council; and such proportions shall be paid by the said local authorities accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Rangitikei River, situated at Onepuhi, about seven miles east of Marton, partly in Rangitikei County and partly in Oroua County, as the site of the said bridge is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 36399, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon marked in red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Tuapeka Commonage.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Land Act, 1892" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), the Governor is empowered to make, alter, or revoke rules, regulations, and orders for, among other things, the care, management, and protection in every manner of all commonages: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the warrant of the twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, making rules and regulations for the management of the Tuapeka Commonage, and to make other regulations for the care and management of the commonage hereinafter described: Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, do hereby make the following rules, regulations, and orders for the care and management of the Tuapeka Commonage, described in the First Schedule to such regulations, and doth hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the day of the gazetting hereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of carrying out these regulations the following persons are appointed a Committee for the care, management, and protection of the said commonage,—

James Campbell, of Blue Spur, Tuapeka;
Arthur Donnelly, of Wetherstone's, Tuapeka;
James Kerr Simpson, of Wetherstone's, Tuapeka;
Michael Drew, of Gabriel's, Tuapeka;
James McKay, of Blue Spur, Tuapeka;
Alexander Russell, of Wetherstone's, Tuapeka; and
John Uren, of Gabriel's, Tuapeka;

who shall be known as the "Tuapeka Commonage Committee" (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee"). Three of such Committee shall retire annually by ballot in December in each year, but they shall be eligible for reappointment as hereinafter provided.

2. On the first Wednesday in January in each year an election shall take place from among the holders of licenses to depasture cattle or stock upon the said commonage (hereinafter termed "licensed holders") for the purpose of electing three members of the Committee instead of the three retiring members; and the names of such persons, when so elected, shall be submitted to the Governor for approval, and if so approved they shall take the place of the three retiring members.

3. The Committee shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Wednesday in each month, at seven o'clock p.m., at the Lands and Survey Office, Lawrence, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Committee. The first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

4. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Committee, provided that two days' notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

5. Any three of the said Committee shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

6. The members of the Committee shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the first Wednesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor. At such meeting a Secretary shall also be appointed by the Committee.

7. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

8. If, by retirement, resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

9. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Committee present at a meeting.

10. The words "great cattle" shall be construed to mean and include cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male or female, and their offspring above six months of age; and the words "small cattle" shall be construed to mean sheep, male and female, and their offspring above the age of six months,

11. License-holders may run great or small cattle upon the lands described in the First Schedule upon the conditions mentioned in the depasturing license, to be obtained as hereinafter provided.