Oct. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1777

Warrant authorising the Manchester Road Board to rebuild a Portion of a Bridge over the Oroua River at Aorangi, 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 four spans and other works:

And whereas the Manchester Road Board 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 Road Board, the Feilding Borough Council, the Manawatu Road Board, and the Manawatu County Council:

And whereas the Manchester Road Board 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 the said local bodies have agreed to contribute in the following proportions: namely, five-twelfths, four-twelfths, two-twelfths, and one-twelfth of the whole estimated cost respectively:

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 Manchester Road Board to construct the said work; and I do hereby declare that the cost of constructing the said work—namely, one thousand four hundred and fifty pounds—shall be borne in the following proportions—namely, six hundred and four pounds three shillings and fourpence shall be borne by the Manchester Road Board, four hundred and eighty-three pounds six shillings and eightpence shall be borne by the Feilding Borough Council, two hundred and forty-one pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence shall be borne by the Manawatu Road Board, and one hundred and twenty pounds sixteen shillings and eightpence shall be borne by the Manawatu County Council; and such proportions shall be paid by the said local authorities accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Oroua River, situated at Aorangi, in the Land District of Wellington, on the line of road known as the Feilding–Bunnythorpe Road: as the same is marked in red on the plan numbered S.G. 14910, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land reserved as an Endowment for a Public Library in the Township of Hamilton.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the twenty-third section of “The Reserves and Crown Lands Disposal and Enabling Act, 1896,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby reserve the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of an endowment for a public library in the Township of Hamilton.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 434 acres 1 rood 35 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 13 and 14, Block IV., Upper Taieri Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 12; towards the east by a public road; towards the south by a public road; towards the west and again towards the south by Section No. 15; and towards the north-west by a public road.

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.

Settlement of Claim for Compensation under “The Mining Act, 1891.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1897.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 153rd section of “The Mining Act, 1891,” it is hereby notified that the claim for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto, in respect to a Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony on the 19th day of March, 1895, declaring that Duffers Creek, with its tributaries, in the Provincial District of Nelson, shall be a watercourse into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, has been settled by agreement, as provided by the said Act.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.
DUFFERS CREEK.

Notifying Lands in Marlborough for Sale by Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto following the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
On Titirangi Run.

Section 4, Block IX., Gore Survey District: 187 acres; upset price, £66 15s.; weighted with £22 5s., cost of survey.

Section 2, Block XIII., Gore Survey District: 217 acres; upset price, £81 7s. 6d.; weighted with £25, cost of survey.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Canterbury for Sale by Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto following the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHBURTON COUNTY.—RANGITATA SURVEY DISTRICT.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor this eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.