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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

direct that the said work described in the Schedule hereto,
and known as “the Lower Waiau Bridge,” over the River
Waiau, in the Amuri County, shall, from and after the date
of this Proclamation, be under the exclusive care and con-
trol and management of the Amuri 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 Amuri County Council in the proportion of
seventy-five per centum, the Cheviot County Council ten
per centum, the Kaikoura County Council ten per centum,
and the Awatere Road Board five 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 Cheviot and
the Kaikoura County Councils and the Awatere Road
Board shall be paid from time to time respectively, in the
proportions hereinbefore prescribed, out of the funds of the
said County Councils and Road Board, in each case within a
period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or
on behalf of the Amuri County Council, and all such pay-
ments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the
said Council, for and on account of such Council.

I do also hereby revoke the Proclamation dated the
thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 34, of
the ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five, fixing and determining that the entire cost of
maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said
bridge shall be provided and paid by the Amuri County
Council out of the funds of the said county.

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SCHEDULE.

That bridge, known as the Lower Waiau Bridge, which
crosses the Waiau-ua River on the road connecting the
Townships of Rotherham and Waiau, the site of which
bridge is shown upon the plan marked S.G. 25395, deposited
in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey,
at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
marked B.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Commander 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 ninth day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Altering the Name of the Town of Birmingham.

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(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Design-
ation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed
“the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council
may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of
any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or
designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Kiwitea County Council has requested
that the present name of “Birmingham,” within the County
of Kiwitea, be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it
appears expedient to comply with such request:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and
with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the Township of Bir-
mingham, in the County of Kiwitea aforesaid, shall, on
and after the fourth day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name
of “Kimbolton,” and the name of the said Township of
Birmingham is hereby altered accordingly.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Commander 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 first day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Powers delegated to the Khandallah Domain Board under “The
Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day
of August, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public
Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that
the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time
delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred,
save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons, for
any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be
specified in such Order, and that every such delegation may
from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked:
And whereas, pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,”
by an Order in Council of even date herewith, the land
described in the Schedule thereto, situate in the Wellington
Land District, and being Allotments Nos. 2 and 3 of Sections
Nos. 1 and 2, Porirua District, Block XI., Belmont Survey
District, is declared to be brought under the operation of
and to be subject to the provisions of the said “Public
Domains Act, 1881”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony of New Zealand, doth by this present Order
delegate all the powers conferred by the Act first above
mentioned, except the powers under or conferred by sections
five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons,
who shall be known as the Khandallah Domain Board,
namely,—

ARTHUR O'NEILL O'DONALDO,
CHARLES THOMAS HAROLD BROWN,
ALBERT EVANS BYBLES,
SAMUEL CRISP GACE VICKERS,
MAURICE POLLOCK CAMERON,
FREDERICK WILLIAM MANSFIELD,
GEORGE MCCARTNEY,
LEONARD GREENWELL REID,
JOSEPHUS HARGREAVES RICHARDSON,
GEORGE CLARK, and
His Worship the MAYOR OF ONSLOW

(hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), subject to the
stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business
   on the third Monday in each month, at half-past seven
   o'clock p.m., at the schoolhouse, Khandallah, or at such
   other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by
   the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the
   fifteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
   ninety-eight.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
   by any two members of the Board, 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.

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

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting,
   and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third
   Monday 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.

5. 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.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise,
   the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the mem-
   bers may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a
   Chairman.

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

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.