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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

by the stream about half a mile north of Trig. E, Ward District.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing about 2,500 acres, and numbered 3345 (in red), in the Mueller and Tasman Survey Districts. Bounded on the westward by the River Dobson; and on the northward, eastward, and southward by lines to cover the principal forest lands on the east bank of the aforesaid river.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing about 150 acres, and numbered 3348 (in red), in Blocks XII. and XIII., Mueller District. Bounded on the northward by the Birch Hill Stream; and on the south-east and south-west by lines to cover the bush or scrub on the south bank of the said stream.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing about 200 acres, and numbered 3349 (in red), in Blocks XII. and XIII., Mueller, and II. and III., Tasman Survey Districts. Bounded on the southward by Fred.’s Stream; and on the north-west and north-east by lines to cover the forest on the said stream to the westward of Section No. 33665.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing about 350 acres, and numbered 3350 (in red), in Blocks II. and III., Tasman Survey District. Bounded on the southward by Bush Stream and Rural Section No. 33676; and on the north-east and north-west by lines to cover the forest to the northward and westward of the said section.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 165 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more or less, and numbered 3346 (in red), in Block III., Nimrod Survey District. Bounded on the north-west by Rural Section No. 36469; on the north-eastward by Rural Sections Nos. 3278, 4944, 24988, and a road-line; on the south-east by a road-line and Rural Section No. 36508; and on the south-west by the latter section.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing about 450 acres, and numbered 3347 (in red), in Block V., Waimate District. Bounded on the eastward by Rural Section No. 34858, a road-line, and Rural Sections Nos. 34341 and 23810; on the northward and southward respectively by lines in continuation of the northern and southern boundaries of the first- and last-mentioned sections; and on the westward by lines to cover the forest lying to the west of the above-mentioned sections.

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 thirteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

J. CARROLL,
For Commissioner of State Forests.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Vesting Control of the Traffic-bridge known as the Hurunui-Greta Bridge in the Cheviot County Council, and apportioning Cost of Maintenance.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, 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, or which may hereafter be constructed, over or across any river or arm of the sea, shall, from and after a date to be fixed by 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, repairing, improving, or reconstructing 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 determining 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 Commissioner 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, 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, 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 Hurunui-Greta Bridge,” shall, from and after the date of this Proclamation, be under the exclusive care and control and management of the Cheviot 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 Cheviot County Council in the proportion of ninety per centum and the Waipara Road Board ten per centum of the cost.

And I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining, 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 Waipara Road Board shall be paid from time to time out of the funds of the said Road Board, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Cheviot 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 Road Board.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge, known as the Hurunui-Greta Bridge, which crosses the Hurunui River at a point about two miles and a half below the confluence of the Kaiwara River with the Hurunui River, the site of the said bridge being 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 A.

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 twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Withdrawing Land in the Taranaki Land District from Special Settlement.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the Proclamation of the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, by His Excellency the Governor, setting apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for special settlement, shall be and the same is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,978 acres 3 roods, more or less, being