Num. 23.

587

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1900.

Declaring that the Perpetual-lease Tenants of Education Reserves in Southland Land District may acquire the Freeholds.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the twenty-fifth section of “The Reserves and Crown Lands Disposal and Enabling Act, 1896,” and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby declare that the lessees of the sections of land situated in the Southland Land District and enumerated in the Schedule hereto may acquire the freeholds of their respective sections upon payment of the capital values placed thereon for the purposes of the leases.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

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 March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Vesting Control of the Turanganui Bridge in the Borough of Gisborne, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by a Warrant issued by the Minister for Public Works on the third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, under the powers conferred by the eleventh section of “The Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1884,” the bridge across the Turanganui River therein mentioned was placed under the control of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Gisborne, and the cost of maintaining and repairing the said bridge was thereby apportioned amongst the local bodies named in the said Warrant, in the manner therein set forth: And 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, on or about the thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, the Governor, under the provisions of the said Act, duly appointed a Commissioner for the purpose of ascertaining the matters in the said commission mentioned, and what local authority could most conveniently and efficiently control the bridge known as the Turanganui Bridge, as described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said bridge”), such bridge being the bridge mentioned in the said hereinbefore-recited Warrant, and also for the purpose of determining 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, after due inquiry, such Commissioner did, on or about the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred, report to the Governor his opinion as to the matters respecting which he was appointed:

And whereas by the said Act it is further provided that any Proclamation or instrument heretofore issued or made under any Act hereby repealed, vesting the control of any bridge, and apportioning the costs of maintenance thereof, may be revoked, altered, or varied by the Governor from time to time, as he may deem expedient:

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 exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in any-wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and direct as follows, that is to say,—