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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Land in Southland withdrawn from Sale as Village-homestead Allotments.

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RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, 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and after the day of the date hereof the sections of land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be and are hereby withdrawn from sale as village-homestead allotments.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 27, 28, 29, 36, 40 to 46, 53 to 60, 62 to 74, Block VII., Invercargill Hundred.

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 seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Vesting Control of the Ashley Traffic-bridge, near Rangiora, in the Ashley Road Board, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

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RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by a Warrant issued by the Minister for Public Works on the seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, under the powers conferred by the eleventh section of “The Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1884,” the bridge across the Ashley River therein mentioned was placed under the control of the inhabitants of the Ashley Road District, 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 Ashley Traffic-bridge (which with its approaches and protective works, as described in the Schedule hereto, is hereinafter referred to as “the said bridge”), such bridge, with the addition of certain approaches and protection-works, 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 sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, 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 cost 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 anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and direct as follows, that is to say,—

1. That the said bridge described in the Schedule hereto shall, from and after the date of this Proclamation, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Ashley Road Board.

2. I fix and determine that the future cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge shall be provided, and paid from time to time by the under-mentioned local authorities in the proportions set opposite the name of each authority, that is to say,—

The Ashley Road Board, in the proportion of forty-six per cent. of such cost;

The Kowai Road Board, in the proportion of twenty-three per cent. of such cost;

The Council of the Borough of Rangiora, in the proportion of twenty-three and a half per cent. of such cost; and

The Mandeville-Rangiora Road Board, in the proportion of seven and a half per cent. of such cost.

3. I direct that any payment hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the several local authorities hereinbefore mentioned shall be paid from time to time, in the proportions hereinbefore fixed and determined, out of the funds under the control of the said Road Boards and borough respectively, in each case within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Ashley Road Board; and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the said Road Board, for and on account of such Road Board.

4. I hereby revoke the hereinbefore-recited Warrant of the seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, so far as the same is inconsistent with or repugnant to this Proclamation; but such revocation shall not be deemed to affect any rights, claims, or liabilities of or against any local body mentioned in the said warrant, and which may be in existence thereunder before this Proclamation takes effect.

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SCHEDULE.

THE bridge known as the Ashley Traffic-bridge, over the Ashley River, in a continuation southerly of Cone’s Road, in Block VI., Rangiora Survey District, together with the protective works existing and extending generally in a south-westerly direction from the southern end of the said bridge, as marked on plan by letters A, B (in length about 40 chains, also extending in an easterly direction for a distance of about 4 chains); and including also the approaches of the said bridge, marked on plan by letters D and A C respectively; also the protective works on the left bank of the river, in the vicinity of the northern end of the said bridge: as the sites of the said bridge, protective works, and approaches are respectively shown on the plan marked S.G. 15167, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington, in the Wellington 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 fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Proclaiming a Road as closed through Land in Inglewood Town District.

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RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony