Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 345

to Reef ton and from Brunnerton to Jackson’s, and separately
the sums actually expended by the said Company in con-
structing the section of the railway from Belgrove to Norris’s
Gully, and the section from Springfield to Patterson’s Creek;
the sums expended for supervision and in commissions and
salaries and in other incidental matters being ascertained
separately from the sums expended for actual construction,
railway material, and labour.

2. Whether the sums so actually expended exceeded the
   amount which, with proper economy and supervision, would
   have been necessary for the due construction and equipment
   of the said lines of railway.

3. The condition of the permanent-way and rolling-stock
   and buildings of the said lines of railway at the date when
   the Governor of our said colony took possession of the same
   on our behalf.

4. The condition of the said permanent-way, rolling-stock,
   and buildings at the date when the said lines of railway be-
   came legally vested in Us.

5. The annual gross earnings of the lines of railway from
   Springfield to Patterson’s Creek, from Stillwater to Reef ton,
   and from Brunnerton to Jackson’s, during the period ending
   with the date when the same were taken possession of by the
   Governor of our said colony on our behalf, and the annual
   gross earnings of the said lines of railway and the line be-
   tween Belgrove and Motupiko during the period between
   that date and the date when the same became legally vested
   in Us.

6. What part of such annual gross earnings may fairly be
   estimated to have arisen from the carriage of goods and
   passengers in connection with the construction of the said
   lines of railway, or of the portions of railway beyond the
   limits of the same.

7. The annual cost of working and maintaining the said
   lines of railway during the said several periods.

8. The selling-value of the said lines of railway from Still-
   water to Reef ton and from Brunnerton to Jackson’s, treated
   as a railway equipped and constructed and owned by persons
   having the running-powers provided by “The Railways Con-
   struction and Land Act, 1881,” having regard—

(a.) To the net revenue already derived from working
the same, excluding revenue under paragraph six
of these presents;

(b.) To the prospective increase in net revenue to be
derived from increase of population in the
neighbourhood and increase of traffic on the
said lines, taking into consideration the increase
or decrease of revenue from the said lines since
they were first opened for traffic, but not taking
into consideration and excluding any increase in
value or traffic which would or might accrue from
the construction by Us of railways continuing or
connecting with such line of railway at either end
thereof.

9. The value of the said portions of railway from Belgrove
   to Norris’s Gully and from Springfield to Patterson’s Creek,
   estimated in the same manner, but having regard to the fact
   that they were constructed as continuations of, and are con-
   tinuations of, lines of railway then existing, and also having
   regard to the fact that the expense of their construction was
   borne partly by the Company and partly by the Government
   of our said colony.

10. The total sum realised by the Company and the said
    Receiver as the ‘proceeds of the sale of lands granted by Us
    to the Company pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of “The East
    and West Coast (Middle Island) and Nelson Railway and
    Railways Construction Act, 1884,” and the present value of
    such of the said lands granted by Us as have not yet been
    sold by the said Company or the said Receiver, and the value
    of the lands provided by Us and upon which the railway is
    constructed.

11. By what amount the sums so realised and the present
    value of the lands unsold exceed the aggregate value of the
    lands granted, as estimated for the purposes of the contract
    between Us and the said Company, and known as the B1
    values.

12. The said lines of railway having been constructed by
    means of moneys provided partly by the shareholders in the
    said Company, partly by moneys raised upon debentures, and
    partly by moneys provided by Us by our said grants of land
    and out of our Colonial Treasury, in what proportion should
    the money-value of the said lines of railway, estimated by
    you as aforesaid, be apportioned among the three said several
    contributors to the cost of construction.

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents
into effect, We do authorise and empower you, or any three
of you, to make and conduct any inquiry under these pre-
sents at such place or places in our said colony as you may
deem expedient, and to call before you such persons as you
may judge necessary by whom you may be better informed
of the matters herein submitted for your consideration, and
also to call for and examine all such books, documents,
papers, maps, plans, accounts, or records as you shall judge

likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject of
this our Commission, and to inquire of and concerning the
premises by all other lawful ways and means.

And our further will and pleasure is that you, or any three
of you, do report to Us, under your hands and seals, with as
little delay as is consistent with the due discharge of the
duties hereby imposed upon you, your opinion on the several
matters herein submitted for your consideration, with power
to certify unto Us from time to time your several proceedings
in respect of any of the matters aforesaid, if it seems expe-
dient for you so to do.

And We do further declare that this our Commission shall
continue in full force and virtue, and that you, our said Com-
missioners, or any three of you, shall and may from time to
time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter
and thing therein contained, although the same be not con-
tinued from time to time by adjournment.

In testimony whereof We have caused these our letters to
be made patent, and the Seal of our said Colony to be here-
unto affixed.

Witness our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved
Cousin Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
Knight Commander of our Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;
and issued under the Seal of our said Colony, at
Wellington, this thirty-first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and one, in the first year
of our reign.

RANFURLY.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Trustees for the Swinburn Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the sixth section of “The Ceme-
teries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint the several persons whose names are specified in
the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Trustees to
have the control and management of the public cemetery
specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ERNEST LAURENCE SCOTT

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and
also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Malvern,
vice Henry Poynton Bridge, on and from the 18th January,
1901.

J. G. WARD.