Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 335

Station for Quarantine appointed.

(I.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Public Health Act, 1900,” it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation, appoint any part of any port or harbour to be a quarantine station at which ships or goods may perform quarantine under Part III. of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient that the place hereinafter particularly mentioned should be appointed a quarantine station for the purposes in the said Act mentioned:

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 subsection one of section one hundred and four of “The Public Health Act, 1900,” do hereby proclaim and appoint the place named and described in the Schedule hereto, being part of the Port of Lyttelton, to be a station for the performance of quarantine.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area known as Camp Bay, in the Port of Lyttelton, and to seaward included between a line joining Tologa Head and Shag Rock, and two lines at right angles to this cutting the east and west extremes of the land forming the bay.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Vesting Control of the Ferry across the Clutha River, at Tuapeka Mouth, in the Tuapeka County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

(I.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 ferry 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 ferry 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 work 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 ferry,” and what proportion of the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said ferry 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 ferry described in the Schedule hereto—namely, the ferry across the Clutha River at Tuapeka Mouth, in the Tuapeka County—shall, from and after the date of this Proclamation, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Tuapeka 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 ferry shall, from and after the date of this Proclamation, be provided and paid by the local authorities hereinafter mentioned as follows: The Tuapeka County Council shall provide eighty-five per centum of such cost, and the Clutha County Council shall provide and contribute fifteen per centum of such cost.

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Clutha County Council shall be paid from time to time respectively in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed, out of the funds of the said County Council, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Tuapeka 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 County Council.

SCHEDULE.

The ferry across the Clutha River on the line of the road intersecting Sections Nos. 161, 162, and 148, Block I., Waitahuna West Survey District, Tuapeka County, and connecting the said road with the road forming part of the eastern boundary of Section No. 59, Block I., Rankleburn Survey District, Clutha County: as the site of the said ferry is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 29930, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon shown in red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 eleventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Settlers in the Paa Creek Village Settlement.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of February, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, under the authority of the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which certain village-homestead allotments therein enumerated should be disposed of, it was provided that no person should hold more than one allotment:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold and acquire two allotments of land in the Paa Creek Village Settlement:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it affects the areas in which the land in the Paa Creek Village Settlement shall be held, and doth by this present Order declare that any settler in the village settlement aforesaid may apply for and acquire not more than two allotments of land therein. And it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Order in Council of the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, aforesaid, shall apply, except as regards the area in which the land may be held, to the Paa Creek Village Settlement aforesaid.

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