Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 163

Notifying Lands in Wellington for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction at the Fire Brigade Hall, Wanganui; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said lands shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MOWHANAU VILLAGE.

These sections are a portion of the Mowhanau Village, in the Kai-Iwi Block, situated on the sea-coast. The access is from Wanganui, which is about ten miles distant by a buggy-road, and by pack-track from the Kai-Iwi Railway-station. The sections comprise flat and undulating land, all in grass; the soil is of sandy loam, resting on papa formation. The elevation ranges from about 50 ft. to about 170 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SUNDAY ISLAND, KERMADEC GROUP.

Second-class Land.

Covered with bush, mostly pohutukawa; soil very good, with a few small flats, the largest near Wilson Point. The surface consists of ridges, sloping to the east from an extreme height of 1,723 ft. to sea-level, ending often in abrupt cliffs.

Sunday Island is situated in latitude 29° 15′ 5″, six hundred miles north-east of Auckland. The climate is mild and equable, being somewhat hotter than north Auckland.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Warrant apportioning the Cost of maintaining the Clayton Road.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section eight of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” it is enacted that in any case where a road in one district is largely used by or for the purpose of traffic to or from any other district or districts, and affords access to or from such district or districts, and the Governor is of opinion that it is equitable that the latter district should contribute towards the cost of constructing or maintaining the whole or any portion of such road in the former district, the Governor may from time to time apportion the cost of constructing or maintaining the whole or any part of such road among the local authorities of the respective districts as he thinks fit; and for that purpose, and to enable effect to be given thereto, the provisions of sections one hundred and thirteen and one hundred and fourteen of the principal Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply:

And whereas the Council of the County of Mackenzie has made application to the Governor to apportion the cost of maintaining the road described in the Schedule hereto between the said Council and the Council of the County of Geraldine, and hereinafter referred to as “the said road”:

And whereas by section one hundred and fourteen of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” it is further provided that the Governor may, with the view of determining what proportion, if any, of the cost of maintaining the work should be borne by any local authority, direct any person to be a Commissioner to inquire 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 duly held: And whereas such Commissioner did report to the Governor, after due inquiry, his opinion thereon:

And whereas the Governor is of opinion that the said road should be maintained:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Acts, do hereby authorise the Council of the County of Mackenzie to maintain the said road; and I do hereby declare that the cost of maintaining the said road shall be borne by the Council of the County of Mackenzie and the Mount Peel Road Board in the following proportions: viz., the Council of the County of Mackenzie shall contribute three-fourths and the Mount Peel Road Board one-fourth of the said cost; provided, however, that the sum to be paid by the Mount Peel Road Board as its proportion of the said cost for any one year shall not amount to more than fifteen pounds.

And I do hereby direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Mount Peel 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 Council of the County of Mackenzie; and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the said Council for and on account of such Council,