Aug. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1865

enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby consent to the Waitaki County Council closing the roads mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Approving of Plans and authorising Erection of Bridge over Waihou River at Mangaiti.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, 1903.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section sixteen of “The Harbours Act, 1878” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that in any harbour where no Harbour Board is in existence the Governor in Council may authorise any local governing body, or any person, to construct harbour-works for the use and benefit of the public, and to use and occupy such part of the foreshore, or of any tidal land or tidal water, as may be necessary for the construction and use of such harbour-works:

And whereas the Ohinemuri County Council (hereinafter called “the Council”) has applied to the Governor in Council for authority to construct a bridge over the Waihou River at Mangaiti for the use and benefit of the public, and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of the said Act, has deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2614) of such bridge and the place where it is to be constructed:

And whereas there is no Harbour Board in existence for that part of the Waihou River over which it is proposed to construct the bridge:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation: And whereas it is expedient that the said plans should be approved, and that the Council should be authorised to construct the said bridge:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the said plans marked M.D. 2614, and doth authorise the Council to construct the said bridge in accordance with such plans, subject to the following terms and conditions, that is to say,—

(1.) The bridge shall be for the use and benefit of the public.

(2.) The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the date of this Order in Council, and the Council shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the Minister having charge of the Marine Department first obtained.

(3.) The Council shall be liable for any injury which may be sustained by any vessel or boat in passing the bridge by contact with it, and which may be occasioned by any default or neglect on its part.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated under “The Lunatics Act, 1882.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, 1903.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the third section of “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” it is enacted, inter alia, that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time direct that all or any of the powers, functions, duties, and authorities by the said Act vested in or required to be performed by the Colonial Secretary shall be exercised by any person the Governor may think fit:

And whereas it is expedient that the said powers should be vested in the person and in the manner hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby direct that the powers granted to the Colonial Secretary by the sixth section of the said Act shall be exercised by

WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN, Esq.,
of Christchurch, within the Provincial District of Canterbury, in the said colony.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Infectious Diseases under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898.”—Notice No. 802.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, 1903.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that typhus fever, enteric fever, scarlet fever, bubonic plague, smallpox, diphtheria, and tuberculosis are infectious diseases within the meaning of the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting the Importation of Swine from the State of Victoria.—Notice No. 803.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, 1903.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Stock Act, 1893” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby absolutely prohibit the importation or introduction into the Colony of New Zealand of any swine (as defined by the said Act) from the State of Victoria; and doth hereby declare that the regulations made under the said Act by Order in Council dated the fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, and all subsequent regulations made under the said Act, shall be read and construed subject to the provisions hereof. And His Excellency doth hereby further declare that this Order in Council shall come into force and take effect on the seventeenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and three.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.