Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 553

authority of such adjacent district should contribute to the cost of constructing or establishing the said bridge, the provisions of the said section mentioned shall have effect:

And whereas the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said bridge”) has been constructed under an arrangement made between the Bruce County Council and the Kaitangata Borough Council, but the provisions of section one hundred and thirteen of the said Act precedent to the construction of the said bridge were not observed or complied with, but the said local bodies desire to have the bridge authorised in terms of the said section:

And whereas by the seventeenth section of “The Public Works Act, 1903,” it is provided that the Governor may, on the application of the Bruce County Council and the Kaitangata Borough Council, issue a Warrant under subsection two (e) of section one hundred and thirteen of the said Act, authorising the construction of the said bridge, and apportioning the cost thereof between the said Councils, notwithstanding that the steps precedent thereto required by the said section have not been taken, and that the bridge has already been constructed: And whereas the Bruce County Council and the Kaitangata Borough Council have made application to the Governor to authorise the construction of the said bridge, and to apportion the cost of constructing the same between the Bruce County Council and the Kaitangata Borough Council as required by the last-mentioned enactment:

And whereas the Governor is of opinion that the work should be authorised as provided in subsection two (e) of section one hundred and thirteen of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

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 Public Works Act, 1894,” and “The Public Works Act, 1903,” do hereby authorise the construction of the said bridge by the Bruce County Council, and I do declare that the cost of constructing the said bridge, less such amount by way of contribution as may have been provided by the Government, shall be borne by the Bruce County Council and the Kaitangata Borough Council in the following proportions:—

The Kaitangata Borough Council shall contribute the sum of four hundred and ninety-nine pounds five shillings and ninepence, and the Bruce County Council shall contribute the balance of the cost of the work; and such proportions shall be paid by the said local authorities accordingly.

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SCHEDULE.

The bridge over the Matau Branch of the Clutha River known as the Matau Bridge, Kaitangata, situated on the Matau River about 70 chains from the western boundary of the Town of Kaitangata; as the site of the said bridge is delineated on the plan marked R. 1633, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

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Lapwings to be deemed Game.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the date hereof lapwings (Vanellus cristatus) shall come within the operation of the said Act as fully and effectively as if they had been included in the Third Schedule thereto.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. G. WARD.

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Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction existing against the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and three, recommended His Excellency the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against the alienation of the block of land known as Tapuiwahine No. 2, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the said land to be leased:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council aforesaid, hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said block of land so far as to permit the said land to be leased.

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SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 78 acres, more or less, known as Tapuiwahine No. 2, and being the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 30th day of May, 1901, in favour of H. Rangitapainga.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. CARROLL.

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Land temporarily reserved in the Canterbury Land District.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Canterbury Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

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SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 98 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 3666 (in red), Block V., Square 87, Cheviot Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 39 and 3 of said Square 87, towards the east, south-east, and south by Section No. 40 of said square, and towards the south-west by the Wai-au-ua River: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 51365, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. For a forest reserve.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Land temporarily reserved in the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the