Num. 22.

789

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1904.

Vesting Control of Tauерu Bridge, Masterton–Gladstone Road, in the Wairarapa South County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

(L.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, upon the terms and conditions in the said section mentioned, by Proclamation publicly notified, direct that any bridge already constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, over or across any river or arm of the sea respectively shall, from and after a date to be fixed in 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 bridge is to be provided and paid by the local authority or local authorities, and if so by what local authority or authorities; and may by any such Proclamation as aforesaid direct how, when, and to whom any such payment is to be made:

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 powers and authority vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in any-wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and direct that the said bridge shall, from and after the date of this Proclamation, be under the exclusive care and control and management of the Council of the County of Wairarapa South; 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 bridge shall be borne by the Council of the County of Wairarapa South in the proportion of one-half, and the Council of the County of Masterton in the proportion of one-half, of the said cost respectively:

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Council of the County of Masterton shall be paid from time to time in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed out of the funds of the said county, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Council of the County of Wairarapa South, and such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the said Council for and on account of such Council.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Tauерu River, near the Township of Gladstone, on the Masterton–Gladstone–East Coast Road, as the site of the said bridge and approaches thereto are delineated on the plan marked R. 1017, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured 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 first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands taken for the Construction of Electric Tramways in the City of Wellington.

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for a certain public work, to wit, for the construction of the electric tramway in the City of Wellington from Newtown Park to the Government Railway-station, with the branches and extensions thereof, which the City Council of Wellington has been authorised to construct by an Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two, issued under the powers granted by “The Tramways Act, 1894”:

And whereas the Wellington City Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also

ERRATA.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 11, of the 11th February, 1904, page 481, appointment of Assessors of Native Land Court, for “Hira Rangimatene, of Whakarewarewa,” read “Hira Rangimatini, of Whakarewarewa.” In Proclamation published in page 722, Gazette of 3rd instant, taking lands for widening Willis Street, City of Wellington, for “0a. 0r. 18·9p” read “0a. 0r. 18·19p.”

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