Num. 27. 755

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1905.

Vesting Control of the Clarence Bridge in Kaikoura County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

(l.s.) PLUNKET, 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 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 bridge 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 may by any subsequent Proclamation, publicly notified, from time to time vary or alter such care, control, and management:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed and an inquiry was duly held with a view to determine what local authority could most conveniently and efficiently control the bridge known as “the Clarence Bridge,” mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereafter referred to as “the said bridge,” and what proportion of the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 bridge shall from and after the date of this Proclamation be under the exclusive care, and control, and management of the Kaikoura 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 bridge shall be borne by the Kaikoura County Council in the proportion of fifty per cent., the Awatere Road Board in the proportion of thirty per cent., the Wairau Road Board in the proportion of eleven per cent., the Omaka Road Board in the proportion of five per cent., and the Pelorus Road Board in the proportion of four per cent. of the cost respectively.

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Awatere Road Board, Wairau Road Board, Omaka Road Board, and Pelorus Road Board shall be paid from time to time respectively, in the proportions hereinbefore prescribed, out of the funds of the said local authorities, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Kaikoura 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.

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SCHEDULE.

The bridge over the Clarence River on the boundary of the Counties of Kaikoura and Marlborough, and known as the Clarence Bridge; as the site of the said bridge is delineated upon the plan marked R. 1340 deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 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 eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works,

GOD SAVE THE KING!