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thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the portion of the reserve described in the second column of the Schedule hereto from that named in the first column of the said Schedule to that named in the third column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, 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, certificate, or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction on 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 Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, recommended the Governor to vary or remove and revoke the restrictions contained in the instrument of title to the block of land known as Ngaurukehu A No. 5, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, to enable the said land to be mortgaged to the Government Advances to Settlers Office Superintendent:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise 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 Aotea District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the block of land known as Ngaurukehu A No. 5, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the said land to be mortgaged to the Government Advances to Settlers Office Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land District, known as Ngaurukehu A No. 5, containing 545 acres, more or less, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 13th day of January, 1893, in favour of Winiata Puhaki and others, and containing the following restriction: “The land may be leased for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, but shall be otherwise inalienable, except with the assent of the Governor.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Native Minister.

Vesting Control of Mangaweka Bridge over the Rangitikei River in the Rangitikei County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and nineteen of “The Public Works Act, 1905” (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 Warrant under his hand publicly notified and gazetted, direct that any bridge already constructed, or which may be hereafter constructed, over or across any river or arm of the sea respectively shall, from and after a date to be fixed in such Warrant, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of such local authority as shall be mentioned in that behalf in such Warrant; and may by such Warrant 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 Warrant 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, 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 direct that the said bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and known as the Mangaweka Bridge over the Rangitikei River, shall, from and after the date of this Warrant, be under the exclusive care and control and management of the Rangitikei 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 Rangitikei County Council and Kiwitea County Council in the proportion of one-half of the cost respectively.

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Council of the Kiwitea County shall be paid from time to time in the proportion herein 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 Rangitikei County, 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.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Rangitikei River on the boundaries of the Counties of Rangitikei and Kiwitea, and known as the Mangaweka Bridge; as the site of the said bridge is delineated upon the plan marked R. 872A, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, and shown thereon in red colour.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Duty to be levied on Corio Tartar.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS a certain article of merchandise known as corio tartar is imported into New Zealand, which is apparently a substitute for cream of tartar, the latter being