Notifying Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WAIORU.

Suburban Lands.

| 7 | III | 1 0 0 | £ 7 10 0 |
| 9 | " | 1 0 0 | 7 10 0 |
| 14 | IV | 6 1 10 | 13 0 0 |
| 17 | " | 10 3 35 | 22 0 0 |

Waiouru Township is situated on the proposed North Island Main Trunk Railway line, about twenty-one miles from the present railway terminus at Taihape, and about forty-four miles south of Tokaanu.

The construction of the railway is now in course of progress in the immediate vicinity of Waiouru. The main tourist route from Pipiriki to Tokaanu passes through the township.

The sections comprise open pumice land, covered with tussock.

Surrounding the township are the Murimotu Plains, the foot of Mount Ruapehu being about ten miles distant.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE OF KAKAHI.

Village Lands.

Kakahi Village is situated on the Tauranga-Rotorua Main Road, about thirteen miles from Rotorua, and about eight miles from Ngongotaha Railway-station. The land is at present covered with heavy mixed forest.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Warrant vesting Control of the Bridge over the Oroua River at the Rongotea-Longburn Road, and of the Protective Works, in the Manawatu County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance of the same between the Manawatu and Kairanga County Councils.

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, by Warrant under his hand publicly notified and gazetted, 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 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 any 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 authori-