Jan. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 169

Vesting Control of Tikorangi Bridge, Huirangi–Tikorangi Road, in the Clifton County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

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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 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 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 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 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 Warrant, publicly notified from time to time, vary or alter such care, control, and management:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed under the provisions of section one hundred and fourteen of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” 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 “Tikorangi Bridge,” mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter 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, inter alia, provided by section two hundred and eighty-two of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” that anything commenced under the authority of any Act compiled by the said “Public Works Act, 1905,” may be continued, executed, carried out, and completed under the provisions of such last-named Act: And whereas “The Public Works Act, 1894,” is one of those Acts compiled in “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

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 powers 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 shall, from and after the date of this Warrant, be under the exclusive care and control and management of the Council of the County of Clifton; 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 Clifton in the proportion of three-fifths, and the Council of the County of Taranaki in the proportion of two-fifths, 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 Taranaki 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 Clifton, and such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the said Council for and on account of such Council.

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SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Waitara River, at Tikorangi, on the Huirangi–Tikorangi Road; as the site of the said bridge and approaches thereto are delineated on the plan marked R. 698,

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 nineteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

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Members of Clutha River Board appointed.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN CRAWFORD ANDERSON, of Stirling, and
DANIEL STEWART, of Balclutha,

to be members of the Clutha River Board under “The Clutha River Board Empowering Act 1898 Amendment Act, 1900.”

J. G. WARD.

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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
ARTHUR ERNEST SNAITH .. .. Tauranga.
JOHN BROWN .. .. Duntron.

J. G. WARD.

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Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
ARTHUR RALPH EVANS .. .. Motupiko.
ANTONY WATSON OXLEY .. .. Tokomairiro.
JOHN REDMOND .. .. Mount Benger.

J. G. WARD.

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Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Courthouse, Huntly,

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, in lieu of the Public Hall previously appointed.

JAS. MCGOWAN.

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Deeds Registry Officer appointed.

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Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 19th December, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

E. S. WITHERS, Esq.,

to be Deputy Registrar of Deeds, at Auckland, during the absence on leave of Mr. L. Holloway, as from the 29th day of January, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Commissioner of Stamps.

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Companies of Wellington College Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers removed from Battalion.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Companies, Wellington College Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers, who, under warrant