Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2093

by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of sale, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Waitohu Survey District, in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 50 acres, more or less, being the land known as Section No. 13 of Subdivision No. 26 of Ohau No. 3, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 61, folio 24, in the Land Transfer Office, at Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Duty to be levied on Fermenta.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS a certain article of merchandise known as fermenta is imported into New Zealand, which is apparently a substitute for cream of tartar, the latter being a dutiable article under “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888”:

And whereas fermenta has properties which enable it to be used for a similar purpose as cream of tartar:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon me by section seventeen of “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” do hereby direct that there shall be levied on fermenta a duty of one penny the pound, such duty being equal to the duty on cream of tartar.

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

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Governor’s Order No. 175.

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Warrant apportioning the Cost of maintaining Beach Road, Wakanui Road, East Street, and Bridge Street, within Hampstead Town District, and Wakanui Road, Smithfield Road, Milton Road, and Trevors Road, within Wakanui Road District.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and nine of “The Public Works Act, 1905” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that in any case where a road in one district is largely used by or for the purpose of traffic to or from any other district or districts, and affords access to or from such district or districts, and the Governor is of opinion that it is equitable that the latter district or districts should contribute towards the cost of constructing or maintaining the whole or any portion of such road in the former district, the Governor may from time to time apportion the cost of constructing or maintaining the whole or any part of such road among the local authorities of the respective districts as he thinks fit; and for that purpose, and to enable effect to be given thereto, it is also provided by the said Act that the provisions of section one hundred and nineteen of the said Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in the case of the maintenance of the road:

And whereas a dispute has arisen between the Hampstead Town Board and the Wakanui Road Board on the question of the maintenance of the roads and streets hereinafter mentioned:

And whereas by the said section one hundred and nineteen it is, inter alia, provided that the Governor may, with a view of determining what proportion, if any, of the cost of maintaining any work should be borne by any local authority, direct any person to be a Commissioner to inquire and report to him upon any matter which he shall deem necessary to enable him to determine any such question as aforesaid:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed for the purpose aforesaid, and an inquiry duly held:

And whereas such Commissioner did report to the Governor after due inquiry his opinion thereon:

And whereas the Governor is of opinion that it is equitable that the cost of maintaining the roads and streets mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be provided and paid in the manner and in the proportions hereinafter respectively 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, do hereby apportion the cost of maintaining the roads and streets (irrespective of footpaths) described in the First Schedule hereto between the Hampstead Town Board and the Wakanui Road Board in the proportions shown respectively against the names of such roads and streets as set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

And I do hereby direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Wakanui Road Board in respect of the roads and streets mentioned in Part I of the Second Schedule hereto, and by the Hampstead Town Board in respect of the roads mentioned in Part II of that Schedule, shall be paid from time to time out of the funds of the said Boards respectively within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of each such Board respectively; and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the Hampstead Town Board or the Clerk of the Wakanui Road Board, as the case may be, for and on account of the said Boards respectively.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF ROADS AND STREETS.

That road in the Hampstead Town District, known as Beach Road, from the boundary of Ashburton Borough through Hampstead Town District to its junction with Trevors Road in Wakanui Road District, a distance of 35 chains or thereabouts.

Also that portion of Wakanui Road within the Hampstead Town District from the boundary of Ashburton Borough to its junction with Trevors Road in Wakanui Road District, a distance of 37 chains or thereabouts; also that portion of Wakanui Road in Wakanui Road District, being a continuation of the said road from the junction of Trevors Road to the junction of Milton Road, a distance of 88 chains or thereabouts.

Also that road, known as Smithfield Road, from Seafield Road to East Street in Wakanui Road District, and from Milton Road to Seafield Road in Wakanui Road District, a distance of 34 chains and 116 chains respectively or thereabouts.

Also that road, known as Milton Road, in Wakanui Road District extending from Wakanui Road to Smithfield Road, a distance of 66 chains or thereabouts.

Also that road, known as Trevors Road, in Wakanui Road District extending from the south-western boundary of Hampstead Town District to its junction with Wakanui Road, a distance of 85 chains or thereabouts.

Also that street in Hampstead Town District, known as Bridge Street, between Belt Road and Smithfield Road, a distance of 54 chains or thereabouts.

And also that street, known as East Street, in Hampstead Town District proceeding from the boundary of Ashburton Borough to Smithfield Road, a distance of 54 chains or thereabouts.

As the said roads and streets are more particularly delineated on plan marked R. 6913, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

PART I.

ROADS IN HAMPSTEAD TOWN DISTRICT.

The portion of Beach Road .. | Three-fifths | Two-fifths.

The portion of Wakanui Road .. | One-half .. | One-half.

The portion of East Street .. | Four-fifths | One-fifth.

Bridge Street .. | Two-thirds | One-third.

PART II.

ROADS IN WAKANUI ROAD DISTRICT.

Wakanui Road from Milton Road to Trevors Road | One-third | Two-thirds.

Smithfield Road from Seafield Road to East Street | One-third | Two-thirds.

Smithfield Road from Milton Road to Seafield Road | One-half .. | One-half.

Milton Road .. .. | One-half .. | One-half.

Trevors Road .. .. | One-half .. | One-half.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.