2298
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the portion of Omapere Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall hereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 203 acres, more or less, being portion of Omapere Kauri-gum Reserve. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 22 of the Omapere Parish, commencing at the south-east corner of the said Section No. 22, 5486·5 and 60 links, and by the Waiharakeke Stream; towards the north generally by the aforesaid Waiharakeke Stream to a point in the eastern boundary of Section No. 20 of Omapere Parish aforesaid; towards the west by the said Section No. 20, 1275 links; again towards the north by a public road, the crossing of a road, and again by the aforesaid road, 432 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 14 of the aforesaid parish, 3321 links; towards the south-west by other portion of Omapere Kauri-gum Reserve, bearing 294° 55', 1917·2 links, and the crossing of a public road 100 links wide, 101·9 links; towards the south-east by the public road aforesaid, 654, 308, 440, 477, 956, 2912, 1191, 387, and 409 links; and towards the south by Section No. 15 of Omapere Parish aforesaid, 2016·7 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704/338, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Volunteer Regulations amended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Defence Act, 1886,” and “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto such of the General Regulations of the Defence Force of New Zealand, made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, as are set forth in the said Schedule. And I do hereby declare that such amended regulations shall come into force on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

FIELD ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.

REGULATION 413.—Delete word “and” at end of sixth line. After word “finding” on seventh line add “and to each of the six men most proficient in signalling.” Add “Section V (Signalling).—The subjects for examination in signalling shall be those laid down from time to time in ‘Instructions for Practice.’”

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

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

[C.O.F./C/06/50.]

Volunteer Regulations amended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Defence Act, 1886,” and “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto such of the General Regulations of the Defence Force of New Zealand, made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, as are set forth in the said Schedule. And I do hereby declare that such amended regulations shall come into force on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

(f.) CYCLE COMPANIES.

Company Establishment.

REGULATION 3.—After word “signalling” at foot of above establishment add “and the officer commanding such combined Cycle Company and Signalling Detachment may hold rank of Captain.”

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

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

[C.O.F./A/06/417.]

Volunteer Regulations amended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Defence Act, 1886,” and “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto such of the General Regulations of the Defence Force of New Zealand, made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, as are set forth in the said Schedule. And I do hereby declare that such amended regulations shall come into force on the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

(b.) NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Divisional Staff.

REGULATION 3.—Page 5, line 8, delete “2.”

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

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

C.O.F./C/06/563.]

Warrant vesting Control of the Ruamahanga Suspension Bridge, Mount Bruce Road, at the Boundary of Masterton and Mauriceville Counties, in the Masterton County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance of the same between the Masterton and Mauriceville 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 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 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 bridge described in the Schedule hereto 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 Masterton; 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, as from the date of this Warrant, be borne by the Council of the County of Masterton in the proportion of one-half and the Council of the County of Mauriceville in the proportion of one-half of the said cost respectively,