Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2855

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 nineteen of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” 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 Aparima 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 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 Borough of Riverton; 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, less such amount by way of contribution (if any) as may be provided by Government, be borne by the Council of the Borough of Riverton in the proportion of three-fourths and the Council of the County of Wallace in the proportion of one-fourth 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 Wallace 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 Borough of Riverton, 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 Jacob’s River Estuary, in the Borough of Riverton, Wallace County, known as the Aparima Traffic-bridge; as the site of the said bridge is delineated on the plan marked R. 7751. 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 twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

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Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Tuapeka Commonage.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section four of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby revoke a Warrant, dated the fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, making regulations as therein appears for the management of Tuapeka Commonage, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the following rules, regulations, and orders for the management of the Tuapeka Commonage, described in the First Schedule to such regulations.

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REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of carrying out these regulations the following persons are appointed a Committee for the care, management, and protection of the said commonage,—

JAMES KERR SIMPSON, of Wetherstone;
ALEXANDER WALKER, of Wetherstone;
ALBERT SWANWICK, of Wetherstone;
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, of Blue Spur;
ANDREW BARR, of Blue Spur;
SAMUEL NUNS, of Blue Spur; and
CORNELIUS DRISCOLL, of Blue Spur,

who shall be known as the “Tuapeka Commonage Committee” (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”). Three of such Committee shall retire annually by ballot in December in each year, but they shall be eligible for reappointment as hereinafter provided.

2. On the second Wednesday in January in each year an election shall take place from among the holders of licenses to depasture cattle or stock upon the said commonage (hereinafter termed “license-holders”) for the purpose of electing three members of the Committee instead of the three retiring members; and the names of such persons, when so elected, shall be submitted to the Governor for approval, and if so approved they shall take the place of the three retiring members.

3. The Committee shall meet for the transaction of business on the second Wednesday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the Lands Office, Lawrence, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Committee. The first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six.

4. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Committee, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

5. Any three of the said Committee shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

6. The members of the Committee shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the second Wednesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor. At such meeting a Secretary shall also be appointed by the Committee.

7. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

8. If, by retirement, resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

9. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Committee present at a meeting.

10. The words “great cattle” shall be construed to mean and include cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male or female, and their offspring above six months of age; and the words “small cattle” shall be construed to mean sheep, male and female, and their offspring above the age of six months.

11. License-holders may run great or small cattle upon the lands described in the First Schedule upon the conditions mentioned in the depasturing license, to be obtained as hereinafter provided.

12. Persons desirous of obtaining a depasturing license must lodge with the Receiver of Land Revenue at Lawrence an application in writing in the form or to the effect contained in the Second Schedule hereto, and deposit therewith the license fee payable hereunder. If such application be refused the fee shall be refunded to the applicant.

13. The Committee shall have power to refuse to grant any license, also to limit the number of cattle which may be depastured under any license. They shall also have power to specify the kind of cattle which may be depastured under any license.

14. The number of cattle to be depastured shall be mentioned in the license, and the rent to be paid in respect of such license shall be calculated upon the following scale, that is to say:—

For every head of great cattle mentioned s. d.
in the license, if such license is issued before 1st July .. .. .. 6 0
For every head of great cattle mentioned in the license, if such license is issued after 1st July .. .. .. 4 0
For every head of small cattle mentioned in the license, if such license is issued before 1st July .. .. .. 2 6
For every head of small cattle mentioned in the license, if such license is issued after 1st July .. .. .. 1 3