Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2313

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Whakatane River on the main road between Opotiki and Rotorua, near the Town of Whakatane, and known as the Whakatane Bridge, including such protective works as may be necessary for the safety of the said bridge, and including also the approaches to the said bridge for a distance of 2 chains at each end of the bridge; as the site of the said bridge is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 559, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon shown in red colour.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

Warrant authorising the Whakatane County Council to construct a Bridge over the Rangitaiki River at Te Teko, and apportioning the Cost.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and eighteen of “The Public Works Act, 1905” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that in any case where the local authority of any district desires to construct a bridge, or to establish a ferry or ford, in any position that will, in its opinion, be of advantage or benefit to the whole or any considerable portion of the inhabitants of an adjacent district, as well as to the inhabitants of its own district, and where it is, in the opinion of such local authority, reasonable that the local authority of such adjacent district should contribute to the cost of constructing or establishing the said bridge, ferry, or ford, the provisions of the said section shall have effect:

And whereas the Whakatane County Council has given notice and taken the steps required by the said Act, and has made application to the Governor to authorise the construction of the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter referred to as “the said bridge,” and to apportion the cost of constructing and establishing the said bridge between the said Council and certain other local authorities:

And whereas it is also provided in the said Act that the Governor (with the view of determining whether or not the work should be done, or what proportion, if any, of the cost of the same should fairly be borne by any local authority, or what local authority should do the work) may direct any Magistrate or other person to be a Commissioner to inquire into and report to him on the matter:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed, and an inquiry was duly held, in the manner provided by the said Act, in respect to the said bridge, and in respect also to the apportionment of the cost of constructing the said bridge:

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 I am of opinion that the work should be done, and 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 vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby authorise the Council of the County of Whakatane to execute the work; and I do hereby declare that the cost thereof, less such contribution as may be made thereto (if any) by the Government of New Zealand, shall be borne by the Council of the County of Whakatane.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Rangitaiki River on the main line of road between Opotiki and Rotorua, at Te Teko, and known as the Rangitaiki Bridge, including such protective works as may be necessary for the safety of the bridge, and including also the approaches to the said bridge for a distance of 2 chains at each end of the bridge; as the site of the said bridge is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 559, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon shown in red colour.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

Vaccination Districts constituted.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Public Health Act, 1900,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing vaccination districts known as the Te Awamutu and Waitara Districts, and do declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into five vaccination districts, the names whereof shall be the Mangaroa-Mangapehi, Awakino, Te Kuiti, Te Awamutu, and Waitara Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names as are set forth in a Proclamation bearing date the third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1904,” and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the nineteenth day of the same month, pages 1031 and 1032.

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

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Komangarautawhiri A No. 3, so far as to permit the said land to be sold by public auction:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Aotea District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the same to be sold by public auction, at a reserve price equivalent to the amount of the present Government land-tax valuation.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing 157 acres, more or less, being the land known as Komangarautawhiri A No. 3, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 8th day of January, 1904, subject to the following restriction: “Inalienable, except with the consent of the Governor, by sale or mortgage, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years from the making of such lease.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

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 Thursday, the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, 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