JUNE 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1721

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.-WAIMEA COUNTY.-WAI-ITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Low hills and gullies; originally covered with bush (principally birch, with some rimu), of which all but about 10 acres is now burnt and grown up with fern and scrub. Access by Supplejack Valley Road and by ridge-road. Distant about three miles and a half from the Upper Moutere Post-office.

24 VI
25 X
26 "
28 "
13 "
426 0 0
215 0 0
5 7 6
4 6 0
109 1 34
55 0 0
1 7 6
1 2 0

All hills and gullies; originally covered with bush (principally birch), of which all but about 15 acres along the eastern boundary of Section 13 is now burnt and grown up with fern and scrub. Section 25 has a frontage to the Stanley Brook - Wakefield Road, and is distant about eleven miles from the Wakefield Railway-station. Section 13 has access by the Dovedale - Wakefield Road and by Hodgen's Valley Road, and is distant about thirteen miles from Wake-field Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Warrant authorising the Geraldine County Council to construct a Bridge over the Opihi River at Hanging Rock, 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 Geraldine 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 the Levels County Council:

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 Dominion 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 anyway enabling me in this behalf, do hereby authorise the Council of the County of Geraldine 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 Geraldine and the Council of the County of Levels in the following proportions --viz., the Council of the County of Levels to contribute the sum of four hundred pounds as its share of such cost, and the Council of the County of Geraldine to bear the balance of such cost.

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the County Council of Levels shall be paid from time to time 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 Geraldine County Council, and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the said County Council for and on account of such County Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Opihi River at Hanging Rock, and known as the Opihi Bridge, Hanging Rock; as the said bridge is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 2609, 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 sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Warrant vesting Control of the Orakei Bridge across the Orakei Creek in the Remuera Road Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and nineteen of "The Public Works Act, 1905" (hereinafter called "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, 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 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 Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anyway enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the bridge known as the Orakei Bridge, together with the approaches thereto, as described in the Schedule hereto (and hereinafter referred to as "the said bridge"), shall, from and after the date of this Warrant, be under the exclusive care and control and management of the Remuera Road Board; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge, with the approaches thereto, is to be provided and paid by the Remuera Road Board out of the funds of the said Road Board.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Orakei Creek which connects the Remuera Road District and the Orakei Road District, in the Land District of Auckland, together with the approaches thereto; as the site of the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 9640, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Number of Commissioners of Town District of Otautau increased.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Town Districts Act Amendment Act, 1883," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby increase the number of the Commissioners of the Town District of Otautau to seven, such increase to commence from the general election of members to be held in September next.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.