Aug. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2329

in such Warrant, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of such local authority as shall be mentioned in that behalf in moh Warrant; and may by any auoh 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 euoh bridge is k 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 powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in thiis behalf, do hereby direct that the bridge and approaches thereto known as the Opotorn River Bridge at Raglan, as described in the Sohedule hereto (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 Raglan County Council; 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 and protective works, shall be borne wholly by the Raglan County Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Opotoru River at Raglan, together with the approaches thereto, and known as the Opotoro Bridge; as the site of the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 2814, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witnws the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Warrant authorising the Whakatane County Council to construct a Bridge over the Whakatane River on the Main Road between Opotiki and Rotorua near the Town of Whakatane, and apportioning the Cost.

PLUNKET. Governor.

HEREAS by section one hundred and nineteen of “The Public Works Act, 1908” (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 a portion the cost of constructing and establishing the said bridge between the said Council and the Opotiki 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 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 and the Council of the County of Opotiki in the following proportions, viz. : The Council of the County of Whakatane to bear ninety per centum of such cost, and the Council of the County of Opotiki to bear ten per centum 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 Opotiki shall be paid from time to time respectively 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 Whakatane County Council, and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the said County Council for and on behalf of such County Council.

And I do hereby cancel and annul the Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, authorising the Whakatane County Council to construct a bridge over the Whakatane River near the Town of Whakatane, and apportioning the cost, in terms of section one hundred and eighteen of “The Public Works Act, 1905.”

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.

A witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Trustees for the Petane Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

HENDERSON WILSON,
ARCHIBALD KING, and
DAVID MILNE

to be Trustees, in the place of Gilbert Matthew Clark and Arthur Edward Tuxford, who have resigned, and Donald McLean Couper, who has left the district, and

JOHN THOMAS HARVEY and
JOHN BOWIE ARNOTT

to be additional Trustees, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Petane Public Cemetery, in conjunction with John Frederick McKain and Walter Isaac Hartley Kirkham, previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witnws the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands

Waikino Stream and its Tributaries, Auckland Land District, notified under “The Timber-floating Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET. Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the second section of “The Timber-floating Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the undermentioned stream and its tributaries and branches may be used under license for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

The Waikino Stream and its branches or tributaries situated in Bay of Islands County.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands