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of the said town : bounded towards the north by Stromness Street, 300 links ; towards the east by Sections Nos. 8, 9, and 10 of the same block, 250 links ; towards the south by Sections Nos. 13, 14, and 15 of the same block, 300 links ; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 4 and 16 of the same block, 250 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is more particularly described in the map or plan of the said land deposited in the District Survey Office at Dunedin : together with all buildings erected thereon : to hold the said several premises for the purpose of maintaining a drill-shed for Volunteer purposes, and generally for the purposes of and with the powers conferred by the said Act. And it is hereby declared that the said Trustees shall be incorporated under the name of “ The Trustees of the Palmerston South Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve,” and that they shall take office as such Trustees on the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of the said land may be removed : And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “ The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land are hereby removed, so far as to enable the same to be mortgaged.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Portobello Bay Survey District, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Otago Heads Native Reserve, Lot 6, and being the land comprised in a Crown grant dated the 31st day of March, 1870, containing the following restriction : “ Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of the said land may be removed : And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the forty-second section of “ The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land are hereby removed, so far as to enable the same to be mortgaged.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situated in the North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District, containing 10 acres, more or less, being Section 70, Block V, of the said survey district, and being the land comprised in a Crown grant dated the 14th day of July, 1886, containing the following restriction : “ Inalienable by sale or mortgage, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Landing-place appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

CUSTOMS.-In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “ The Customs Law Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint that, from and after the date hereof, the wharf known as THE NEW RAILWAY-WHARF shall be deemed and taken to be a legal landing-place at the Port of Auckland for the lading and unlading of goods under “ The Customs Law Act, 1908.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Customs.

Governor's Order No. 190.

Warrant authorising the Spring Creek Road Board to construct a Bridge over the Wairau River at Spring Creek, and apportioning the Cost.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS 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 Spring Creek Road Board has given notice and taken the steps required by the said section, and has made application to the Governor to authorise the construction of the bridge and approaches mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter referred to as “ the said work,” and to apportion the cost of constructing and establishing the said work between the said Board 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 work, and in respect to the apportionment of the cost of constructing the said work :

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 that 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 Spring Creek Road Board to execute the said 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 Spring Creek Road Board, the Picton Road Board, the Pelorus Road Board, the Picton Borough Council, the Blenheim Borough Council, the Omaka Road Board, and the Wairau Road Board, in the following proportions, viz. : The Spring Creek Road Board to bear twenty-seven and a half per centum of such cost, the Picton Road Board to bear thirty-seven and a half per centum of such cost, the Pelorus Road Board to bear seven and a half per centum of such cost, the Picton Borough Council to bear two and a half per centum of such cost, the Blenheim Borough Council to bear fifteen per centum of such cost, the Omaka Road Board to bear five per centum of such cost, and the Wairau Road Board to bear five per centum of such cost respectively.

And I do also hereby further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Picton Road Board, the Pelorus Road Board, the Picton Borough