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Board in the proportion of three per centum of the said cost respectively.

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Waipara and Awatere Road Boards and the Kaikoura and Cheviot County Councils shall be paid from time to time in the proportions hereinbefore prescribed out of the funds of the said Road Boards and County Councils, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Amuri County Council, and 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.

And I do hereby also cancel and annul the Proclamation dated the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, page 280, of the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, vesting control of the Hurunui Traffic-bridge in the Amuri County Council, and apportioning the cost of maintaining the same.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Hurunui River known as the Hurunui Traffic-bridge, and the approaches on each side thereof, situated partly in the County of Amuri, and partly in the Waipara Road District, on the Great North Road from Christchurch to Nelson.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Warrant authorising the Amuri County Council to construct a Bridge over the Mason River near Highfield, together with the Approaches and Protective Works, 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 Amuri 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, together with the approaches and protective works in connection therewith, 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, together with the said approaches and protective works, between the said Council and the Kaikoura County Council and Awatere Road Board:

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 Amuri to execute the work; and I do hereby declare that the cost thereof shall be borne solely by the Council of the County of Amuri.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge in the Amuri County, Canterbury Land District, over the Mason River, near Highfield, together with the approaches and protection works thereto, the said bridge being situated on the first crossing north of the Township of Waiau, on the main road between Waiau and Kaikoura.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Appointment of Acting Consular Agent of France, at Wellington, recognised provisionally.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognised provisionally the appointment by the Consul of France, at Auckland, of

WILLIAM SELLARS BENNETT, Esq.,

as Acting Consular Agent of France, at Wellington, during the absence of the Consular Agent, James Macintosh, Esq.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 9th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE HENRY HARRIS

to be a Vaccination Inspector, under “The Public Health Act, 1908,” for the District of Kumara, vice G. H. Sherwood. The appointment dates from the 26th day of January, 1910.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Public Health.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 9th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Public Vaccinators for the districts set opposite their names respectively:—

Name. District.
ALEXANDER JOSEPH McILROY, Esq., M.B., Mast. Surg. Clutha.
GEORGE MELMOTH SCOTT, Esq., M.B., M.D., &c. Marton.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Public Health.

Trustee of Miller’s Flat Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 14th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

JOHN PRINGLE

as a Trustee of the Miller’s Flat Public Cemetery.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 10th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM DUNPHY

to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1908.” The appointment is dated the 8th day of February, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

EDWIN WILLCOCK, Esq.,

of Pohokura, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.