Mar. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 907

ferred to as “the said Act”): And whereas section six of the said Act authorises the Governor to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more of the purposes comprised in the said Class II: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange a portion of such reserve for other land of equal value described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, to be dedicated as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by section six of the said Act and of section one hundred and forty-two of “The Land Act, 1908,” doth hereby declare that the land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto (being portion of the hereinbefore-mentioned reserve) is hereby exchanged for the Crown land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, which, in the opinion of the Governor, is of equal value, and that the land described in the said first column becomes and is Crown land freed from all previous reservation and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and that the land described in the said second column is hereby reserved for travelling stock and for the use of the Department of Agriculture, being purposes comprised in the said Class II.

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SCHEDULE.

Also all that area in the said land district, containing 20 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section 1, Block XII, Mata Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the Akuaku West No. 4 Block, 1500 links; towards the south-east by a road reserve 1 chain in width along the sea-coast; towards the south-west by the Ohineaki No. 2 Block, 1322·6 links; and towards the north-west by the said Ohineaki No. 2 Block, 1400 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 58628/21, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. |

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Trustees for the Kowai (Balcairn) Public Cemetery appointed.

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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

FRANK HUBERT COURAGE and
GEORGE ALEXANDER McLEAN

to be Trustees, in the place of Samuel Coleman and Thomas McNaught, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Kowai (Balcairn) Public Cemetery, in conjunction with George Baynton Starkey, Thomas Henry Evans, the Rev. Herbert Edward East and George Sayce Hickman, previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Warrant authorising the Omaka Road Board to construct a Bridge and Approaches thereto over the Omaka River, on the Renwick Middle Road, near Renwick, and apportioning the Cost.

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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 Omaka Road Board 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 and approaches thereto 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 and approaches thereto 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 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 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 Omaka Road Board 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 local authorities hereinafter mentioned in the following proportion, namely: The Omaka Road Board to pay fifty-three per centum; the Wairau Road Board, twenty-seven per centum; the Blenheim Borough Council, ten per centum; and the Pelorus Road Board, ten per centum of such cost respectively. And I do hereby further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Wairau Road Board, the Blenheim Borough Council, and the Pelorus Road Board shall be paid from time to time out of the funds of the said Road Boards and Borough Council, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Omaka Road Board, and all such payments shall be made to the Clerk of the said Road Board for and on account of such Road Boards and Borough Council.

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SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Omaka River, known as the Omaka River Bridge, Renwick, situated on the Blenheim to Renwick main road, including the approaches thereto; as the said bridge and approaches are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 26147, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

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

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.