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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

to be Trustees of the said rifle range under Part V of the Defence Act, 1908. And I hereby declare that the said Trustees and their successors shall be a body corporate as aforesaid for an estate in fee-simple, to have and to hold the same as a rifle range for the use of the Territorial Force, subject to the provisions of the Defence Act, 1908, and the Defence Act, 1909, in that behalf. And I further declare that this Warrant shall take effect on the twentieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 32 acres 2 roods 13 perches, more or less, being Section No. 14, Block X, Longwood Survey District, commencing at the north-east corner of Section No. 13 of the said block, Longwood Survey District. Bounded thence by a line bearing 345° 28′ 20″ for a distance of 979·8 links; thence by a line bearing 346° 59′ for a distance of 5308 links; thence by a line bearing 76° 59′ for a distance of 400 links; thence by a line bearing 166° 59′ for a distance of 5308 links; thence by a line bearing 168° 30′ for a distance of 3776·8 links; thence by a road-line bearing 252° 43′ for a distance of 200·6 links to the south-east corner of said Section No. 13; thence by the north-east boundary of that section, 2818 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5369/3, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Authorizing Native Owners to lease Native Land.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by subsection (b) of section fifteen of the Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1908, and acting on the recommendation of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize the Native proprietors of the undermentioned land to lease the same, subject to the condition that the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, as to leasing are complied with.

Rotomahana Parekarangi No. 5b (8087 acres).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Vesting Control of the Waipuku River Bridge in the Stratford County Council and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and twenty of the Public Works Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may, upon the terms and conditions in the said section mentioned, by Warrant publicly notified, 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 is 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, improving, 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 local authorities; and may also by any such Warrant as aforesaid direct how, when, and to whom any such payment is to be made:

And whereas by the said Act it is further provided that the Governor may from time to time, with the view of determining whether it is expedient to vest the exclusive care, control, management, and maintenance of any such bridge in any local authority, direct any person to be a Commissioner to inquire into and report to him upon any matter which he deems necessary to enable him to determine any such question as aforesaid; and may by any subsequent Warrant publicly notified from time to time vary or alter such care, control, and management:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and an inquiry was duly held, with a view to determine what local authority could most conveniently and efficiently control the bridge known as the Waipuku Bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter referred to as “the said bridge,” and what proportion of the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge should be paid by any, and if so, which local authority or local authorities:

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 it is expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the said bridge shall, from and after the date of this Warrant, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Stratford County Council; and, in further pursuance of the aforesaid powers and authorities, I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge shall be borne by the Stratford and Taranaki County Councils in equal proportions:

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Taranaki County Council shall be paid from time to time in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed out of the funds of the said Council within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Stratford County Council, and such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the Stratford County Council for and on account of such County Council.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Waipuku River, known as the Waipuku Bridge, situated on the Mountain Road where it crosses the said river at a place about six miles and a half from Stratford on the south, and about seven miles from Inglewood on the north; as the site of the said bridge is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 27330, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

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

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Warrant vesting Control of the Waipukurau Bridge in the Waipukurau Town Board, and apportioning the Cost of maintaining the Same.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and twenty of the Public Works Act, 1908 (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 the 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, improving, 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 local 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 considered expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth: