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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 101

February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—DANNEVIRKE COUNTY.—NORSEWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second class Land.

Rough, broken forest country, entirely pastoral. The soil is indifferent, on shale rock. Well watered by small streams. The bush comprises black-birch, rimu, and scrub. Altitude varies from about 1,380 ft. to 2,775 ft. above sea-level. Access will be obtained by dray-road and six-foot bridle-track to Umuatoroa, and thence to Dannevirke, a distance of about twelve miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Warrant authorizing the Waipara County Council to construct a Bridge over the Waipara River on the North Road, together with the Approaches thereto and Protective Works, and apportioning the Cost.

ISLINGTON, 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 Waipara County Council has given notice and taken the steps required by the said Act, and has made application to the Governor to authorize the construction of the bridge, approaches, and protective works 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 Council and the Kowai Road Board, the Amuri County Council, the Cheviot County Council, and the Amberley Town Board:

And whereas no objection has been made by the other local authorities which it is proposed should contribute to the cost of the work:

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 purpose 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 powers vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby authorize the Council of the County of Waipara 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 Waipara County Council, the Kowai Road Board, the Amuri County Council, the Cheviot County Council, and the Amberley Town Board, in the following proportions—viz., the Waipara County Council to bear forty-five per centum, the Kowai Road Board to bear twenty-five per centum, the Amuri County Council to bear twenty-three per centum, the Cheviot County Council to bear five per centum, and the Amberley Town Board to bear two per centum of such cost respectively:

And I do hereby further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Kowai Road Board, the Amuri County Council, the Cheviot County Council, and the Amberley Town Board shall be paid from time to time respectively in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed out of the funds of the said Boards and Councils, within a period of one month after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Waipara County Council; and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the clerk of the Waipara County Council for and on behalf of the said Boards and Councils.

SCHEDULE.
That bridge over the Waipara River, together with the approaches and protective works thereto, situated on the main North Road between Amberley and Waipara, and on the boundary of the Waipara and Ashley Counties, Canterbury Land District; as the site of the said bridge, approaches, and protective works are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 29452, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Extending Time of Commission.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Neil Dundonald Cochrane, Esq., of Dunedin, Mining Engineer; John Dowgray, Esq., of Granity, Miner; James Sim Evans, Esq., of Nelson, Warden and Stipendiary Magistrate; George Fletcher, Esq., of Granity, Mine-manager; Herbert Scott Molineaux, Esq., of Barewood, Mine-manager; William Edward Parry, Esq., of Waihi, Miner; and Frank Reed, Esq., of Wellington, Inspecting Engineer of Mines.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report on the conditions relating to the health and safety of the miners of New Zealand and the administration of the laws relating to mining and coal-mines, and you were directed and required to report to me on or before the twenty-eighth day of October then next ensuing your proceedings and your opinion touching the matters mentioned therein:

And whereas by a Warrant dated the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the said period was extended and you were required to report to me not later than the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven:

And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby declare and appoint that the time at or before which you shall present to me your report aforesaid is hereby extended to the sixteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven:

And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Issued in Executive Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.