Nov. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3277

Lands permanently reserved.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-first section of the Land Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

And whereas by the three-hundred-and-twenty-second section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said three-hundred-and-twenty-first section may, at the expiration of one month but not later than six months after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas the lands specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto were, by the Warrants the dates of which are specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and the notifications of which were published in the Gazettes specified in the fourth column, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Act for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby permanently reserve the lands so temporarily reserved as aforesaid, and enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, being the same purposes for which the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

• Survey District.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Vesting Control of the Hurunui-Greta Bridge, over the Hurunui River, in the Cheviot County, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance between the Cheviot and Waipara Counties.

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, 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 a 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 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 shall deem 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 section one hundred and twenty 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 Hurunui-Greta 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 ought to 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 herein-after 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 the date of this Warrant, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Council of the Cheviot County; 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 Cheviot County Council and the Waipara County Council in the following proportions, viz.: The Cheviot County Council shall pay