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fencing, valued at £90; Section 4A—323 chains of wire
fencing, valued at £126; Section 5—374 chains of wire
fencing, valued at £148; Section 6—360 chains of wire
fencing, valued at £160.

The improvements which are not included in the prices
of the sections, but which must be paid for separately,
consist of: Section 2—wool-shed, valued at £112; Sec-
tion 5—iron shed and stable, valued at £80; Section 6—
five-roomed house and two sheds, total value, £300.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—Altitude, from 610 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-
level. About 100 acres of light, stony flat, with shingle
subsoil; 150 acres of fair, light, clayey soil, with stiff
clay subsoil on low undulating downs; the remainder
good land on higher downs; practically all ploughable;
watered by small creeks and springs. Access by formed
main dray-road, twenty-one miles from Timaru.

Section 2.—Altitude, from 600 ft. to 775 ft. above sea-
level. Consists of good, easy, undulating, ploughable
downs; practically the whole area has been ploughed.
The soil is fair, light, clay soil, on clay subsoil. The
area at present is partly in fallow, part oaten stubble
and eaten-off turnips. Watered by small creeks and
springs. Access by formed dray-road, twenty miles and
a half to Timaru.

Section 3.—Altitude, from 900 ft. to 1,050 ft. above sea-
level. This area consists of about 240 acres of fair land;
light soil, on stiff clay subsoil, on easy undulating downs;
the remainder is good, light, soil on higher downs. The
whole area is practically ploughable. Water is scarce on
the area at present, but can easily be obtained from
springs. Access by formed dray-road, fourteen miles and
a quarter from St. Andrew's Railway-station.

Section 4.—Altitude, from 900 ft. to 950 ft. above sea-
level. Consists of easy, undulating, agricultural downs,
practically all ploughable, with exception of the small
gullies; good light soil on stiff clay subsoil; about 30
acres were in turnips and 50 acres in wheat and oats this
year; the remainder is in fair grass. Watered by small
creeks. Access by main road and formed dray-road,
thirteen miles and a half from St. Andrew's Railway-
station.

Section 4A.—Altitude, from 900 ft. to 1,098 ft. above sea-
level. Consists of good, easy, undulating, ploughable
downs. With the exception of about 10 acres west of the
trig. station, which is still in good tussock, practically
the whole has been ploughed. The soil generally is good,
with about 50 acres only fair near the road-frontage, at
present in eaten-off turnips. The area generally is in fair
grass. Watered by small creeks and springs. Access by
formed dray-road, thirteen miles and three-quarters from
St. Andrew's Railway-station.

Section 5.—Altitude, from 675 ft. to 925 ft. above sea-
level. Consists of undulating downs, chiefly ploughable,
light, agricultural land. There is a narrow strip of stony
land along the road-frontage, with shingle subsoil. The
gullies running through the block have steep tussock sides,
and the soil in them is inferior and wet. A considerable
area of the ploughable land was in wheat and oats this
year. Watered by creeks and dams. The soil is light,
with stiff clay subsoil. Access by formed dray-road,
thirteen miles and a half from St. Andrew's Railway-
station.

Section 6.—Altitude, from 650 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-
level. Consists of fair, ploughable, agricultural downs,
intersected by deep gullies with steep slopes. The soil in
the gullies generally is inferior and rather wet, with poor
tussock growth. The area of these steep slopes and
gullies is about 50 acres, and practically not ploughable.
The remainder of the area is in fair grass. There is a
small belt of stony land along the Gordon's Valley road-
frontage. The soil is chiefly light, with stiff clay subsoil,
with shingle subsoil on the stony flat. Watered by small
creeks and springs. Access by formed dray-road, thirteen
miles to St. Andrew's Railway-station and eighteen miles
to Timaru.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Apportioning the Cost of Maintenance of the Rakaia
Combined Road and Railway Bridge.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and twenty of the
Public Works Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed "the
said Act"), as amended by section thirteen of the Public
Works Amendment Act, 1909, it is, inter alia, enacted
that the Governor may, by Warrant under his hand publicly
notified and gazetted, 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, re-
pairing, improving, or reconstructing any combined road
and railway bridge is to be provided and paid by any
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 such
payment is to be made: And whereas by the said Act it
is further enacted that the Governor may from time to
time, with the view of determining the proportion in
which it would be fair and reasonable to fix and determine
the amount to be paid by any local authority or local
authorities for or towards the cost of maintaining, repair-
ing, improving, or reconstructing any combined road and
railway bridge, direct any Magistrate or other 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 whereas by Warrant under his hand dated the
fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and
four, His Excellency the Governor did appoint William
Stonham Short, of Wellington, Solicitor, and Henry
Thompson, of Wellington, Land Purchase Officer of the
Public Works Department, as Commissioners to fix and
determine the annual payments to be made by the local
body or local bodies concerned for all the combined road
and railway bridges throughout the Dominion of New
Zealand:

And whereas in pursuance thereof the said Com-
missioners did decide that the cost of maintaining, repairing,
improving, or reconstructing the Rakaia Road and Rail-
way Bridge should in part be borne by the Selwyn County
Council and the Ashburton County Council, which Coun-
cils should each pay the sum of three hundred pounds per
annum to the Railway Department, which amounts have
since been paid by the said Councils respectively:

And whereas the Selwyn County was subdivided under
the provisions of the Selwyn County Subdivision Act,
1910:

And whereas by Warrant under his hand dated the
twenty-fifth November, one thousand nine hundred and
ten, His Excellency the Governor did appoint William
Stonham Short, Esquire, of Wellington, Solicitor and
Assistant Under-Secretary of the Public Works Depart-
ment, a Commissioner to make an award in respect of all
the assets and liabilities of the old Selwyn County Council:
And whereas after due inquiry the said Commissioner did
report to the Governor that the liability of the old Selwyn
County Council to pay the annual sum of three hundred
pounds towards the cost of maintaining, repairing, im-
proving, or reconstructing the aforementioned Rakaia
combined road and railway bridge should in future be
borne by the present Selwyn County Council and by the
Ellesmere County Council in the proportions of two hun-
dred pounds per annum and one hundred pounds per
annum respectively:

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 and its amend-
ments, and of all other powers and authorities in anyway
enabling me in this behalf, do hereby fix and determine
that, as from the date of the dissolution of the old Selwyn
County Council, the present Selwyn County Council shall
pay to the Railway Department the annual sum of two
hundred pounds, and the Ellesmere County Council shall
pay to the Railway Department the annual sum of one
hundred pounds towards the cost of maintaining, repair-
ing, improving, or reconstructing the Rakaia combined
road and railway bridge.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and twelve.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

Legal Wharves or Landing-places appointed.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers in me for this purpose
vested by the Customs Law Act, 1908, I, John
Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor
of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint that,
from and after the date hereof, the wharf known as
ECKFORD'S WHARF,
situated on Sections 12 and 13 of Block 46, Opawa,
shall be deemed and taken to be a legal wharf or landing-