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watered by springs, uncertain in summer. Situated ten miles from Mangonui, seven miles of which is by formed road, balance as yet unformed, but there is a bridle-track in use.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 | VIII | 296 0 0 | 520 0 0 | 13 0 0 | 10 8 0
Altitude, 100 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to slightly broken at southern end; a few acres fern and manuka; balance mixed forest comprising towai, taraire, rimu, miro, &c. Soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated three miles from Taheke Post-office, two miles of which is by formed dray-road, balance as yet unformed.

MANGONUI COUNTY.—MAUNGATANIWHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | III | 326 0 0 | 410 0 0 | 10 5 0 | 8 4 0
Weighted with £52, valuation for improvements comprising four-roomed cottage, grassing, and fencing.
Altitude, 100 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Level to hilly land, about half mixed forest comprising rimu, rata, puriri, taraire, tawa, towai, kohekohe, rewarewa, and scattered kahikatea, with thick undergrowth of kohutuhutu, mahoe, hangehange, nikau, punga, kiekie, supplejack, lawyer, &c.; 18 acres cleared and grassed; balance fern land. Soil of a stony and rubbly nature of fair quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams. Situated about eight miles from Mangonui, five miles and a half of which is formed cart-road, balance formed sledge-road.

WAIKATO COUNTY.—TAUPIRI PARISH.

300,301. | .. | 118 2 0 | 300 0 0 | 7 10 0 | 6 0 0
303 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements consisting of 4 acres ploughing and 23 chains fencing along road-frontage.
Altitude, 60 ft. to 80 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and manuka land, with small patches of swamp. Soil a brown loam of good quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by springs. Situated ten miles from Ohinewai by good formed roads, five miles of which is metalled.

505 | .. | 519 0 0 | 360 0 0 | 9 0 0 | 7 4 0
Altitude, 200 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, very steep in parts, about one-third mixed forest comprising rata, kohekohe, tawa, &c., with thick undergrowth of supplejack and fern; balance manuka and fern, with a little swamp. Soil of fair quality in forest, medium to inferior in open, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Situated thirteen miles from Ohinewai Railway-station, nine miles of which is formed cart-road, balance good 6 ft. track.

ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTOMA SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | II | 608 2 0 | 320 0 0 | 8 0 0 | 6 8 0
Altitude, 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. About 50 acres flat around lagoon, and 50 acres flat on hilltop, balance rather broken land cut up by deep gorges; 20 acres light mixed forest, principally tawa and manuka, with thick undergrowth of scrub, balance covered with fern and manuka. Soil of fair quality, of a sandy pumice nature, on pumice-cement formation; well watered by lagoon and small stream. Fronts Rotoehu—Pikowai Road, fifteen miles from Matata by formed road.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Warrant vesting Control of the Top Grass Road-bridge, on the Boundary between the Woodville and Dannevirke Counties, in the Woodville County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance of the same.

I. LIVERPOOL, 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 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 such Warrant as aforesaid fix or 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 authorities; and may by such Warrant as aforesaid direct how, when, and to whom any such payment is to be made:

And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made under the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the bridge described in the Schedule hereto, and known as Top Grass Road-bridge (hereinafter called “the said bridge”), shall, from and after the date of this Warrant, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Woodville County Council. And, in further pursuance and exercise of the powers aforesaid, I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining, repairing, or improving the said bridge is to be provided and paid by the local authorities hereinafter mentioned in the following proportions—viz., the Woodville County Council to pay half of such cost, and the Dannevirke County Council to pay half of such cost, respectively. And I also hereby direct that the contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Dannevirke County Council towards the cost of maintaining, repairing, or improving the said bridge shall be paid from time to time, in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed, out of the funds of the said Council, within a period of one month after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Woodville County Council, and such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the Woodville County Council for and on behalf of the Dannevirke County Council.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Oruakeretaki Stream on Top Grass Road on the boundary between the Dannevirke and Woodville Counties; as the site of the said bridge is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 32759, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon shown by a red cross.

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

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Appointment of Consular Agent of Italy at Wellington recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th March, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

LEONARD OWEN HOWARD TRIPP, Esq.,

as Consular Agent of Italy at Wellington.

H. D. BELL.

Appointment of Consul for Germany at Dunedin recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th March, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognized provisionally the appointment by the Consul-General for Germany at Sydney, New South Wales, of

ALFRED FELS, Esq.,

as Acting Consul for Germany at Dunedin, during the absence of the Consul Willi Fels, Esq.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, Buckley Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th March, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT EDWARD LODGE, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Buckley Drainage District, as constituted under the Land Drainage Act, 1908; also to appoint Wednesday, the 9th day of April, 1913, to be the date, and Stephenson’s Hall, Vance Street, Shannon, to be the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Friday, the 11th day of April,