MAY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1961

Opening Lands in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen; and also that the lands 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 lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—APARIMA HUNDRED.

First-class Land.

Fair soil, on clay subsoil; covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; chiefly old sawmill workings. Land undulating, but ranges are fairly easy; well watered by permanent streams. Situated about two miles and a half from Ringway Siding, and three miles and a quarter from Otatau Railway-station, school, and post-office.

Second-class Land.

17 | V | 231 3 9 | 270 0 0 | 6 15 0 | 5 8 0

Fair soil, on clay subsoil; covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; chiefly old sawmill workings. Land undulating, but the tops are flat and of considerable extent; well watered by permanent stream. Situated about five miles and three-quarters from Otatau Railway-station, post-office, and school.

These sections are subject to existing tramway rights until cancelled by the Land Board.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Warrant authorizing the Manukau County Council to construct the Tamaki Bridge at Panmure and Approaches thereto, and apportioning the Cost.

LIVERPOOL, 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 desired 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 Manukau 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 and approaches thereto 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 certain other local authorities:

And whereas it is also provided in the said Act that the Governor (with the view of determining whether or not the work should be done, or what proportion, if any, of the cost of the same should fairly be borne by any local authority, or what local authority should do the work) may direct any Magistrate or other person to be a Commissioner to inquire into and report to him on the matter:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed, and an inquiry was duly held, in the manner provided by the said Act, in respect to the said work, and in respect also to the apportionment of the cost of constructing the said work:

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 I am of opinion that the said work should be done, and it is expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth:

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 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 Manukau County Council to execute the said work; and I do hereby declare that the cost thereof, less such contribution (if any) as may be made thereto by the Government of New Zealand, shall be borne by the local authorities hereinafter mentioned in the following proportions—namely, the Manukau County Council shall bear seventy-five per centum, the Auckland City Council eight per centum, the Panmure Township Road Board seven per centum, the Mount Wellington Road Board five per centum, and the Ellerslie Road Board five per centum of such cost respectively: And I do hereby further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Auckland City Council, the Panmure Township Road Board, the Mount Wellington Road Board, and the Ellerslie Road Board shall be paid from time to time out of the funds of the said City Council and Boards within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Manukau County Council, and all such payments shall be made to the Clerk of the Manukau County Council, for and on account of such City Council and Boards.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Tamaki River at Panmure, and situated on the boundary between the Manukau and Eden Counties, including the approaches thereto; as the site of the said bridge and approaches is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 35171, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Warrant apportioning the Cost of maintaining Portion of Page’s Road, in the Heathcote County.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and nine of the Public Works Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that in any case where a road in one district is largely used by or for the purpose of traffic to or from any other district or districts, and affords access to or from such districts, and the Governor is of opinion that it is equitable that the latter district or districts should contribute towards the cost of constructing or maintaining the whole or any portion of such road in the former district, the Governor may from time to time apportion the cost of constructing or maintaining the whole or any portion of such road among the local authorities of the respective districts as he thinks fit; and for that purpose, and to enable effect to be given hereto, the provisions of section one hundred and nineteen hereof shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in the case of the construction or reconstruction of the road, and the provisions of section one hundred and twenty in the case of the maintenance of the road: And whereas it is provided in the said section one hundred and nine that the word “road” in that section includes, in the case of a borough, a street or other thoroughfare:

And whereas a dispute has arisen between the local authorities hereinafter mentioned on the question of the maintenance of the street hereinafter mentioned: And whereas by the said section one hundred and twenty it is, inter alia, provided that the Governor may, with a view of determining what proportion (if any) of the cost of maintaining any work should be borne by any local authority, direct any Magistrate or other person to be a Commissioner to inquire into