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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 purpose 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 power and authority vested in me by the said Act and its amendments, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the decking of the said bridge shall be borne by the Raglan County Council, the Waikato County Council, and the Huntly Town Board in the following proportions—viz., the Raglan County Council shall pay fifty per centum, the Waikato County Council two per centum, and the Huntly Town Board forty-eight per centum of such cost respectively.

And I do also hereby further direct that any contributions hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Raglan County Council, the Waikato County Council, and the Huntly Town Board (hereinafter referred to as “the said local authorities”) shall be paid from time to time in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed, out of the funds of the said local authorities, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Minister of Railways, and such payments shall be made from time to time to the said Minister for and on account of the said local authorities.

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SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Waikato River between the Town District of Huntly and the Raglan County opposite Bradley Street, Huntly. As the site of the said bridge is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 33951, 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 third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

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Warrant apportioning the Cost of maintaining Part of the Great South Road in the Huntly Town District.

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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 district or 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 part 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 thereto, the provisions of section one hundred and twenty of the said Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in the case of the maintenance of the road:

And whereas I am of opinion that it is equitable that the cost of maintaining the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto should be provided and paid in the manner and in the proportions hereinafter respectively 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 and authority vested in me by the said Act, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby apportion the cost of maintaining the road described in the Schedule hereto between the Huntly Town Board, the Raglan County Council, and the Waikato County Council in the following proportions—viz., the Huntly Town Board to pay ninety-two and a quarter per centum, the Raglan County Council four and a quarter per centum, and the Waikato County Council three and a half per centum of such cost respectively. And I do hereby direct that any contributions hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the above-mentioned Board and Councils in respect of the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be paid from time to time out of the funds of the said Board and Councils, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Minister of Railways, and all such payments shall be made to the Minister of Railways for and on account of the said Town Board and County Councils.

SCHEDULE.

That part of the Great South Road, in the Town District of Huntly, commencing at a point about 135 ft. north of the combined road and railway bridge over the Waikato River at Huntly, and terminating at a point about 165 ft. south of the said bridge. As the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 33951, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured yellow.

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

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works

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Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

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PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

WALTER RICHARD HOWARD,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Mosgiel, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand this first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

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Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

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Government Buildings,
Wellington, 4th March, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

HECTOR HASSELL RIVERS,

of Oroua Downs, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington. 7th March, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
THOMAS ARTHUR WHITE .. .. .. Heriot.
MARGARET WATSON BARLOW .. .. .. Hororata.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

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Member of Newman Domain Board appointed.

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Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st March, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST GEORGE PERCIVAL DOWSETT

to be a member of the Newman Domain Board, in place of Richard Gyde, who has resigned.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

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Appointment of Member to the Public Trust Office Board.

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Wellington, 3rd March, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER GEORGE FOSTER, Esq.,

to be a member of the Public Trust Office Board, under the provisions of section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913, for two years, as from the 1st day of March, 1916.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.