JULY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2779

the South Malvern Public Cemetery, in conjunction with Thomas Brown, Arthur Burkitt, William Watson, and Alexander McNie Wilson, previously appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Trustees for the Swinburn Public Cemetery appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

James Baird,
Alexander Barrie Mann, and Andrew White Pearson

to be trustees for the maintenance and care of the Swinburn Public Cemetery, in the places of John Hawkins Crutchley, deceased, and John Durward and Neil Fletcher, who have left the district, to act in conjunction with Alexander Pearson and Robert Scott, previously appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Warrant vesting Control of Portions of the Main South Road in the Green Island Borough Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance of Same.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section twelve of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, as amended by section thirteen of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1910 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that where a road or street lies along the boundary of two or more districts, whether that road or street is wholly within one or is partly within one and is partly within another of those districts, or is within none of those districts, the Governor may from time to time by Warrant under his hand and gazetted, direct which of the local authorities of those districts shall have control of the road or street, or any part thereof, and also may in like manner determine from time to time whether any other of those local authorities shall contribute to the cost of construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of that road or street, and, if so, in what proportions: And whereas the portions of the road known as the main South Road firstly and secondly described in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter termed “the said portions of road,” form part of the boundary between the Borough of Green Island and the Taieri County:

And whereas a dispute has arisen as to which local authority should have control of the said portions of road, and what proportion of the cost of maintaining the said portions of road should be borne by the local authorities affected:

And whereas an inquiry was duly held, and a report was made in respect to the matter:

And whereas it is expedient that effect should be given to the recommendations contained in the said report, and that provision should be made for the purposes and in the manner hereinbefore set forth:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, and all other powers and authorities in anyway enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that from and after the date of this Warrant, the portions of road firstly and secondly described in the Schedule hereto shall be under the control of the Green Island Borough Council.

And, in further pursuance of the aforesaid powers and authorities, I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining the portion of road firstly described in the Schedule hereto shall be borne in the following proportions—viz., the Green Island Borough Council to bear forty-two and one-half per centum of such cost, the Taieri County Council to bear forty-two and one-half per centum of such cost, and the Dunedin City Council to bear fifteen per centum of such cost respectively; and that the cost of maintaining the portion of road secondly described in the Schedule hereto shall be borne

in the following proportions—viz., the Dunedin City Council to bear twenty-five per centum of such cost, the Green Island Borough Council to bear forty-five per centum of such cost, and the Taieri County Council to bear thirty per centum of such cost respectively.

And I do also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Dunedin City Council and the Taieri County Council shall be paid from time to time in the proportion hereinbefore described, out of the funds of the said Councils, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Green Island Borough Council, and that such payment shall be made from time to time to the Town Clerk, Green Island, for and on account of the said Councils.

SCHEDULE.

FIRSTLY, all that portion of the main South Road in the Otago Land District, situated on the boundary between the Taieri County and the Green Island Borough, running from Thompson Street to the boundary between Sections 96 and 97 near Gunn’s Corner.

Secondly, all that portion of the main South Road in the said land district situated on the boundary between the said county and borough from the north-eastern boundary of Section 13 near Emerson Street, Concord, to the prolongation of the north-eastern boundary of Section 44 near the intersection of Short Street, Koremata.

As the said portions of road are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 42294, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured blue and red respectively.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Warrant apportioning the Cost of maintaining Part of the Main South Road in the Borough of Green Island.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

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 construction 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 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 road hereinafter mentioned: And whereas by the said section one hundred and twenty it is, inter alia, provided that the Governor may, with a view to 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 and report to him upon any matter which he shall deem necessary to enable him to determine any such question as aforesaid:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed for the purpose aforesaid, and an inquiry was duly held:

And whereas such Commissioner did report to the Governor, after due inquiry, his opinion thereon:

And whereas the Governor-General is 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 proportion hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby direct that from and after the date of this Warrant the cost of maintaining the road described in the Schedule hereto shall be borne in the following proportions—viz., the Taieri County Council shall