June 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1795

Kawhia and Awakino Counties.—Kawhia South Survey District.

Section 4, Block XI: Area, 749 acres 1 rood 5 perches; capital value, £1,500; half-yearly rent, £30.

Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, rewarewa, rimu, &c., with heavy undergrowth of konini, mahoe, makomako, and punga. Soil of good quality, on limestone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant about fifteen miles from Kawhia—about eight miles by launch, balance by formed bridle-track.

Awakino and Waitomo Counties.—Kawhia South Survey District.

Section 8, Block XII: Area, 534 acres 2 roods; capital value, £700; half-yearly rent, £14.

Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, with steep limestone cliffs at northern end of section; originally covered with mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, towai, rimu, rata, &c., with heavy undergrowth of konini, mahoe, makomako, &c. Fire has passed through a portion of this forest near the road frontage. Soil of medium quality, on limestone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about eighteen miles from Hangatiki by formed road, about ten miles of which is metalled.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

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Notice of Change of the Purpose of a Reserve in Block I, Rimutaka Survey District, Wellington Land District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section six of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Governor-General is empowered in the case of any public reserve vested in His Majesty or the Governor-General, for any of the purposes comprised in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, to change the purpose for which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was heretofore duly set apart for a rifle range, being a purpose within Class II in the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as hereinafter provided, the purpose for which such reserve was so set apart:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section six of the said Act as aforesaid, declare that the purpose of the said reserve is hereby changed from a rifle range to a site for a prison. And I do hereby further declare that this notice is issued subject to the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and shall take effect according to the provisions of that section.

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SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing 362 acres 1 rood 27 perches, more or less, being parts of Sections 96, 100, 104, 108, 105, 106, and 206, Hutt Registration District, situate in Block I, Rimutaka Survey District, commencing at a point on the southern side of the Wellington-Napier Railway line being the north-eastern corner of Section 3, Block I, Rimutaka Survey District, a school-site, and bounded towards the north and east generally by the railway-line aforesaid, 252·55 links; by parts of Sections 96, 100, 104, 206, 108, and 106, 1087, 1547·19, 699·68, 1554·4, 1491·83, 609·58, 1597·02, 1442·03, 4290·24, and 2628·51 links; towards the south by parts of Sections 106, 105, and 206, 5396·16 links; towards the west generally by part of Section 206, 420·35, 2508·71, 2386·63, and 1085·6 links; by Section 101, 1999·71 links; by Section 97, 43·62 and 10 links; and by part Section 100, 246·58 and 7·1 links; and by Section 3, Block I, Rimutaka Survey District, a school-site, 1093·6 links, to the place of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 46739, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Warrant authorizing the Featherston County Council to construct a New Bridge on the Featherston-Greytown Road over the Tauherenikau River, together with the Approaches thereto and Protective Works, and apportioning the Cost.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

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 desires to construct a bridge, or to establish a ferry or ford, in any position that will, in its opinion, be of advantage and 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 Featherston County Council has given notice and taken the steps required by the said Act, and has made application to the Governor-General to authorize the construction of the bridge and approaches thereto and protective works 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-General (with the view of determining whether or not the said 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 of 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-General, 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-General 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 Featherston 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 Featherston County Council shall bear seventy-five per centum, the Wairarapa South County Council ten per centum, the Masterton County Council four per centum, the Masterton Borough Council four per centum, the Carterton Borough Council two per centum, the Greytown Borough Council two per centum, the Featherston Borough Council two per centum, and the Castlepoint County Council one per centum of such cost respectively.

And I do hereby further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Wairarapa South County Council, the Masterton County Council, the Masterton Borough Council, the Carterton Borough Council, the Greytown Borough Council, the Featherston Borough Council, and the Castlepoint County Council shall be paid from time to time, out of the funds of the said County and Borough Councils, within a period of one month after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Featherston County Council, and all such payments shall be made to the Clerk of the Featherston County Council for and on account of such County and Borough Councils.

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SCHEDULE.

That bridge in the Wellington Land District, Featherston County, on the Featherston-Greytown Road, over the Tauherenikau River, including the approaches thereto and protective works. As the site of the said bridge, approaches, and protective works is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 45038, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.