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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 100

of the Mining Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby appoint

JOHN HEARSEY SALMON, Esq.,
to be a Warden, to hold and exercise the duties of such office
under and subject to the provisions of the said Act during
pleasure, on and from the first day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-one.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Commission to inquire into and report as to a System of Canals
and Inland Waterways and other Transport Improvements
in the Auckland District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
To all to whom these presents shall come, and to WILLIAM
FERGUSON, Esquire, of Wellington, Civil Engineer ;
James BEGG, Esquire, of Dunedin, Farmer; and
ASHLEY HUNTER, Esquire, of Auckland, Civil Engineer:
Greeting.

WHEREAS it is expedient that inquiry should be made
into the necessity or expediency of having a system
of canals and inland waterways and otherwise improving
the means of transport in the Auckland District :
Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise
of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act,
1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me
in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby
constitute and appoint you the said William Ferguson, James
Begg, and Ashley Hunter to be a Commission to inquire into
and report as to the establishment of a system of canals and
inland waterways, and otherwise improving the means of trans-
port in the Auckland District, and with special reference to
the following matters :-
(1.) What should be the route or routes of one or more
canals.
(2.) The dimensions of these canals and the class of vessels
to navigate them.
(3.) The character and quantity of probable traffic thereon
and the revenue to be derived therefrom.
(4.) The estimated cost of works considered necessary.
(5.) The working-expenses of these canals, including main-
tenance, interest, and sinking fund.
(6.) What effect the construction of a canal or canals will
have upon the revenue of the Government Railways.
(7.) The contingent works necessary to enable the canals
to be fully developed and used, such as roads, railways,
wharves, and stores.
(8.) As to the form of control or management of any such
works as the Commission may recommend.
(9.) As to the finance, construction, and maintenance
thereof.
(10.) As to whether any concession should be granted by
the General Government or local governing authorities.
(11.) As to whether the adjacent districts should be subject
to rating to provide a guarantee for loans which might be
necessary to provide funds for construction purposes, and as
to whether those districts should be rated to provide for
losses in working.
(12.) As to the effect which the construction of canals
or the improvement of existing waterways from a traffic
point of view may have upon the drainage of any existing
swamp lands and on lands adjacent thereto.
(13.) The improvement of the navigation of the Waikato
River and its tributaries, the effect on such rivers and on the
adjacent swamp lands of the improvement works proposed
or already executed by the Waikato River Board, and gen-
erally as to the navigation of those rivers.
(14.) Whether a bridge should be constructed across
Waitemata Harbour to connect the City of Auckland with
the northern districts.
And generally to inquire into and report upon such other
matters arising thereout as may come under your notice in
the course of your inquiries and which you consider require
to be investigated in connection therewith.
And, with the like advice and consent, I do further appoint
you the said WILLIAM FERGUSON to be the Chairman of the
said Commission.
And, for the better enabling you the said Commission to
carry these presents into effect, you are hereby authorized
and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry und
these presents at such times and places in the said Dominion
as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to
time and place to place as you think fit, and to call before
you and examine on oath, or otherwise as may be allowed
by law, such person or persons as you think capable of
affording you information in the premises ; and you are also
hereby empowered to call for and examine all such books,
papers, plans, writings, documents, or records as you deem
likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject-
matters of the inquiry hereby directed to be made, and to
inquire of and concerning the premises by all lawful means
whatsoever.
And, using all due diligence, you are required to report
to me, under your hands and seals not later than the thirty-
first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
one, your opinion as to the aforesaid matters.
And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that
you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save
to me in pursuance of these presents or by my direction, the
contents or purport of any report so made or to be made by
you.
And it is hereby declared that these presents shall continue
in full force and virtue although the inquiry is not regularly
continued from time to time or from place to place by
adjournment.
And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents
are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Com-
missions of Inquiry Act, 1908.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand ; and issued
under the seal of that Dominion, at the Government
House at Wellington, this 8th day of December, 1920.
W. H. HERRIES, Minister of Marine.
Approved in Council.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Members of the Patea Harbour Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
WHEREAS it is provided by the eleventh section of the
Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, that if any con-
stituent district or combined district fails at any election to
elect the required number of representatives the Governor-
General may, by Warrant under his hand, appoint such
qualified persons as he thinks fit to be the representatives of
that district in lieu of those who ought to have been elected,
and the persons so appointed shall hold office in all respects
as if they had been duly elected in conformity with the said
Act : And whereas three members of the Patea Harbour
Board should have been elected by the electors of the Otoia,
Waverley, and Hawera Subdivisions of the Patea Harbour
District : And whereas each of the Otoia, Waverley, and
Hawera Subdivisions of the Patea Harbour District failed to
elect a member :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-
recited power and authority, doth hereby appoint
ALFRED PEARCE,
JOHN VERRY, and
JAMES RANDALL CORRIGAN
to be members of the Patea Harbour Board, as representa-
tives of the electors of the Otoia, Waverley, and Hawera
Subdivisions of the Patea Harbour District respectively, to
fill the vacancies caused by the before-mentioned failure to
elect.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this llth day of December, 1920.
W. NOSWORTHY,
For Minister of Marine.

Subsidies to Public Libraries in Country Districts.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th October, 1920.
NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £3,000 has been
voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries
in country districts.
The distribution will take place about the lst March, 1921,
and no claim will be entitled to consideration that is not sent