JUNE 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1811

being Lots 1 and 15 to 22, D.P. 15387, being parts Allotments
8 and 11, and part of closed road, Opaheke Parish, Block IV,
Drury Survey District. As the same is delineated on the plan
marked L. and S. 4/336, deposited in the Head Office, Depart-
ment of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 15th day of June, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Papatowai Scenic
Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery
Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General
of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control
of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land
reserved under the said Act), for the period of three years
from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked
under the said Act) in the undermentioned persons, namely,—

Robert Fraser,
Claude Gaudin Martin,
Daniel Welsh Morgan,
Kenneth Ross, and
Erroll Wright,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board
by the name of the Papatowai Scenic Board (herein referred
to as “the Board”), in trust, for the preservation of scenery,
and with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter
contained, that is to say,—

1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on Saturday,
   the third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
   six, at eight o’clock p.m., in the Papatowai School, and there-
   after the Board shall meet for the transaction of business
   on the first Saturday in each quarter at the time and place
   aforesaid, or at such other time or place as may from time
   to time be fixed by the Board.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting
   and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned
   elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in
   the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting-
   vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his
   successor.

3 Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman,
provided that two days’ notice of such meeting is given to
each member, specifying the business to be transacted at
such special meeting; and no other business than that so
specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum.
   Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
   votes of the members of the Board present at the meeting.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
   time appointed for holding the same, the members present
   shall choose one of their number to be Chairman for such
   meeting.

7. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the
   seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any
   member absents himself, without reasonable cause, from
   three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-
   General shall have power to appoint any other person to be
   a member of the Board in his stead.

8. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual meet-
   ing to be held in the month of April in each year a report of
   the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending
   on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement
   of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year.
   A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the
   Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister in Charge
   of Scenery Preservation as soon as possible after each annual
   meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve in accordance
   with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations
   made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Papatowai Bush.

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 156 acres 3 roods,
more or less, being Sections 132 to 152 and 154 to 156,
inclusive, together with the closed streets, Town of Papatowai.

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As the same is described in a Proclamation dated the 15th
December, 1906, published on page 3220 of Gazette No. 109,
of the 20th December, 1906.

Tahakopa Beach.

All that area containing by admeasurement 786 acres
3 roods, more or less, being Section 1, Block IX, Woodland
Survey District. As the same is described in a Proclamation
dated the 8th August, 1905, published on page 1922 of Gazette
No. 74, of the 10th August, 1905.

McLennon River.

All those areas containing by admeasurement 69 acres
2 roods 24 perches, being Sections 18, 19, and 20, Block XV,
Rimu Survey District, and Sections 27 and 28, Block IX,
Woodland Survey District. As the same is described in a
Proclamation dated the 21st March, 1914, published on
page 1152 of Gazette No. 28, of the 26th March, 1914.

Also all those areas containing by admeasurement 19 acres
3 roods 1 perch, being Sections 29, 30, and 31 (formerly
portions of Section 2), Block IX, Woodland Survey District.
As the same is described in a Proclamation dated the 10th
June, 1914, published on page 2436 of Gazette No. 58, of the
18th June, 1914.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 21st day of June, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Warrant authorizing the Takapuna Borough Council to con-
struct a Bridge over the Wairau Estuary in the Vicinity of
Inga Road (together with Approaches thereto), and apportioning
the Cost.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by
section one hundred and nineteen of the Public Works
Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise
enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson,
Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
do hereby authorize the Takapuna Borough Council to
construct the bridge (together with approaches thereto)
described in the Schedule hereto within a period of twelve
months from the date hereof, provided that such time may be
extended if in the opinion of the Minister of Public Works
the construction has been delayed by circumstances beyond
the control of the said Borough Council; and I do also
declare that the cost thereof shall be borne by the Takapuna
Borough Council and the Waitemata County Council in the
following proportions, viz: the Takapuna Borough Council
shall pay twenty-five per centum and the Waitemata County
Council shall pay seventy-five per centum of such cost
respectively, provided that if the total cost of the work
exceeds the estimated amount of six thousand eight hundred
pounds (£6,800) the whole of the excess over this amount
shall be borne by the Takapuna Borough Council, except that
any sums of money which may become payable in satisfaction
of claims for damages or for loss of riparian rights in respect
of lands situated within the said county shall be borne wholly
by the Waitemata County Council, and likewise that any
sums which may become payable in satisfaction of any such
claims in respect of lands within the said borough shall be
borne wholly by the Takapuna Borough Council; and I do
further direct that any contribution hereby required to be
made as aforesaid by the Waitemata County Council shall be
paid from time to time in the proportion hereinbefore pre-
scribed, out of the funds of the said County Council, within a
period of one month after demand in writing made by or on
behalf of the Takapuna Borough Council; and all such
payments shall be made from time to time to the Town Clerk,
Takapuna, for and on behalf of the said County Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge in the North Auckland Land District, Borough
of Takapuna, over the Wairau Estuary near Inga Road
(together with approaches thereto). As the site of the said
bridge and approaches is more particularly delineated on the
plan marked P.W.D. 64528, 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 21st day of June, 1926.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 34/390.)