Num. 61.

2669

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1930.

ERRATUM.—In notice redefining boundaries of the Borough of Masterton, &c., published in Gazette No. 53, of 24th July, 1930, at page 2242, for “western side of Blair Street” read “eastern side of Blair Street” where the former words occur twice in the seventeenth and eighteenth lines of the First Schedule to the notice.

(I.A. 19/1/226.)

Apportioning the Cost of Maintenance, &c., of Portion of Mangahoe Stream, County of Waipa.

[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of section sixty-five of the Land Drainage Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), a Commission was appointed and an inquiry was duly held with a view to determining what local authority could most conveniently and efficiently control that portion of the Mangahoe Stream from its intersection with the south-east boundary of Section 131, Punui Parish, to its confluence with the Mangapiko Stream (hereinafter referred to as the “said portion of the Mangahoe Stream”)—and what proportion of the cost of managing, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said portion of the Mangahoe Stream should be paid by any, and, if so, which, local authority or local authorities: And whereas such Commission did report to the Governor-General, after due inquiry, its opinion as to the matters respecting which it was appointed to report: And whereas it is expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, 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 of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and direct as follows, that is to say:—

1. That the said portion of the Mangahoe Stream shall be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Mangahoe Drainage Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Drainage Board”).

2. I fix and determine that 50 per cent. of the annual cost of managing, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said portion of the Mangahoe Stream shall be paid by the Te Awamutu Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Borough Council”) to the Drainage Board, the first such payment to be made during the financial year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one:

Provided that no greater amount than twenty-five pounds (£25) shall be paid by the Borough Council in any one year pursuant to this direction.

3. I direct that any payment hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Borough Council shall be paid from time to time, in the proportion or amount hereinbefore fixed and determined, out of the funds under the control of the Borough Council, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Drainage Board; and any such payment shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the Drainage Board, for and on account of such Drainage Board.

4. And I further direct that the costs, charges, and expenses of and incidental to the inquiry by the Commission aforesaid touching and concerning the premises shall be paid and borne by the Drainage Board.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 25th day of August, 1930.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approved in Council.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(I.A. 19 309 9.)