APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1137

Settlement Land in Taranaki Land District proclaimed to be Crown Land.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section forty-nine of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Proclamation declare any lands acquired under that Act to be, inter alia, ordinary Crown lands available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that the land described in the Schedule hereto, and which was acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, shall cease to be settlement land and become ordinary Crown land for disposal under the Land Act, 1924:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so conferred upon me by the aforesaid section forty-nine, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the date of the gazetting hereof the land described in the Schedule hereto, which was acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, shall be Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 3 roods 32 perches, more or less, being Section 5, Block IX, Hawera Survey District: Bounded towards the north-east by Lot 1 on deposited plan 5009, being part of Section 103, Patea District, 956-4 links; towards the south-east by Lot 1 on deposited plan 2889, being part of Section 105, Patea District, 787-4 links; towards the south-west by Subdivision 2 of Section 3, Block IX, Hawera Survey District, 956-5 links; and towards the north-west by part of Section 2, Block IX, Hawera Survey District 878-8 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19238, deposited under No. 2563 in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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 20th day of April, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(L. and S. 19238.)

Settlement Land in Nelson Land District proclaimed to be Crown Land.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section forty-nine of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Proclamation declare any lands acquired under that Act to be, inter alia, ordinary Crown lands available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that the land described in the Schedule hereto, and which was acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, shall cease to be settlement land and become ordinary Crown land for disposal under the Land Act, 1924:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so conferred upon me by the aforesaid section forty-nine, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the date of the gazetting hereof the land described in the Schedule hereto, which was acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, shall be Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing 1,598 acres, more or less, and being part of Sections 2 and 5, Block XI, Howard Survey District: Bounded towards the west by a road along Maggie's Creek approximately 29 chains; towards the north-west by Section 1, Block XI, Howard Survey District, 7570-3 links; towards the south-west by a road along Maud's Creek approximately 86 chains; towards the south-east by Section 4, Block XV, Howard Survey District, 98 chains; towards the west and south-west by aforesaid Section 4 8591-0 links; towards the south-east by Section 3, Block XVI, Howard Survey District, 10157-8 links; and towards the north-east by the remaining parts of Sections 2 and 5, Block XI, Howard Survey District, 18557 links:

exclusive of Section L23 and interior roads and creeks. As the same is more particularly delineated on a plan marked 19451, deposited under No. 2562 in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department, in Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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 20th day of April, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(L. and S. 19451.)

Appportioning the Cost of Maintenance, &c., of Portion of Mangaonua Stream, County of Waikato.

[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 Mangaonua Stream lying between Platt’s Bridge on the Matangi-Tauwhare Road and the Hoeka Bridge (hereinafter referred to as “the said portion of the Mangaonua Stream”), and what proportion of the cost of managing, maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said portion of the Mangaonua 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 Mangaonua Stream shall be under the exclusive care, control, management, and maintenance of the Waikato County Council (hereinafter referred to as “the County Council”).

2. I fix and determine that the cost of managing, maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said portion of the Mangaonua Stream shall be provided and paid by the County Council, the Eureka Drainage Board, and the Fencourt Drainage Board as follows:—

(a) The cost of improving and reconstructing the said portion of the Mangaonua Stream in accordance with the plan prepared by the Engineer to the County Council and attached to the report of the said Commission shall be provided and paid by the County Council and the Eureka Drainage Board in equal proportions.

(b) The annual cost of managing, maintaining, and repairing the said portion of the Mangaonua Stream after the completion of the work of improvement and reconstruction hereinbefore referred to shall be provided and paid by the County Council, the Eureka Drainage Board, and the Fencourt Drainage Board in equal proportions.

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

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 County Council.

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 27th day of April, 1932.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approved in Council.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(I.A. 19/309/11.)