District Boundary Proclamations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 106
direction of Trig. Station No. 654, until intersected
by a right line drawn from the summit of the Ruahine
Range, at 39° 30' south latitude, to the 39th parallel
of south latitude, at 176° 30' east longitude; thence
again towards the West by a right line to said 39th
parallel, at 176° 30' east longitude, the starting point.

WANGANUI DISTRICT.

All that parcel of land partly in the Provincial
District of Wellington and partly in the Provincial
District of Taranaki, bounded towards the North
by the parallel of 39° 15' south latitude, from the
Wanganui River to the Napier and Waipukurau
District, hereinbefore described; towards the East
by the said district to the Manawatu Gorge; thence
towards the South by a right line to the coast
at a point five miles north of the mouth of the
Rangitikei River; thence towards the West by
the sea to the Waitotara River, thence by that
river to the Rangitatau Block; again towards the
North by that block and the Koatunui, and Kai-
wata. Tunahaere, and Te Karito Blocks to the Wanga-
nui River; thence across that river and by the Kai-
waiki, Upokongaro, and Matatara Blocks; again
towards the West by the Matatara, Matataranui, Mate-
kahu, Upokongaro No 2, and Pukenui Blocks to the
Ruatanawhe and Upokongaro Streams; thence by
the summit of the nearest spur to the summit of the
eastern watershed of the Wanganui River, thence
by the summit of that watershed to a point ten miles
north of Pipiriki on the Wanganui River; thence
again towards the South by a right line in the direc-
tion of Mount Egmont until intersected by a right
line drawn from the Wanganui River at the con-
fluence of the Tangarakau River to the mouth of the
Patea River; thence again towards the West by a
right line to the said confluence, and thence by the
Wanganui River to 39° 15' south latitude, the start-
ing point.

UPPER WANGANUI DISTRICT.

All that parcel of land partly in the Provincial
District of Taranaki and partly in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Wellington, bounded towards the North by
a right line from the summit of Mount Egmont to
the Wanganui District, hereinbefore described, at a
point on the eastern water-shed of the Wanganui
River ten miles north of Pipiriki on the Wanganui
River; thence towards the East, South, and again
towards the East by the said Wanganui District to
the sea; thence towards the South-west by the sea
to the mouth of the Kaupokonui River; and thence
towards the West by a right line to the summit of
Mount Egmont, the starting point.

Given under the hand of His Excellency James
Prendergast, Esquire, the Administrator
of the Government of Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
third day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.

WM. ROLLESTON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Redefining Districts under "The Licensing Act,
1873."

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Licensing Act, 1873," it is,
amongst other things, enacted that the Gover-
nor shall, as soon as conveniently may be after
passing of the said Act, by Proclamation in the

Government Gazette, define such territorial division
as he may think proper to be licensing districts for
the purposes of the said Act, and from time to time
may alter or redefine the boundaries of the same:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, the District of Wairoa was,
amongst others, constituted under the said "Licensing
Act, 1873:"

And whereas it is expedient to alter and redefine
the boundaries thereof:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Administra-
tor of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the provisions of the hereinbefore
recited Act, and of every power and authority
enabling me in this behalf, do hereby alter and
redefine the boundaries of the said District of Wairoa,
as the same are defined and set forth in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WAIROA DISTRICT.

ALL that parcel of land partly in the Provincial
District of Auckland, and partly in the Provincial
District of Hawke's Bay, bounded towards the
North-east by the Poverty Bay Resident Magistrate's
District, as described in Proclamation bearing date
the 9th August last, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 78, of the 12th August, 1880.

Given under the hand of His Excellency James
Prendergast, Esquire, Chief Justice, the
Administrator of the Government of Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand; and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington,
this eighth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty.

WM. ROLLESTON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Subdivision of the South Waimakariri River
District.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and
authorities granted to the Governor by "The
Canterbury Rivers Act 1870 Amendment Act, 1880,"
and of all other powers and authorities enabling me
in that behalf, I, James Prendergast, Chief Justice
of the Colony of New Zealand, and Administrator of
the Government of the said colony, do hereby revoke
the Proclamation of the third day of November last
past, dividing the South Waimakariri River District
into subdivisions, and in the stead thereof do hereby
divide the said South Waimakariri River District
into the nine subdivisions enumerated hereunder;
and do also declare that each of such subdivisions
shall be a sub-district, with the name and boundaries
respectively set forth in the Schedule following.

And, further, I do hereby appoint Tuesday, the
thirtieth day of this current month of November, for
the election of the members of the Board of Con-
servators of the aforesaid river district, and Tuesday,
the fourteenth day of December next, for the first
meeting of the said Board.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH-EAST CHRISTCHURCH SUB-DISTRICT.
BOUNDED On the East by the eastern side of the East
Town Belt; on the North by the northern side of
the North Town Belt; on the South by a line in the



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  • James Prendergast, Esquire, Administrator of the Government
  • WM. Rolleston

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  • James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government
  • James Prendergast, Esquire, Chief Justice, the Administrator of the Government
  • WM. Rolleston

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  • James Prendergast, Chief Justice, Administrator of the Government