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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

No. 32; thence westerly across a road-line along the |
mation shall accurately define the boundaries of the
northern boundary of Section No. 38, river section, | district in accordance with the description contained
Taieri Survey District, and again across a road-line | in the petition, and shall declare the name by which
to the eastern boundary of Section No. 6, Block V., | such district shall thereafter be known:
Taieri Survey District; thence northerly to the
north-eastern corner of said Section No. 6; thence | And whereas a petition has been presented to the
again westerly along the northern boundary of said | Governor by the inhabitants of the locality men-
Section No. 6 and across a road-line to the north- | tioned and described therein, praying that such
western angle of Section No. 6 aforesaid; thence | locality may be constituted a town district under the
north-westerly along the south side of the Main | said Act:
West Taieri Road to the north-western corner of
Section No. 16, Irregular Block, Taieri Survey Dis- | And whereas not less than two-thirds of the num-
trict; thence southerly along the western boundary | ber of resident householders in the said locality have
of said Section No. 16, across a road-line, along the | concurred in the said petition, and it is expedient
western boundary of Sections Nos. 10 and 5, Block | that a Proclamation should be issued under the said
V., Taieri Survey District, to the south-western | Act for the purposes hereinafter set forth:
corner of the latter section; thence easterly along
the southern boundary of said Section No. 5 and | Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Sections Nos. 4, 3, 2, and 1, said Block V., Taieri | Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
Survey District, across a road-line, and along the | suance and exercise of the power and authority
southern boundary of Section No. 35, river section, | vested in me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act,
Taieri Survey District, to the south-eastern corner | do hereby proclaim and declare that the provisions
of said section; thence northerly along a road-line | of the said Act shall come into force within the
fronting the Taieri River to a road-line fronting the | locality or district mentioned and described in the
Traquair Burn; and thence north-westerly along | Schedule hereto (the same being the locality men-
last-mentioned road-line to the starting-point: as | tioned and set forth in the said petition, so presented
the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the | as aforesaid), and that the same shall be a town dis-
Survey Office, Dunedin. | trict under the said Act: And, in further pursuance
| and exercise of the said power and authority, I do
Given under the hand of His Excellency the | hereby declare that the said district shall hereafter
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon, | be known by the name of "The Gordon Town Dis-
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis- | trict."
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High | SCHEDULE.
Commissioner for the Western Pacific, | ALL that area in the Provincial District of Otago,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in | bounded towards the North by Block I., Waikaka
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New | Survey District; towards the East by a right north
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice- | and south line intersecting the easternmost corner
Admiral of the same; and issued under | of Section No. 16 of Block XXV., Township of East
the Seal of the said Colony, at the | Gore, from the above-mentioned Block I. to the
Government House, at Wellington, this | Waikaka River; towards the South-east by the said
sixth day of February, in the year of | river; and towards the West by the Mataura River:
as the same is delineated on the plans deposited in
our Lord one thousand eight hundred | the Survey Office, Dunedin.
and eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.
| Given under the hand of His Excellency the
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! | Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
| Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
Town District of Gordon, County of Southland, | tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
constituted. | Saint George, Her Majesty's High
| Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor. | Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
| and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
A PROCLAMATION. | Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
WHEREAS by "The Town Districts Act, 1881," | Admiral of the same; and issued under
(hereinafter called "the said Act,") it is, | the Seal of the said Colony, at the
among other things, enacted that the inhabitants of | Government House, at Wellington, this
any locality not constituted a borough under "The | twenty-fourth day of January, in the year
Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," wherein there | of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
are not less than fifty householders, may apply by | and eighty-two.
petition to the Governor praying that such locality |
may be constituted a town district under the said Act; | THOMAS DICK.
and that no such locality shall exceed two square |
miles in area, and no one point in such area shall be | GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
distant more than four miles from any other point |
therein, except in the case of military townships; | Operation of "Fencing Act, 1881," suspended in
and that in every such locality not less than two- | Hutt County.
thirds of the number of the resident householders |
shall concur in any such petition, and each signature | (L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
to such petition shall be verified by the attestation |
A PROCLAMATION.
of some respectable witness; and that such petition |
shall set forth accurately the boundaries of the | WHEREAS by the fortieth section of "The
locality to which such petition may refer; and also | Fencing Act, 1881" (hereinafter called "the
that, on the receipt of any such petition, the Gover- | said Act"), it is amongst other things enacted that
nor may, by Proclamation, declare that the provisions | if the Council of any county in which the whole of
of the said Act shall come into force within such | "The Counties Act, 1876," is in operation shall by
locality, and that the same shall be a town district | resolution request the Governor to suspend the
under the said Act; and, further, that such Procla- | operation of the said Act within such county, the
| Governor shall by Proclamation suspend the said
| Act accordingly:
|
| And whereas the whole of "The Counties Act,
| 1876," is in operation in the County of Hutt: