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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

line; and towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 24
and 23; again towards the North by Section No. 3
of Block II.; again towards the West and South by
said section; again towards the West by the western
side of Kendal Street, Otautau Township, and by that
side produced to the Otautau River; again generally
towards the South-west by said river to a point in
line with the southern boundary-line of Section No.
18 of said Block II.; and thence by a right line to
said boundary-line: as the same is delineated on the
plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Inver-
cargill.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice,
the Administrator of the Government of
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
thirty-first day of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.
THOMAS DICK.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Town District of Dargaville, County of Hobson,
constituted.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Town Districts Act, 1881" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), it is,
among other things, enacted that the inhabitants of
any locality not constituted a borough under "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," wherein there
are not less than fifty householders, may apply by
petition to the Governor praying that such locality
may be constituted a town district under the said Act;
and that no such locality shall exceed two square
miles in area, and no one point in such area shall be
distant more than four miles from any other point
therein, except in the case of military townships;
and that in every such locality not less than two-
thirds of the number of the resident householders
shall concur in any such petition, and each signature
to such petition shall be verified by the attestation
of some respectable witness; and that such petition
shall set forth accurately the boundaries of the
locality to which such petition may refer; and also
that, on the receipt of any such petition, the Gover-
nor may, by Proclamation, declare that the provisions
of the said Act shall come into force within such
locality, and that the same shall be a town district
under the said Act; and, further, that such Procla-
mation shall accurately define the boundaries of the
district in accordance with the description contained
in the petition, and shall declare the name by which
such district shall thereafter be known:

And whereas a petition has been presented to the
Governor, by the inhabitants of the locality men-
tioned and described therein, praying that such
locality may be constituted a town district under the
said Act:

And whereas not less than two-thirds of the num-
ber of resident householders in the said locality have
concurred in the said petition, and it is expedient
that a Proclamation should be issued under the said
Act for the purposes hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Admin-
istrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority vested in me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
provisions of the said Act shall come into force

within the locality or district mentioned and described
in the Schedule hereto (the same being the locality
mentioned and set forth in the said petition, so pre-
sented as aforesaid), and that the same shall be a
town district under the said Act; and, in further
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority, I do hereby declare that the said district
shall hereafter be known by the name of "The
Dargaville Town District;" and I do appoint that the
Board of Commissioners of the said district shall
consist of five in number.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Auckland,
situated in the County of Hobson, and containing by
admeasurement 1,220 acres, more or less. Bounded
towards the North-west by a right line bearing north
60° east (true) from the junction of the Te Manga-
tara Creek with the Kaihu River to the Awakino
Creek; towards the North-east by said creek to the
Wairoa River; towards the South-east by said river;
and generally towards the South-west by the Kaihu
River to the intersection of its left bank by the right
line before mentioned: as the same is delineated on
the plan deposited in the District Survey Office,
Auckland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice,
the Administrator of the Government of
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
sixth day of September, in the year of
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.
THOMAS DICK.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of Portion of the Huru-
nui-Waitaki Railway. Branch Line from Race-
course to Southbridge, with a Sub-Branch to Little
River, and thence to Akaroa (Lake Forsyth Sec-
tion).

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the branch line of railway from Race-
course to Southbridge, with a sub-branch to
Little River, and thence to Akaroa, on the Hurunui-
Waitaki Railway, is one of the railways specified in
the First Schedule to "The Public Works Act,
1879," and which Act is therein declared to be a
special Act authorizing the construction of such
railway; and the same is unfinished, and it has been
determined to construct and maintain a further por-
tion of such railway, viz., the Lake Forsyth Section:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Admin-
istrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and in pursuance of the powers
and authorities conferred on me by sections one
hundred and twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-
three, one hundred and twenty-four, and one hundred
and twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
and in exercise of every other power and authority
enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the middle line of the said further por-
tion of the said railway shall be from a point in
Crown lands known as Birdling's Flat to a point on
the shore of Lake Forsyth, as defined and set forth
in the Schedule hereto. The said middle line and the
land through which the same passes are set forth in
the map and plan marked P.W.D. 9182, and authen-
ticated for the purposes of this Proclamation by the