Numb. 128.

1735

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1883.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1883.

Town District of Kihikihi, County of Waipa, constituted.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Town Districts Act, 1881" (herein-
after 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 house-
holders, 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 Governor 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 Proclamation 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 mentioned and
described therein, praying that such locality may be consti-
tuted a town district under the said Act:

And whereas not less than two-thirds of the number 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 herein-
after set forth:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor 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 men-
tioned and set forth in the said petition so presented 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
Kihikihi Town District," and I do appoint that the Board of
Commissioners for the said district shall consist of five in
number.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, being the Town of Kihikihi. Bounded towards the
North generally by Section No. 14, Parish of Puniu, a road-
line, and Section No. 15 of said parish; towards the East
generally by said Section No. 15, Section No. 343, a road-line,
Section No. 342, and a road-line; towards the South generally
by said Section No. 342 and Sections Nos. 84, 345, again by
Section No. 84 and by Section No. 74, all in the Parish of
Puniu; and towards the West generally by Sections Nos. 341
and 69, and a road-line, to Section No. 14 first mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honour-
able Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government Hous, at Wel-
lington, this fifth day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

By-laws Nos. 4 to 10 made by the Board of the Devonport
Road District, County of Waitemata.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1883.

THE following By-laws, made by the Devonport Road
Board, are published in accordance with "The Road
Boards Act, 1882."

THOMAS DICK.

COPY of SPECIAL ORDER made by the Devonport Road
Board in accordance with Section 75 of "The Road Boards
Act, 1882."

RESOLVED—The following By-laws be and are hereby made
for the good government of this district, under the provisions
of Part V. of "The Road Boards Act, 1882:"—

4. Any person creating a nuisance by allowing offensive
   matter to overflow into a public thoroughfare shall cause
   the same to be remedied within forty-eight hours after
   receiving notice from the Board, and, failing compliance,
   shall pay the cost of such work, and forfeit a penalty not
   exceeding £10.

5. No person shall erect a hoarding or break up the surface
   of any road or pathway, or deposit any building material
   thereon, without the permission of the Chairman of Works