972 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 60

II., all of Oroua Survey District, and of Section No. 284, Block | shall be the Board of the said district in the same manner as if
XIV., Ongo Survey District, to a point in line with the such election had been regularly held.
northern boundary-line of that section; again towards the
South by that line produced in a westerly direction to the FORSTER GORING,
middle of the Rangitikei River, the starting-point. Clerk of the Executive Council.

WAITUNA RIDING.
All that area bounded towards the North-east by the Kiwitea Validating Election of Board of Lincoln Road District,
Riding, before described, to the Oroua River; towards the County of Selwyn.
South-east by the said river to the Borough of Feilding; thence
towards the South-west by the said Borough of Feilding, and WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
by the County of Manawatu; and again towards the North- Governor.
west by the County of Rangitikei. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

ASHURST RIDING. At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
All that area bounded towards the North-east and South- day of June, 1883.
east by the Kiwitea Riding, before described, to the Manawatu Present:
River; thence by a line bearing 200° (magnetic) continued HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
southerly until it intersects a line, being the production of the
north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 253, Block XII., WHEREAS the ratepayers of the Lincoln Road District
Kairanga Survey District; thence towards the South-west by a failed to elect a Board within the time prescribed by
right line to and thence by that section and Section No. 254, "The Road Boards Act, 1882," and such Board was not elected
Block XII., aforesaid to the north-east corner of the latter for the said district until the second week of May last, and it is
section; thence by a right line across the Manawatu River to expedient to validate such election:
the north-east corner of Te Wi Native Reserve; thence again Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
towards the South-east by that reserve; again towards the of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
South-east by that reserve; again towards the the South-west and Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the
South-east by Sections Nos. 411, 412, and 413, Township of powers vested in him by the said "Road Boards Act, 1882,"
Palmerston, Block VIII., Kairanga Survey District, and a road doth hereby validate the above-mentioned election, and doth
forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 13, 12, declare that the persons elected during the second week of May
11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, Block VII., Kairanga Survey District, and last as the Board of the said Lincoln Road District shall be
of Section No. 56, Block III., of said district to the railway- the Board of the said district, in the same manner as if such
line; thence by that railway-line to the Borough of Feilding election had been regularly held.
and towards the North-west by that borough and Waituna FORSTER GORING,
Riding before described. Clerk of the Executive Council.

TAONUI RIDING. Altering Boundaries of Ridings in certain Counties under
All that area bounded towards the North-east by Ashurst Section 25 of "The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act,
Riding, before described; towards the South-east by the middle 1882."
of Manawatu River, and by the Borough of Palmerston North;
and towards the South and generally towards the West by the WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
County of Manawatu. Governor.

FITZHERBERT RIDING. ORDER IN COUNCIL.
All that area being that portion of the County of Oroua At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
not included in the four above-described ridings, and exclusive day of June, 1883.
of the Borough of Palmerston North. Present:

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in
Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by "The
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882," His Excellency
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the
Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in- advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New doth hereby alter the boundaries of the ridings of the counties
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral specified in the Schedule hereto, and doth declare that the
of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said boundaries of the said ridings shall, as from the first day of
Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, be those
this twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord described in the said Schedule under their respective titles.
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

THOMAS DICK. SCHEDULE.

Approved in Council. NORTH ISLAND.
FORSTER GORING, WHANGAREI COUNTY.
Clerk of the Executive Council. Ngunguru Riding.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland, bounded
Validating Parawai Road Board Elections, Thames County, towards the North-west by Bay of Islands County; towards the
WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, East by the ocean; towards the South and South-west by the
Governor. Parua, Whareora, Kaurihohore, and Hikurangi Road Districts
ORDER IN COUNCIL. to the Wairua River; and by that river to the middle of the
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth road between Whangarei and Kawakawa; and thence by a line
day of June, 1883. along the middle of that road to Bay of Islands County afore-
Present: said, the place of commencement.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL. HOBSON COUNTY.
Okahu Riding.
WHEREAS the ratepayers of the Parawai Road District All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland, bounded
failed to elect a Board within the time prescribed by towards the North by the Manganui River, from the northern-
"The Road Boards Act, 1882," and such Board was not elected most corner of Section No. 72, Parish of Arapohue, Maungaru
for the said district until the twenty-first day of May, one Survey District, to its confluence with the Tauraroa River;
thousand eight hundred and eighty-three; and it is expedient thence towards the North-east by a line along the middle
to validate such election: of the Manganui River aforesaid; towards the South-east by
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony the south-eastern boundary-line of the Parish of Okahu and
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the the south-eastern boundary-line of the Parish of Whakahara,
Executive Council of the said Colony, and in exercise of the Tokatoka Survey District, to the Wairoa River; thence towards
powers vested in him by the said "Road Boards Act, 1882," doth the South-west by that river to the westernmost corner of
hereby validate the above-mentioned election, and doth declare Section No. 8, Parish of Arapohue, Tokatoka Survey District
that Thomas Veale, John Hudson, Alexander Hume, Valentine aforesaid; and thence towards the North-west, South-west, and
Savage, and Joseph Buckley, the persons elected on the said again towards the North-west by the north-western and south-
twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and western boundary-lines of that parish to the place of commence-
eighty-three, as the Board of the said Parawai Road District, ment.