Boundary Changes and Elections




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, all that portion of land mentioned and described in the First Schedule hereto shall be added to the County of Wallace; and that from and after the said date the boundaries of the said County of Wallace shall be those set forth in the Third Schedule hereto; and that from the date aforesaid the boundaries of the County of Southland shall be those set forth in the Second Schedule hereto respectively.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LAND TAKEN FROM THE COUNTY OF SOUTHLAND AND ADDED TO THE COUNTY OF WALLACE.

ALL that area of land now forming part of Oreti Riding, Southland County, bounded towards the North by the Oreti River; towards the East by the Oreti River; towards the South by a due west line running from the Oreti River to the south-west corner of Section No. 261, Taringatura District; thence Northerly along the present boundary of Wallace County to the Oreti River.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

BOUNDED towards the North by Lake County and Vincent County from Hummock Peak to a point in the Umbrella Mountains due east of Rocky Mount; towards the East by Tuapeka and Clutha Counties to the ocean; towards the South by the ocean to the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream; thence by a line along the middle of that stream to the northern boundary of New River Hundred; thence again towards the North by Oreti Hundred to the south-western corner of Section No. 95, Oreti Hundred; thence by Sections Nos. 61 and 51 to the south-eastern corner of the latter section; thence again towards the West generally by that section and Sections Nos. 50, 49, 48, and the south side of a road intersecting Section No. 62 to Section No. 63; thence by the road forming the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 53 to the northern boundary of Oreti Hundred; thence by the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 63 and 71 to Section No. 334; thence by Sections Nos. 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, and 245, all of Taringatura Survey District, and by Section No. 119 and a line due north to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section No. 188; thence by a right line to that boundary; thence by the summit of the range forming the western boundary of Sections Nos. 188 and 162c, and passing over Trig. Station B, and by the western boundary of Section No. 162A to its north-western corner; thence due east to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 186, Taringatura Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 261 and 79, Taringatura Survey District aforesaid, and by the southern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced through Section No. 123 to its eastern boundary-line; thence by Sections Nos. 126, 17, 66, 10, and 18, all of Taringatura Survey District aforesaid, and by the southern boundary-line of the said Section No. 18 produced to the middle of the Oreti River, by a line along the middle of the said Oreti River to a point due west of Hummock Peak; and thence by a right line to the Hummock Peak, the place of commencement.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

WALLACE COUNTY.

BOUNDED towards the North-east generally by Lake County from Bligh Sound to Hummock Peak; towards the East by Southland County, hereinbefore described, to the ocean; towards the South by the ocean; towards the West by the summit of the watershed from Sandhill Point to the Hump; thence by lines from peak to peak to and by the Billow Mountains, the Hunter Mountains, the Kepler Mountains, and the Murchison Mountains, over Mount Lyell, to Barrier Peaks; thence by a right line to the nearest arm of George Sound; and thence by the ocean to the place of commencement.

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 Honourable 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 Invercargill, this twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., for Town District of Waipawa, County of Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JOHN ROSS

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the election of five Commissioners of the Waipawa Town District as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881;” also to appoint Tuesday, the 26th February, 1884, to be the time, and the Courthouse at Waipawa to be the place, for holding such first elections; also to appoint Tuesday, the 4th March, 1884, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the said Courthouse at Waipawa to be the place, for holding the first meeting of the said Commissioners.

THOMAS DICK.

Special Orders made by Waitemata County Council.—Abolishing North Shore Road District, and constituting Birkenhead and Northcote Mairetahi Road Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1884.

THE following special orders, made by the Waitemata County Council under “The Roads Boards Act, 1882,” are published in accordance with “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”

THOMAS DICK.

SPECIAL ORDER No. 1.

THAT on and after the 1st day of February, 1884, the North Shore Road District be abolished.

OLIVER MAYS, Chairman.
JNO. JAMES, Clerk.

I hereby certify that all the forms of law in respect of the above special order have been duly complied with.

JNO. JAMES,
County Clerk.

22nd December, 1883.

SPECIAL ORDER No. 2.

THAT a new road district, to be called the Birkenhead Road District, be constituted under “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” with the following boundaries; and that the Board of the said district shall consist of seven members:—

The Birkenhead Road District.

All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland bounded towards the North-east and East generally by the Lake Road District (as described in Gazette No. 42, 18th May, 1883, folio 647), from the south-easternmost corner of Section No. 305, Parish of Pukeatua, Waitemata Survey District, to the eastern angle of Lot No. 101 of Section No. 1 of the Parish of Takapuna; thence by the south-eastern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 101, 100, and 99, the north-eastern boundary of Allotment No. 97, the crossing of a road line 100 links wide, the eastern boundary of Allotment No. 9, the eastern and southern boundaries of Allotment No. 8, the western and part of the southern boundary of Allotment No. 7, the crossing of another road of width aforesaid, and the western boundary of Allotment No. 55, all of Section No. 1 aforesaid, to Waitemata Harbour; towards the South by the Waitemata Harbour to Kauri Point; and thence towards the South-west and North-west by the Waitemata Harbour aforesaid and Lucas’s Creek to the commencement of the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 299 of the Parish of Pukeatua aforesaid; and thence by that road and the road forming the south-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 300, 301, and 305, all of the Parish of Pukeatua aforesaid, to the place of commencement.

OLIVER MAYS, Chairman.
JNO. JAMES, Clerk.

I hereby certify that all the forms of law in respect of the above special order have been duly complied with.

JNO. JAMES,
Clerk.

22nd December, 1883.

SPECIAL ORDER No. 3.

THAT a new road district, to be called the Northcote Road District, be constituted under “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” with the following boundaries:—

The Northcote Road District.

All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland, bounded towards the North-east by the north-eastern boundary of Allotment No. 94 of Section No. 1 of the Parish of Takapuna, the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 48, and the south-eastern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 49 and 50 of said Section No. 1 to Shoal Bay; towards the East generally by Shoal Bay to Stokes Point; towards the South-west by the Waitemata Harbour to the south-western angle



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🏘️ Boundary Changes for Counties of Southland and Wallace

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 January 1884
Southland, Wallace, Boundaries, County, Land, Oreti River, Taringatura
  • Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General, Knight Grand Cross, Companion of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral
  • Thomas Dick

🏘️ Elections for Waipawa Town District

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 January 1884
Waipawa, Town District, Elections, Commissioners, Returning Officer
  • William John Ross, Appointed Returning Officer

  • Thomas Dick

🏘️ Special Orders for Waitemata County Council

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
29 January 1884
Waitemata, North Shore, Birkenhead, Northcote, Road Districts, Abolishment, Constitution
  • Oliver Mays, Chairman
  • Jno. James, Clerk