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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

towards the West by the latter district to the Kaurihohore Road District, 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Town District of Geraldine, County of Geraldine, constituted.

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

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 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 constituted 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 hereinafter 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 mentioned 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 Geraldine Town District,” and I do appoint that the Board of Commissioners for the said district shall consist of seven in number.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the County of Geraldine bounded towards the North-east by the north side of the North Town Belt of the Township of Geraldine and the northern boundary-line of Section No. 14 of the said Township of Geraldine; towards the East by the eastern side of the Waihi Terrace Road to the southernmost corner of Reserve No. 755; thence towards the North-west by that reserve to the Waihi River; thence again towards the East by that river to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Section No. 10309, Block V., Geraldine Survey District; thence towards the South-east by a right line to and by that section as far as Section No. 9949; towards the South-west and South-east by said Section No. 9949 and Section No. 10459 to Pye’s Road; thence again towards the South-west by the last-mentioned road to Section No. 16801; thence towards the North-west generally by that section and Section No. 21616 to the Raukapuka Downs Road; thence across that road and by Sections Nos. 8890 and 7456, all of the said Geraldine Survey District, to and across the North Town Belt aforesaid: as the said several boundaries are shown on the maps in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

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 the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Arrangements for First Elections, Town District of Kamo, County of Whangarei.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ALPHONSO SMITH

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of five Commissioners of the Kamo Town District, as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881;” also to appoint Wednesday, the 16th day of July, 1884, to be the time, and the Kamo Hall, Kamo, to be the place, for holding such first elections; also to appoint Wednesday, the 23rd day of July, 1884, at noon, at the said Kamo Hall, to be the time and place for the first meeting of the said Commissioners.

THOMAS DICK.

Arrangements for First Elections, Town District of Geraldine.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CALEB EZEKIEL SHERRATT

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of seven Commissioners for the Town District of Geraldine, as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881;” also to appoint Wednesday, the 16th day of July, 1884, to be the time, and the Courthouse, Geraldine, to be the place, for holding such first elections; also to appoint Monday, the 21st day of July, 1884, at half-past 7 in the evening, to be the time, and the said Courthouse to be the place, for the first meeting of the said Commissioners.

THOMAS DICK.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1884.

THE following notices of Road Board elections are published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

THOMAS DICK.

Mauku Road District, County of Manukau :
Henry Wilson Hill.
James Finley.

Castlepoint Road District, County of Wairarapa East :
Subdivision No. 2—
James Spinks Langdon.

Takaka Road District, County of Collingwood :
Joshua Newport.
James Manson.
John Frederick Rose.

Oteramika Road District, County of Southland :
Robert Meikle McCallum.
James Forsyth.
Thomas Todd.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSURY, Govt. Printer, Wellington.