Sept. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1033

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 eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

County of Patangata (Hawke’s Bay) constituted.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS a petition was presented to the Governor, signed by not less than three-fifths of the county electors contained within that portion of the County of Waipawa included within the boundaries particularly set forth in the First Schedule hereto, and which said portion comprises in the whole an area of more than two hundred thousand acres in extent, and contains more than one hundred county electors: And whereas the said petition prayed the Governor to constitute the said portion of the County of Waipawa a new county, and to set forth the boundaries of the proposed new county: And whereas such petition has been publicly notified as by law required:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Counties Act, 1876,” do hereby proclaim and declare that the aforesaid portion of the County of Waipawa shall, as from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, constitute a new county, to be called the County of Patangata; and that the boundaries of the said new county so constituted shall be those particularly set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and the said new county is hereby constituted accordingly.

And I do further proclaim and declare that the said County of Patangata shall be divided into five ridings, to be called the Oero Riding, the Patangata Riding, the Tamumu Riding, the Eparaima Riding, and the Porangahau Riding, the boundaries whereof shall be those particularly set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

And, in exercise of the like power, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, I do further proclaim and declare that the number of members of the County Council of the said County of Patangata shall be: For the Oero Riding, one member; for the Patangata Riding, one member; for the Tamumu Riding, one member; for the Eparaima Riding, two members; and for the Porangahau Riding, two members.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay bounded towards the North generally by the County of Hawke’s Bay; towards the East and South-east by the ocean; towards the South-west by the County of Wairarapa East to Wahatuara (Trig. Station No. 52c); thence towards the North-west by a right line to Oporae (Trig. Station No. 51); thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of the Mangatoro Block; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner of the Mangangarara No. 3 Block; thence towards the South-west by a right line to Trig. Station No. 27, Mangatoro Survey District; thence by a right line to the south-western corner of Block LXXVII., in the Mangatoro Survey District aforesaid; thence by a line along the middle of the Mangapuaka Stream to the Wangai Stream; thence again towards the North-west by a line along the middle of the said Wangai Stream and of the Taurekaitai Stream to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Block LXXX., in the Takapau Survey District; thence to and by that block to the Purimu Stream; thence towards the South by a line along the middle of the said Purimu Stream to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary-line of Block LXXXI.; thence again towards the North-west by a line to and by the said Block LXXXI. to the Ngahape Stream; thence towards the North and again towards the North-west by a line along the middle of that stream to a point in line with the south-western boundary-line of Block XLII., in the Motuotaraia Survey District; thence towards the North-east by a right line to and by the said Block XLII. and Blocks XXXIX. and XL. respectively, and by the production of the south-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned block until it intersects a line being the production of the south-western boundary-line of Block LXXXVII., in the said Motuotaraia Survey District; thence by the latter line to the middle of the Tangatupuru Stream; thence again towards the North-west by a line along the middle of the said Tangatupuru Stream and of the Mangatarata Stream to the Tukituki River; thence again towards the South-west by a line along the middle of the said Tukituki River to the new course of the Waipawa River; thence again towards the North-west by a line along the middle of the new course of the Waipawa River aforesaid to the Waipawa and Tamumu Road; thence again towards the South-west by a line along the middle of that road to the junction of the Tamumu and Patangata Roads; thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of Block XIV., in the Waipukurau Survey District; thence by the said Block XIV. to its northernmost corner; and thence again towards the North-west by a line along the middle of Te Aute Road to the County of Hawke’s Bay aforesaid.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Oero Riding comprises all that area bounded towards the North-west and North-east generally by the County of Hawke’s Bay; towards the South-east by the ocean; towards the South-west generally by Blocks XL., XXXIX., XXXVIII., XXXVII., and XXXVI. respectively, in the Pourerere Survey District, and Blocks XXIV., XXV., XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII., and XXIX. respectively, Oero Survey District, to the Mangarara Stream; thence by a line along the middle of that stream to the Tukituki River; and thence towards the West by a line along the middle of the said Tukituki River to Hawke’s Bay County aforesaid.

Patangata Riding comprises all that area bounded towards the North-east and North-west by the County of Hawke’s Bay; towards the East, South-east, and South-west by a line along the middle of the Tukituki River to the new course of the Waipawa River; thence towards the North-west by a line along the middle of the new course of the Waipawa River to the Waipawa and Tamumu Road; thence again towards the South-west by a line along the middle of that road to the junction of the Tamumu and Patangata Roads; thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of Block XIV., in the Waipukurau Survey District; thence by the said Block XIV. to its northernmost corner; and thence again towards the North-west by a line along the middle of Te Aute Road to the County of Hawke’s Bay aforesaid.

Tamumu Riding comprises all that area bounded towards the North-west and North-east by the Patangata and the Oero Ridings respectively, hereinbefore described; towards the South-east by the ocean to Blackhead; thence towards the South-west by Blocks XXXVI., XXXIII., I., IV., II., and XXVII. respectively, in the Blackhead Survey District, Blocks XXVI., II. aforesaid, LXXV., and LXXIV. respectively, in the Pourerere Survey District, and Blocks LXXI., XI., XV., LXXXIV., and LXXXV. respectively, in the Motuotaraia Survey District, to the Tangatupuru Stream; thence again towards the North-west by a line along the middle of the said Tangatupuru Stream and of the Mangatarata Stream to the Tukituki River.

Eparaima Riding comprises all that area known as the Road Districts of Wanstead and Wallingford, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 42, 18th May, 1883.

Porangahau Riding comprises all that area known as the Road District of Porangahau, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 42, 18th May, 1883.

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 eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending Jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate’s Courts, Kaipara and Whangarei.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested in this behalf by “The Resident Magistrates