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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

District, and dissolving the Boards of the Masterton, Castle-
point, and Alfredton Road Districts, have been duly made.
THOMAS MACKAY,
Chairman.

County Council Offices,
Masterton, 13th April, 1886.

Special Order made by Templeton Road Board, County of
Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1886.

THE following special order, made by the Templeton Road
Board, is published in accordance with "The Road
Boards Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER dividing the Templeton Road District into
Five Subdivisions.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section 11 of "The Road Boards
Act, 1882," and the various Acts amending the same, a
petition having been presented to the Templeton Road Board
praying the Board, by special order, to divide the district into
five subdivisions:

Now, therefore, the Board, in pursuance and exercise of
the power given to it by the said Acts, doth hereby ordain
and declare that the Templeton Road District be divided
into five subdivisions; and, further, that the boundaries of
the said subdivisions shall be those which are specified in the
Schedule hereto annexed, and shall also be known by and
numbered respectively Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; and that, so
soon after the gazetting of this notice as may be convenient,
the Board as it now stands shall be dissolved and a general
election take place, at which five members shall be returned,
viz., one member for each subdivision; such election to be
conducted in accordance with "The Regulation of Local
Elections Act, 1876."

Schedule.

Subdivision No. 1: Bounded towards the North-east and
South-east by the north-eastern and south-eastern boun-
daries of the district; towards the North-west by the Great
South Road; and towards the South-west by the south-
western boundary of the district and by the south-west side
of the old river-bed, from Shand's Road to the Great South
Road.

Subdivision No. 2: Bounded towards the North-east by
Subdivision No. 1; towards the North-west by the Great
South Road; towards the South-east and South-west by
the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of the
district.

Subdivision No. 3: Bounded towards the North-east by the
Harewood Road, by Riccarton; towards the North-west by
the road north-west of Sections 2365 and 2810; towards the
South-east by Subdivisions 1 and 2; and towards the South-
west by the road south-west of Sections 2810 and 2773.

Subdivision No. 4: Bounded towards the South-east gene-
rally by Subdivisions 2 and 3; towards the North by the
Harewood Road, by Riccarton, also by Reserve 947 (in red);
and generally towards the West by the Courtenay Road
District.

Subdivision No. 5: Bounded towards the South by Sub-
divisions 3 and 4; towards the East, West, and North by the
eastern, western, and northern boundaries of the district.

JOHN TAYLOR,
Clerk to the Board.

8th March, 1886.

I certify that the above-described boundaries have been
verified by the Chief Surveyor, and is a true copy of a special
order duly made at a meeting of the Templeton Road Board
on Monday, the 5th April, 1886.

JOHN TAYLOR,
Clerk.

Special Order made by Akaroa County Council.—Altering
Okain's Bay Riding.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1886.

THE following special order, made by the Akaroa County
Council, is published in accordance with "The Counties
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED, That the present Okain's Bay Riding shall be
divided into two ridings, in accordance with section 28 of
"The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1882," to be called the
Okain's Bay Riding and the Le Bon's Bay Riding; and,
further, that the boundaries of the Okain's Bay and Le Bon's
Bay Road Districts shall be the boundaries of the Okain's
Bay and Le Bon's Bay Ridings respectively, as contained in

the New Zealand Gazette No. 70, dated the 13th June, 1884 ;
and that this special order shall come into force on the 15th
April, 1886.

The resolution to make this special order was passed at a
special meeting of the Akaroa County Council, held on the
13th February, 1886, and was confirmed at a subsequent
special meeting of the Council, held on the 27th March,
1886," in accordance with "The Counties Act Amendment
Act, 1885."

EDWARD S. LATTER,
Clerk of Council.

Duvauchelle, 3rd April, 1886.

Special Order made by Taireri County Council.—Merging
Kuri Bush Road District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1886.

THE following special order, made by the Taireri County
Council, is published in accordance with "The Coun-
ties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

Notice is hereby given that the Taireri County Council, at its
last meeting, resolved to grant the prayer of the petitioners
in the Kuri Bush Road District, and have merged the dis-
trict in the county, as from the 2nd day of March, 1883.

JOHN F. DOUGLAS,
County Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order was passed
by the Taireri County Council, at its meeting on the 2nd
March, 1883, and that it was duly made as required by sec-
tion 33 of "The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882."
WILLIAM THOMSON,
Acting Chairman.

Notice to Mariners, No. 8 of 1886.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th April, 1886.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Hydrographer to the Admiralty, London, is published
for general information.

JOS. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister having Charge of the
Marine Department.)

AUSTRALIA: EAST COAST.—SUNKEN ROCK AND SHOAL-
GROUND NORTHWARD OF EAGLE ISLET.

Information has been received from Lieutenant and Com-
mander Pullen, H.M. surveying vessel "Lark," of the
existence of a dangerous rock, and shoal-ground extending
about six cables northward of the reef fringing Eagle Islet,
western side of the inner route to Torres Strait.

The rock, with less than 6ft. water on it, lies with Eagle
Islet bearing S. 3/4 E., distant one mile; a small rock above
water is situated between it and the fringing reef; and shoal
patches lie about five cables south-eastward of the sunken
rock.

Position of rock: Lat. 14° 41' S., long. 145° 24½' E. The
bearing is magnetic. Variation 6° easterly in 1886.

By command of their Lordships.
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty,
London, 28th January, 1886.

This notice affects the following Admiralty charts: Coral
Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Sheet 11, No. 2764; Cape Tribula-
tion to Cape Flattery, No. 2351; Cape Flattery to Cape
Sidmouth, No. 2352. Also Australia Directory, Vol. ii.,
1879, page 250.

Notice to Mariners, No. 9 of 1886.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1886.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Portmaster, Brisbane, are published for general infor-
mation.

JOS. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister having Charge of the
Marine Department.)

ALTERATION IN CODE OF TIDAL SIGNALS IN USE AT GRASSY
HILL, ENDEAVOUR RIVER.

On and after the 20th instant the following code of tidal
signals will be substituted for that now in use at Grassy
Hill, viz.:—