Num. 8.

129

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1892.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1892.

New Electoral Districts.

(L.S.)
ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Permanent Commission appointed under the provisions of “The Representation Act, 1887,” have made their report to me under their hands and seals, setting forth the names and boundaries of the electoral districts fixed by them in accordance with the said Act and the Acts amending the same:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of the fifth section of “The Representation Act, 1887,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the names and boundaries of the electoral districts so fixed by the said Commission to be those respectively mentioned and set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH ISLAND ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.

BAY OF ISLANDS.

This district is bounded towards the north-east generally by the ocean from North Cape to Helena Bay; thence towards the south-east generally by Township Reserve and Sections Nos. 2 and 1, Block I., Opuawhanga Survey District, to the north-western corner of the latter section; thence by the boundary-line between Native land and Crown land (the said boundary-line being part of the north-west boundary-line of Whangarei County) to the Taparahai River; thence by the said Taparahai River, the Kaimamaku River, and the Whakapara River to the confluence of the last-mentioned river with the Wairua River; thence by the said Wairua River to its confluence with the Wairoa River; and thence by the said Wairoa River to Section No. 8, Block V., Tokatoka Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 8, the crossing of a road, by Section No. 22, the crossing of a road, by Sections Nos. 39 and 47, all of the said Block V., to the road at the south-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence by the road fronting Sections Nos. 106, 107, 119, and 120 of the said Block V., and by that road continued through Section No. 95 of the said Block V.; and through Section No. 94, Block V., Kopuru Survey District; and along the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 93; thence by a right line being the production of the north-western boundary-line of the said Section No. 93 to the ocean; towards the south-west by the ocean; and towards the north by the ocean: including Cavalli and all adjacent islands.

MARSDEN.

This district is bounded towards the north-east generally by the ocean from the northernmost corner of a township reserve, situate at Helena Bay, in Block I., Opuawhanga Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 91, Parish of Waipu, Mangawai Survey District, at Bream Tail; thence towards the south-east by the south-eastern boundary-line of that section to its south-eastern corner; thence towards the south by a right line to the Kapawhiti Range at the point where the road from Mangawai to McKenzie’s Cove crosses it; thence by a right line to Trig. Station H, Mangawai Survey District; thence by a right line to Trig. Station B, Waipu Survey District; thence by Section No. 235, Block XII., of the said Waipu Survey District, and the Marunui Block to the Piroa Stream; thence towards the south-west generally by the left bank of the said Piroa Stream to the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 137, Parish of Wairau; thence by that section and Section No. 136 to the Great North Road; thence by the south side of that road to the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 105, Parish of Wairau; thence again towards the south-east generally by the said Section No. 105, and Sections Nos. 106 and 100, and the north-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced across the road which forms the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 152, Parish of Paparoa; thence by that road and its continuation to the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 151, Parish of Paparoa; thence by that boundary-line to the road at the northern boundary of Section No. 91, Parish of Wairau; thence by that road and by the said Section No. 91, and by Section No. 93, the crossing of a road, by Sections Nos. 78, 79, and 80, Parish of Wairau, the crossing of a road, and by Section No. 84, Parish of Wairau, to its western corner; thence by the Pahi River, the Arapaoa River, and the Otamatea River respectively to the Wairoa River; thence again towards the south-west by the said Wairoa River to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of Te Kuri Parish; thence again towards the south-east by a right line across the said Wairoa River to the northernmost corner of the said Te Kuri Parish; thence again towards the north-east by the Wairoa River aforesaid to the Kaipara Entrance; thence again towards the south by the said Kaipara Entrance; again towards the south-west by the ocean; and towards the north-west by the Bay of Islands Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to Helena Bay, the place of commencement: including Mokohinau Lighthouse.

WAITEMATA.

This district is bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Marsden Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the Kaipara Entrance on the west coast to