Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, for and on behalf
of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in exercise and pursuance
of the powers and authorities in me vested by "The Public
Works Act, 1882," and of every other power and authority
in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim
and declare that, from and after the date of the publication
hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in
the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the
construction of the said roads.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:-

Approximate Area
of each of the
Parcels of Land
required to be
taken.

Being
Portion of
Sections
Nos.

Situated
in Block
No.

Situated in
the
District of

Coloured
on
Plan

A. R. P.
6 2 15·1
2 2 20·9
9 3 0
1 3 16

11
11
76
77

VI.
VI.
VII. and
XI.

Mahurangi
Mahurangi
Mahurangi
Mahurangi

Pink.
Pink.
Pink.
Pink.

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plans marked S.G. 17739,
17739A, and 17739B, deposited in the Head Office of the
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the
Land District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above
mentioned.

Given under the hand of the Honourable Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on
behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as
his duly-appointed Deputy in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of April, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under "The Registration of Births
and Deaths Act, 1875."

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,

(L.s.)
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by "The Registration of Births
and Deaths Act, 1875," I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief
Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-
appointed Deputy, do hereby abolish the existing registration districts known as the Ohinemuri, Hamilton, and Buller
Districts; and do proclaim and declare that the territory
heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby
divided anew into six registration districts, the names
whereof shall be the Ohinemuri, Waihi, Hamilton, Huntly,
Buller, and Waimangaroa Districts, and the boundaries
whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the
marriage districts bearing the same names, as are set forth
in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the
provisions of "The Marriage Act, 1880."

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation on the first day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

Given under the hand of the Honourable Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on
behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his
duly-appointed Deputy in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;
and issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act, 1880."

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,

(L.s.)
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by "The Marriage Act, 1880,"
I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name
and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, do hereby
abolish the existing marriage districts known as the Ohinemuri, Hamilton, and Buller Districts, and do proclaim and
declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the
said districts is hereby divided anew into six marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as
follow:-

OHINEMURI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded
towards the north by a right line from a point on the right
bank of the Piako River due west of the confluence of the
Hikutai River with the Waihou or Thames River to the
said confluence, and by the Hikutai River aforesaid to a
point due north of the north-eastern corner of Uriwha Block;
thence towards the east generally by a right line to the
north-eastern corner of Uriwha Block aforesaid, thence by
the eastern boundary-line of that block, the northern and
eastern boundaries of Ngatitamatera Block, and the eastern
boundary of Ohinemuri No. 6 Block, to the south-eastern
corner of the last-mentioned block, thence by a line running
due south to the Ohinemuri River, thence by that river and
the Waitawheta River to a point in line with the south-
eastern boundary-line of the Patuwhao Block; thence towards the south-east by a right line to and by that boundary-
line to the Waihou or Thames River; thence towards the
west generally by that river to its intersection by a right line
drawn from the confluence of the Piako River with the
Waitoa River in the direction of the confluence of the Ohinemuri River with the Waihou or Thames River; thence
again towards the south-east by that line to the said confluence of the Piako River with the Waitoa River; and
thence again towards the west generally by the Piako River
aforesaid to the place of commencement.

WAIHI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded
towards the north generally by the Hikutai River, a right
line from a point due north of the north-eastern corner of the
Uriwha Block to its source, thence to the source of the
Otahu River, and by the Otahu River to the sea; towards
the east generally by the sea; towards the south-east by a
right line from the mouth of the Waihi River drawn in the
direction of Te Aroha Mountain to the Waitawheta River;
thence towards the west generally by that river and the
Ohinemuri River to a point due south of the south-eastern
corner of Ohinemuri No. 6 Block, thence by a right line to
the south-eastern corner of that block, thence by Ohinemuri
No. 6 Block aforesaid, and Ngatitamatera and Uriwha Blocks,
to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned block, and
thence by a line running due north to the Hikutai River
aforesaid.

HAMILTON DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded
towards the north generally by Pepeke Parish, the Waikato
and Komakorau Rivers, and Taupiri Parish; towards the
north-east by the north-eastern boundary-line of Kirikiriroa
and Tamahere Parishes; towards the south generally by the
Parishes of Hautapu, Pukokura, Ngaroto, and Pirongia, to
the summit of Te Rehi Range; thence towards the west by
the watershed between the Waikato River and Whaingaroa
Harbour and the main watershed between the Waikato River
and the Whaingaroa Stream.

HUNTLY DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded
towards the north generally by Sections Nos. 206 and 22,
Parish of Whangape, the Whangape Lake, and Sections Nos.
20, 29, and 39, Parish of Whangape aforesaid, to the Waikato
River, thence by a right line drawn in the direction of Te
Aroha Mountain to the Piako River; thence towards the
east by that river to a point due west of Te Aroha Mountain;
thence towards the south by a line running due west to the
north-eastern boundary-line of Taupiri Parish; again towards
the north-east by the north-eastern boundary-line of that
parish; towards the south generally by Kirikiriroa Parish,
the Komakorau River, the Waikato River, and Waipa
Parish; towards the west generally by the watershed between
the Waikato River and the Whaingaroa Stream to the
northern end of the Hakarimata Range, thence by a right
line to the southernmost part of Lake Whangape, and thence
by that lake to Section No. 22, Parish of Whangape aforesaid.