940

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 46

Constituting Meanee River District, County of Hawke's Bay.

(L.S.)

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by "The River Boards Act, 1884," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the date hereof that part of the said colony described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby constituted a district under the said Act, and shall be known by the name of the Meanee River District, and that the number of the members who are to constitute the Board of the said district shall be five. And I do also proclaim and declare that William Waterhouse, of Taradale, shall be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of five members of the aforesaid Board; that Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, shall be the day, and the Mission Schoolhouse, Meanee, shall be the place, for holding such first elections; and that Wednesday, the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, at two o'clock in the afternoon, shall be the time, and the said Mission Schoolhouse shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the members of the Board of the said Meanee River District shall be held. And, lastly, I do proclaim and declare that the aforesaid William Waterhouse shall be the person to make a roll of electors for the purposes of the aforesaid first elections in the manner prescribed by section eight of the said "River Boards Act, 1884."

SCHEDULE.

MEANEE RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 3,100 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north-east, east, and south generally by the Tutaekuri River from the Purimu Creek to the intersection of the left bank of the said river by a right line drawn from the source of the said Purimu Creek at right angles to the road between Sections 17 and 37, known as the Taradale-Meanee Road; thence towards the west generally by the said line and by the Purimu Creek aforesaid to the Tutaekuri River.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; 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 ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

(L.S.)

GLASGOW, Governor.

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, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration district known as the Mercury Bay District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay 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 sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; 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 twentieth day of June, 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."

(L.S.)

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by "The Marriage Act, 1880," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage district known as the Mercury Bay District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

KUAOTUNU DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north, east, and south-east generally by the sea from the mouth of the Opitonui Stream in Whangapoua Harbour to the mouth of the Taputapuatea Stream in Mercury Bay; thence towards the south-west generally by the last-mentioned stream to the road which runs from Whitianga Harbour to Whangapoua Harbour; thence by that road, intersecting Arerowhero, Moewai, Kawakawa, Owera, Wairoa, and Opitonui Blocks, to the Opitonui Stream aforesaid; and thence towards the north-west by that stream to the place of commencement.

MERCURY BAY DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-east generally by the road which runs from Whangapoua Harbour to Whitianga Harbour, from the Opitonui Stream to the Taputapuatea Stream; thence by the left bank of the last-mentioned stream and the sea to the northern head of Tairua Harbour; thence towards the south-west by a right line drawn from the northern head of Tairua Harbour to the source of the Waikawhau River; thence towards the west generally by the summit of the dividing-range between the East and West Coasts to Castle Rock (Trig. No. 24); and thence towards the north-west by a right line to the source of the Opitonui Stream aforesaid; and by that stream to the place of commencement.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; 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 twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Powers delegated to the Timaru Domain Board under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of June, 1894:

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Public Domains Act, 1881," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present Order, delegate, but only with respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Timaru Public Domain Board, namely,—

DONALD McLEAN,

WILLIAM EVANS,

JAMES HUTCHINSON SUTTER,

DAVID STUART,

ROBERT H. FERGUSON,

WILLIAM GUNN, and

ALEXANDER SINCLAIR

(hereinafter referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—