Numb. 27.

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1896.

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 dis-
tricts known as the Palmerston North, Hunterville, Feild-
ing, and Halcombe 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:—

PALMERSTON NORTH DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by the Oroua
River; towards the north-east generally by the Feilding-
Palmerston railway-line and by the northern sides of the
following roads respectively—viz., road bounding Sections
Nos. 56, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, road bounding Sec-
tions Nos. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 20 (Scandinavian Settle-
ment), road bounding Sections Nos. 449, 450, 451, 452, 453,
and 454, Block VIII., Kairanga Survey District, and the
Palmerston-Woodville Road, to the left bank of the Mana-
watu River; thence by the said left bank of the Manawatu
River; towards the south-east generally by a line along the
summit of the Tararua Range; and towards the south-west
generally by Horowhenua County.

ASHURST DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by the Taonui
Road, the Valley Road, the Main Ridge Road, and the
summit of the watershed between the Oroua River and
Pohangina River to a point due west of the south-east
corner of Section No. 10, Block XII., Apiti Survey District;
thence by Sections Nos. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 3 of the said
Block XII., by Sections Nos. 1, 4, 9, and 10 of Block VIII.
of the said Apiti Survey District, to the Oroua River; thence
by a line across the said Oroua River, and by the right bank
of that river, to its source; towards the north-east by a line
due east to the summit of the Ruahine Range; towards the
south-east generally by the summit of that range and the
leading spur to the Manawatu River; thence by a line
across the Manawatu River to its left bank; thence towards

the south generally by the left bank of the Manawatu River
to the Woodville-Palmerston Road; thence by that road to
the road bounding Sections Nos. 454, 453, 452, 451, 450,
and 449, Block VIII., Kairanga Survey District; thence by
the latter road and the road bounding Sections Nos. 20, 35,
34, 33, 32, 31, and 30 (Scandinavian Settlement), by the road
forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 13,
12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 56, Block VII., and by the
railway-line to Taonui Road first mentioned.

BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the south by Section No. 264, Block I.,
Pohangina Survey District, and by Section No. 265 of the said
block, by Sections Nos. 266 and 190, Block XIII., Apiti
Survey District, Section No. 189, Block XVI., Ongo Survey
District; thence towards the north-west generally by the
western side of Kiwitea-Tapuae Road, passing Sections Nos.
13, 19, and 12, Block XVI., Ongo Survey District, and Sections
Nos. 10, 2, and 3, Block XII., and by the continuation of
that road, and by the summit of the western watershed of
Kiwitea River to a point due south of the southernmost
corner of Section No. 62, Block II., Apiti Survey District;
thence by the south-western boundary-line of that section,
and by Sections Nos. 70 and 76 of Block II., by Section
No. 75, Block XIV., Hautapu Survey District, to the north-
eastern corner of that section; thence by the northern
boundaries of Sections Nos. 73, 71, 1, and 2 to the Cross
Road; thence by the said Cross Road, and by Section
No. 39B, Block XV., to Mangawharariki Road; thence by a
line across that road, by Section No. 40, by the Mangawha-
harariki River; thence by Sections Nos. 12 and 13, by the
Lagoon Road and Auputa Road respectively, to the Otama-
kapua Native Reserve; thence by that reserve to the Ka-
whatau River; thence by a line due north to the summit of
the northern watershed of the Kawhatau River, and by that
summit to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence
towards the east generally by the said summit to a point
due east of the source of the Oroua River; thence towards
the south-east generally by a right line to the said source,
and by the right bank of the said Oroua River to a point
opposite the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 10, Block
VIII., Apiti Survey District; thence across the said river
and by the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 10, 9, 4, and
1, all of Block VIII., Sections Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, all
of Block XII., to the south-eastern corner of the said Section

ERRATA.—In application No. 1125 (for confirmation of mortgage of Whanganui Town Section 460), in supplementary
notice for sitting of Native Land Court at Whanganui on the 20th instant, which appeared in New Zealand Gazette
No. 23, page 588, of 2nd instant, for "Sarah Campbell to the Whanganui Loan, Finance, and Investment Company,"
read "Sarah Campbell to James Augustine McKenna and others (Druids Trustees)."

In New Zealand Gazette, No. 25, of the 9th April, 1896, page 614, under "Services of No. 2 Company, Wellington
College Rifle Cadet Volunteers, accepted," for "13th March, 1895," read "13th March, 1896."

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