Numb. 73. 1587

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1896.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1896.

New Electoral Districts for the North Island.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the North Island Representation Com-
mission, appointed under the provisions of "The
Representation Act Amendment Act, 1896," have made
their report to me under their hands and seals, setting forth
the names and boundaries of the electoral districts for the
North Island, fixed by them in accordance with "The
Representation Act, 1887," and the Acts amending the
same:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power
and authority vested in me by the fifth section of "The
Representation Act, 1887," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim
the names and boundaries of the electoral districts for the
North Island, 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., Opunawhanga 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 Taparahaha River; thence
by a right line to Trig. Station 13, on Tarai-o-Rahiri; thence
again towards the north-east by a right line in the direction
of Trig. Station 41, on Tangihua, as far as the Wairoa River;
thence again towards the south-east generally 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 Sec-
tions 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
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 Moturoa, Cavalli, and all
adjacent islands.

MARS DEN.

This district is bounded towards the east generally by the
ocean from the northernmost corner of a township reserve,
situate at Helena Bay, in Block I., Opunawhanga Survey
District, to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 91,
Parish of Waipu, Mangawai Survey District, at Bream Tail;
thence towards the south generally by the south-eastern
boundary-line of that section to its south-eastern corner;
thence 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 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
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 cross-
ing of a road, and by Section No. 84, Parish of Wairau, to
its western corner; thence again towards the east by the
Pahi River and the Arapaoa River; thence again towards
the south-east by the Otamatea River to the Wairoa River;
thence towards the south-west and south by the said Wairoa
River to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of
Te Kuri Parish; thence by a right line across the said
Wairoa River to the northernmost corner of the said Te
Kuri Parish; thence 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 to a point in line with
the northern side of the road forming the north-western
boundary of Section No. 93, Block V., Kopuru Survey
District; and towards the north-west generally by the Bay
of Islands Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to
Helena Bay, the place of commencement: including Moko-
hinau Lighthouse.