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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 28

ketoi, by the said production and by the said boundary, by
the north-western boundaries of Section 174, Block XI.,
Puketoi, to the Waitawhiti Stream; thence by the Waita-
whiti Stream to its intersection by the north boundary of
Section 193, Block XII., Puketoi; thence by the said north
boundary of Section 193 and part of the east boundary of
Section 194, by the south boundaries of Sections 14, 15, 22,
all of Block XII., Puketoi, and by the east boundary of the
said Section 22 to the point of commencement.

Alfredton Outlying District.

That the boundaries of the Alfredton Outlying District be
and the same are hereby amended so as to agree with the
amended boundaries of the Castlepoint and Akitio Road Dis-
tricts as hereinbefore described, as from the western corner
of Section 193, Block XII., Puketoi, on the Waitawhiti
Stream, and bounded thence generally by the boundaries of
the Castlepoint and Akitio Road Districts to Peg VIII., in
Block III., Puketoi, on the boundary of the Pahiatua
County, and thence bounded by Pahiatua County to trig.
Puketoi, in Block II., Puketoi Survey District.

And also that all that portion of the Alfredton Outlying
District comprising Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, in
Block I., Mangapakeha Survey District, be and the same is
hereby annexed to the Upper Taueru Road District, and
that the boundaries of the Alfredton Outlying District, from
the eastern corner of Section 17, Block IV., Kopuaranga, to
the south corner of the College Reserve Section 210, in
Block I., Mangapakeha, are hereby amended so as to
exclude the said Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of
Block I., Mangapakeha, from the Alfredton Outlying Dis-
trict.

Masterton Road District.

That all that portion of the Upper Taueru Road District
being Section 119 of Block XI., Kopuaranga Survey District,
be and the same is hereby annexed to the Masterton Road
District, and that the boundaries of the Masterton Road
District be and the same are hereby amended from the
south-east corner of Section 120, Block XI., Kopuaranga
Survey District, to the south-east corner of Section 210,
Block VII., Kopuaranga Survey District, so as to include
the said Section 119, Block XI., Kopuaranga Survey Dis-
trict, within the Masterton Road District, and the boundary
of Subdivision 2 thereof is altered accordingly.

Upper Taueru Road District.

That the boundaries of the Upper Taueru Road District
are hereby amended, from the eastern corner of Section 17,
Block IV., Kopuaranga, to the southernmost corner of the
College Reserve, Section 210, in Block I., Mangapakeha, so
as to include Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of Block I.,
Mangapakeha, within the Upper Taueru Road District;
and that the boundaries be also amended from the south-
east corner of Section 120, Block XI., Kopuaranga, to the
south-east corner of Section 210, Block VII., Kopuaranga,
so as to exclude Section 119 from the Upper Taueru Road
District.

That the boundaries of the Akitio, Castlepoint, Alfredton,
and Masterton Ridings of the County of Wairarapa North be
and the same are hereby amended in accordance with the
alterations made in the boundaries of the several road and
outlying districts hereinbefore set forth.

That, in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of
“The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, the
Boards of the Akitio, Castlepoint, Masterton, and Upper
Taueru Road Districts are hereby dissolved, and this Council
directs that the elections of the new Boards for the said dis-
tricts shall take place on the days fixed or to be fixed in the
several districts respectively for the annual elections of
members during the first week in the month of May now
next ensuing, and the Returning Officers of the said districts
respectively are hereby appointed to conduct the said elec-
tions.

This special order shall take effect on the 21st day of
April, 1898.

Passed at a special meeting of the Council, this 10th day
of March, 1898.

Confirmed by the said Council this 14th day of April,
1898.

The Common Seal of the Chairman, Council, and In-
habitants of the County of Wairarapa North was affixed
hereto, in the presence of—

R. MAUNSELL,
County Chairman.

I certify that the above special order has been duly
made.

F. G. MOORE,
County Clerk.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Government Loans
to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th April, 1898.

PURSUANT to section 16 of “The Government Loans
to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” the Colonial Treasurer
hereby gives notice that on Wednesday, the 1st June, 1898,
he will be prepared to consider applications from local
authorities for loans under the Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Trea-
surer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on
or before the 31st May, 1898.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Notice of the Laying-off of Road through Omahu No. 2
Block, in Block IX., Heretaunga Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under
the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act,
1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was,
on the 11th January, 1898, duly taken and laid off through
the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority
of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated the
27th December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as
above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands
and Survey Department, at Hawke’s Bay, in the Hawke’s
Bay Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 7th day of April, 1898.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads through part of Awarua
1a No. 2 East, Blocks VII. and VIII., Hautapu Survey
District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under
the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,”
that the roads described in the Schedule hereto were, on
the 23rd December, 1895, and the 27th December, 1897, duly
taken and laid off through the land specified in the said
Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said
colony, by a warrant dated the 27th March, 1895.

SCHEDULE.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plans marked as
above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the
Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above
stated.

Dated this 16th day of April, 1898.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Fees for Survey of Steamers used as Pleasure Yachts only.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred upon me by section 4 of “The Shipping
and Seamen’s Act Amendment Act, 1889,” I, William Hall-
Jones, the Minister having Charge of the Marine Depart-
ment, do hereby direct that on and after the date hereof
the sum of one pound ten shillings shall be the fee to be
charged for every certificate issued in respect of the survey
of a steamship which is used as a pleasure yacht only.

Given under my hand, this eighteenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES.