Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 187

And whereas agreements for the taking of the estate in fee-simple of the said land have been entered into, and it has been made to appear that such agreements are sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas a plan has been prepared in duplicate showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and the Minister for Public Works has recommended that this Proclamation should be issued:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said road. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 18116, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green and neutral tint.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Districts constituted under “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

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(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Marriage Act, 1880,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage district known as the Hokianga District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into three marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

HOKIANGA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west by the Mangonui County from the mouth of the Herekino River to a point due north of the northernmost corner of Section No. 40, Block II., Whangape Survey District: thence towards the east and north-east generally by a right line to the said northernmost corner of Section No. 40; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 39, 35, and 1, Block II. aforesaid, by Sections Nos. 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, and 26, Block III., and by the road forming the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 26 and 25, to the road forming the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 9 and 10, Block III. aforesaid, Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block V., Whangape Survey District; thence by the latter road and its continuation in a southerly direction through Native land to the Whakarapa River; thence by a line along the middle of that river, and across the Hokianga River at the mouth of the Whirinaki River, and by a line along the middle of the said Whirinaki River to the western boundary-line of the Manawakaiia Block; thence by that block, a forest reserve (150 acres), and by the eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 7 and 9, Block XII., Waoku Survey District, and the eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 19 (Special Settlement), Block XVI., Waoku Survey District, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line running due east to the Tewaikumurau River; thence by a line along the middle of that river to the confluence of the last-mentioned river with the Mangakahia River; thence by a line along the middle of the Mangakahia River to the road which forms the boundary between the Counties of Hokianga and Bay of Islands; and thence by that road to its intersection by a right line drawn between Trig. Stations 18 and 43 (Tutamoe): thence towards the south-east and south by the County of Hobson: and towards the south-west by the sea.

KOHUKOHU DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west by the Mangonui County from a point due north of the northernmost corner of Section No. 40, Block II., Whangape Survey District, to the road forming the western boundary of Section No. 24, Pupuke Parish: thence towards the north-east generally by the road forming the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 24, 26, 28, and 30, Pupuke Parish, and that road continued to the north-western boundary of Section No. 57; thence by Sections Nos. 57 and 58, Pupuke Parish aforesaid, to the Whakaterekea River; thence by a line along the middle of that river to the Mangapapa River; thence by a line along the middle of the Mangapapa River to the Waipapa River; thence by a line along the middle of the last-mentioned river to the Waihou River: thence towards the south-east by a line along the middle of the Waihou River to the Hokianga River, and by a line along the middle of the latter river to the Whakarapa River: thence towards the west generally by a line along the middle of the Whakarapa River, from the Hokianga River, to the road which runs northward to the southern boundary of Section No. 12, Block V., Whangape Survey District; thence by that road and the road forming the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 12, 11, 10, 9, and 8, Block V., Whangape Survey District, and forming also the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 10, 9, and 24, Block III., to the road forming the southern boundaries of Sections No. 25 and 26; thence by the last-mentioned road, by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 26 and 27, by the south-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32, Block III., and by the south-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 1, 35, 39, and 40, to the northernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; and thence by a right line running due north to the southern boundary-line of the Mangonui County, the place of commencement.

RAWENE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west by a line along the middle of the Hokianga and Waihou Rivers: towards the north-east generally by the Bay of Islands County: and towards the south-west generally by a line along the middle of the Mangakahia and Tewaikumurau Rivers, from the western boundary of the Bay of Islands County to a point in line with the southern boundary-line of Section No. 19, Block XVI., Waoku Survey District; thence by a right line running due west to that section; thence by the following special settlement—viz., Nos. 19, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, and 24, Block XVI., and Nos. 9, 7, 5, and 4, Block XII., Waoku Survey District, and by the southern and part of the western boundaries of Manawakaiia Block, to the Whirinaki River; and thence by a line along the middle of that river to the Hokianga River aforesaid.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Christchurch, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

W. C. WALKER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

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(L.S.) RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of