654
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No 26.

Land set apart for Lease as Village-homestead Allotments in
the Wellington Land District.

(l.s.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A P R O C L A M A T I O N.

I N pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by the one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth section of
“ The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ran-
furly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the allotments of Crown
land respectively described in the Schedule hereto shall be
and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for
lease as village-homestead allotments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—OHINEWAIRUA SURVEY DIS-
TRICT.—ORAUkURA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

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
Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-nine.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

New County of Eketa huna divided into Ridings, &c.

(l.s.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A P R O C L A M A T I O N.

I N exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in me by “ The Counties Act, 1886,” and “ The
Eketa huna County Act, 1898,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of
Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby divide the new County of Eketa huna, as constituted
by the said Acts, into two ridings, to be called the East
Riding and the West Riding, and declare that the boundaries
thereof shall be those set forth under the names of the said
ridings respectively in the Schedule hereto.

And I do hereby declare that four members shall be
elected for the East Riding and five members for the West
Riding.

And I do further declare that Thursday, the twentieth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine,
shall be the day upon which the election of the first Council
of the said County of Eketa huna shall take place, and that
Saturday, the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine, at one o’clock in the afternoon,
shall be the time, and the new County Council Offices, Eke-
tahuna, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of
the said Council shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

RIDINGS OF EKETAHUNA COUNTY.

East Riding.

ALL that area in the Eketa huna County bounded towards
the north-east generally by the Pahiatua County, as de-
scribed in the Schedule to “ The Counties Act Amendment
Act, 1888,” from the middle of the Makakahi River to the
western boundary-line of Section No. 175, Block VIII.,
Mangaone Survey District: thence towards the south-east
generally by Sections Nos. 175 and 174, Block VIII. afore-
said, and the Pa Valley Road to the northern boundary-line
of Section No. 213, Block XII.; thence by Sections Nos. 213
and 212, Block XII. aforesaid; Section No. 31, Block VII.,
and the road forming the south-western boundary of Section
No. 30; by Sections Nos. 42 and 43, Block VII. aforesaid;
Sections Nos. 7, 8, 9, and 10, Block XI., a public road, and by
Sections Nos. 26, 27, 45, and 46, Block XI. aforesaid; by
Sections Nos. 30 and 26, Block XV., and Section No. 77,
Block XIV., Mangaone Survey District, to a public road:
thence towards the south generally by the road forming the
eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 67 and 68, Block XIV.
aforesaid; thence by the last-mentioned section and the
road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 140;
thence by Sections Nos. 140 and 135, Block XIV. aforesaid,
the crossing of a road, and by Section No. 132, Block XIII.,
Mangaone Survey District, the crossing of a road, and by
the southern boundary-line of Section No. 148, Block IX.,
Mangaone Survey District, and that boundary-line produced
to the middle of the Makakahi River: and thence towards
the west generally by a line along the middle of that river to
the place of commencement.

West Riding.

All that area in the Eketa huna County bounded towards
the north-east by Pahiatua County, as described in the
Schedule to “ The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1888,”
from Arawaru Trig. Station to the middle of the Makakahi
River; thence towards the east generally by a line along the
middle of that river to a point in line with the western
boundary-line of Section No. 21, Block XIV., Tararua Sur-
vey District; thence towards the south-west by a right line
bearing 295° 30′, magnetic, to the eastern boundary of the
Horowhenua County, on the summit of the Tararua Range;
and thence towards the north-west generally by the summit
of the Tararua Range to Arawaru Trig. Station, the place of
commencement.

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, this twentieth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety-nine.

T. THOMPSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering the Name of the Borough of Newton.

(l.s.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A P R O C L A M A T I O N.

W HEREAS by sections two and three of “ The Desig-
nation of Districts Act, 1894 ” (hereinafter termed
“ the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council
may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of
any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or
designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Newton Borough Council has requested
that the present name of “ Newton ” be altered as herein-
after mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with
such request:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and
with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the Borough of Newton
aforesaid shall, on and after the sixteenth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and
known by the name of “ Grey Lynn,” and the name of the
said Borough of Newton is hereby altered accordingly.

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
Wellington, this sixth day of February, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-nine.

W. C. WALKER.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!