Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1587

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 39652, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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 twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Division of the Borough of Whangarei into Three Wards.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” section twenty-seven, it is enacted that, if not less than one-fourth of the burgesses of a borough petition the Governor praying him to divide such borough into wards, the Governor may, by Proclamation, divide such borough into not more than six wards, and shall in such Proclamation assign such names and boundaries to each ward as he thinks fit: And whereas not less than one-fourth of the burgesses of the Borough of Whangarei have petitioned me to divide such borough into wards:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the hereinbefore-recited authority, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Borough of Whangarei shall be and the same is hereby divided into three wards, with the names and boundaries set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH WARD.

Bounded towards the north by Block VIII., Purua Survey District, and Block V., Whangarei Survey District, from the Waiarohia Stream to the Otaingerei Stream: thence towards the east generally by the said Otaingerei Stream to the Whangarei River, and thence by the right bank of the said Whangarei River and the right bank of the Waitaua Creek to a point due east of the northernmost corner of Section No. 1, Block IV., Town of Whangarei: thence towards the south generally by a right line to the northernmost corner of the said Section No. 1; thence by Sections Nos. 1 and 2 of the said Block IV. to the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the nearest point on the northern side of Dent Street; thence by the northern side of Dent Street to Bank Street: thence towards the north-west by a line along the middle of Bank Street: and towards the south generally by a line along the middle of the road running in a westerly direction from the junction of the Bay of Islands Road with Bank Street, and forming the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 41, 42, 43, and 44, and by the road forming the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section to the Waiarohia River; thence by that river to the land known as Edmond Weaver’s land on the west side of the Waiarohia River; thence by that land to Section No. 192, known as Thomas Johnston’s land; and thence by the said Section No. 192 to Section No. 77, Whangarei Parish, Block XII., Purua Survey District: thence again towards the west generally by said Section No. 77, a public road, and by Sections Nos. 71, 66, 67, 68, and 69 to the Waiarohia Stream aforesaid; and thence by that stream to the place of commencement.

CENTRAL WARD.

Bounded towards the north generally by North Ward hereinbefore described from the middle of Bank Street to the Waitaua Creek; thence towards the east generally by the said Waitaua Creek and the Whangarei Harbour to the Kamo-Whangarei Railway-line; and thence towards the south-west and west generally by that railway-line to Rust’s Lane; thence by a line along the middle of Rust’s Lane to Bank Street; and thence by a line along the middle of Bank Street to the place of commencement.

SOUTH WARD.

Bounded towards the north generally by North Ward hereinbefore described from Section No. 77, Whangarei Parish, to the middle of Bank Street; thence towards the east generally by North Ward and Central Ward hereinbefore described and by the Whangarei Harbour to a point bearing north 65° east from the easternmost corner of Tarewa Block No. 855; thence towards the south-east by a right line to the easternmost corner of that block; thence towards the south-west by the said Tarewa Block to its northernmost corner, thence by a right line across the Maunu Road to the southernmost corner of the Wharowharo No. 2 Block, and thence by the south-western boundary-line of the said Wharowharo No. 2 Block to the westernmost corner of that block; thence towards the west generally by Horahora No. 2 Block to Section No. 77 aforesaid, 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, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

J. CARROLL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Amending the Description of the Native Township of Parata.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the description contained in the Schedule to a certain Proclamation made the tenth day of August instant, under the provisions of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” setting apart land for the Native Township of Parata:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the parcel of Native land so set aside as the Native Township of Parata, as aforesaid, are those set forth in the Schedule hereto, in lieu of those described in the said Proclamation of the tenth day of August instant.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 49 acres and 18 perches, more or less, being a portion of Subdivision 41, Ngarara West “C” Block, situated in Block IX., Kaitawa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west, from a point 165·8 links distant in a north-easterly direction from the northern boundary of the Rikiorangi Road, by the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company’s land, 2452·4 links; towards the north-east by a line bearing 119° 7′ 30″, 1792·1 links; towards the south-east by a line bearing 197° 38′, 2493·9 links; and towards the south-west by the Rikiorangi Road before mentioned, 2090·5 links, and by lines bearing as follows—17° 33′, 133·9 links; and 297° 39′, 1575 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked 170, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

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 twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!