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✨ Government Valuation Districts

Mar. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 591

Order in Council defining Special Districts under “The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, 1900.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by “The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby alter the boundaries of the Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 23 Special Districts, as defined by Orders in Council dated the twenty-third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; and also doth hereby constitute new special districts, to be known as Numbers 7A, 9A, 10A, 12A, and 24; and doth hereby order and declare that the boundaries of the said districts shall be those set forth in the Schedule A hereto.

And, further, in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, His Excellency the Governor of the said colony, acting by and with the said advice and consent, doth hereby appoint each of the several persons named in the Schedule B hereto to be the District Valuer for the special district set opposite the name of such person in such Schedule; also, in order to remove all doubt as to the manner in which these appointments are made, it is hereby declared that the provisions of neither “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” nor “The Civil Service Insurance Act, 1893,” apply to the persons so appointed.

SCHEDULE A.

Name of District.	Boundaries.
No. 7 District	Bounded on the north generally by Kawhia County; on the east generally by West Taupo County and the East Riding of Stratford County; on the south generally by the Borough of Stratford, the West Riding of Stratford County, and the Hawera County; on the west generally by the sea. Comprising the Clifton and Taranaki Counties, the North Riding of Stratford County, and the Borough of New Plymouth.
No. 7A District	Bounded on the north and north-west generally by Taranaki County, the North Riding of Stratford County, and Clifton County; on the east generally by Wanganui County; on the south and south-west generally by the Brunswick and Waitotara Ridings of Waitotara County and the sea. Comprising Hawera and Patea Counties, the West, South, and East Ridings of Stratford County, the Tokomaru Riding of Waitotara County, and the Boroughs of Stratford, Hawera, and Patea.
No. 8 District	Bounded on the north generally by West Taupo and East Taupo Counties; on the east generally by Hawke’s Bay and Waipawa Counties; on the south generally by the Kiwitea, Oroua, and Manawatu Counties; on the west generally by the sea, from the mouth of the Rangitikei River to the mouth of the Waitotara River, the Patea County, the Tokomaru Riding of Waitotara County, and Stratford County. Comprising Wanganui and Rangitikei Counties, the Waitotara, Westmere, and Brunswick Ridings of Waitotara County, and the Boroughs of Wanganui and Marton.
No. 9 District	Bounded on the north generally by Rangitikei County, on the east generally by Waipawa, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, and Wairarapa North Counties; on the south by the Otaki Riding of Horowhenua County; on the west by the sea. Comprising the Waituna, Ashhurst, and Fitzherbert Ridings of Oroua County; the Manawatu, Kiwitea, and Pohangina Counties; the Tokomaru and Wirotino Ridings of Horowhenua County; and the Boroughs of Feilding and Foxton: excluding the Taonui Riding of the Oroua County and the Borough of Palmerston North.
No. 9A District	Bounded on the north-east by Ashhurst Riding of Oroua County; on the south-east and south generally by Fitzherbert Riding of Oroua County, and Horowhenua County; on the west generally by Manawatu County. Comprising Taonui Riding of Oroua County, and Borough of Palmerston North.
No. 10 District	Bounded on the north by Waipawa and Patangata Counties; on the east by the sea; on the south generally by Cook Strait; on the west generally by Hutt, Horowhenua, and Oroua Counties. Comprising the Pahiatua, Akitio, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Wairarapa North, and Wairarapa South Counties, and the Boroughs of Pahiatua, Masterton, Carterton, and Greytown.
No. 10A District	Bounded on the north by the Wirotino Riding of Horowhenua County; on the east generally by Wairarapa North and Wairarapa South Counties; on the south by Cook Strait; on the west by the sea. Comprising the Hutt County, the Otaki and Te Horo Ridings of Horowhenua County, and the Boroughs of Lower Hutt, Petone, Onslow, Karori, Wellington, and Melrose, together with the Islands of Kapiti, Mana, and Chatham.
No. 12 District	Bounded on the north generally by Collingwood and Waimea Counties; on the east by Amuri County; on the south generally by Grey County; on the west by the sea. Comprising Buller and Inangahua Counties, and the Borough of Westport.
No. 12A District	Bounded on the north generally by Buller and Inangahua Counties; on the east generally by Amuri, Selwyn, Ashburton, Mackenzie, Waitaki, Vincent, and Lake Counties; on the south by Lake County; on the west generally by the sea. Comprising Grey and Westland Counties, and the Boroughs of Greymouth, Brunner, Kumara, Hokitika, and Ross.
No. 23 District	Bounded on the north generally by Lake County; on the east generally by the Oreti, Hokonui, and Waihopai Ridings of Southland County and the sea; and on the south and west generally by the sea. Comprising Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island Counties; the Winton, Wallacetown, and Awarua Ridings of Southland County; the Boroughs of Winton and Riverton; and the Antipodes, Auckland, and Campbell Islands.
No. 24 District	Bounded on the north, east, and south generally by the Awarua Riding of Southland County; on the west by the New River Estuary and the Awarua Riding of Southland County; and again on the north generally by the Awarua Riding of Southland County and the Bluff Harbour; on the east, south, and west generally by the sea. Comprising the Boroughs of Gladstone, Avenal, North Invercargill, East Invercargill, Invercargill, South Invercargill, and Campbelltown.

SCHEDULE B.

Name of Person.	Special District for which appointed.
Samuel Hill .. ..	No. 7 District.
Hugh John Clarke Coutts	No. 7A "
Albert Barns .. ..	No. 8 "
Robert Gardner .. ..	No. 9 "
Robert Gardner .. ..	No. 9A "
John Fraser .. ..	No. 10 "
Thomas William Caverhill	No. 10A "
Arthur D’Oyly Bayfield	No. 12 "
James Webster .. ..	No. 12A "
John Smaill .. ..	No. 22 "
William Baird .. ..	No. 23 "
Charles Rout .. ..	No. 24 "

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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