Numb. 51.

1111

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1900.

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

(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 Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration district known as the Hutt District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two registration districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

HUTT DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by Sections Nos. 14 and 13, Block X., Paikakariki Survey District, Section No. 30, Block XIII., Akatarawa Survey District, and Section No. 211, Block I., Rimutaka Survey District, to the Hutt River; thence by that river to a point in line with the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 86, Block I., Rimutaka Survey District; thence by a right line to and by that boundary-line, by a public road forming the south-eastern boundary of the said Section No. 86, by Sections Nos. 96, 100, 104, 105, and 106, Block I. aforesaid, Sections Nos. 285, 286, 47, 245, 246, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, and 278, Block V., and Sections Nos. 279, 281, 282, and 64, Block VIII., Rimutaka Survey District, to the southern corner of the last-mentioned section; and thence by a right line running due east to the summit of the Rimutaka Range: thence towards the south-east by the summit of that range to the ocean at Cape Turakirae: thence towards the south-west and west generally by the ocean, and the waters of Port Nicholson, to the Borough of Petone; thence by the said Borough of Petone, and again by the waters of Port Nicholson, to a point opposite the southern corner of Section No. 19, Block XII., Belmont Survey District; thence by a line across the road to the said corner; thence by Sections Nos. 18 and 3 of the said block, and by the road bounding Section No. 5, Block XII. aforesaid, bounding Section No. 7, Block XIII., and bounding Sections Nos. 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, and 22, Block VIII.; thence by Sections Nos. 24, 25, 26, and 27, Block VIII. aforesaid, by Sections Nos. 28, 29, 30, and 339, Block II., by Section No. 332, Block III., and by a road intersecting Sections Nos. 332, 334, 337, 341, 342, 345, 433, 436, 57, and 59, Block III., and bounding Sections Nos. 16, 15, 7, 10, 6, and 2, Block IV., Belmont Survey District, to Section No. 14, Block X., Paikakariki Survey District aforesaid.

UPPER HUTT DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north by part of a right line drawn due east from the coast over the highest point of the road crossing the Paikakariki Hill to where it intersects the summit of the Tararua Range: thence towards the south-east by the summit of that range and the summit of the Rimutaka Range to a point due east of the southern corner of Section No. 64, Block VIII., Rimutaka Survey District: thence towards the south generally by a right line to the southern corner of the said Section No. 64; thence by the southern boundary of that section and the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 282 and 281, Block VIII. aforesaid, to the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 280, Block X., Belmont Survey District; and thence by the said Section No. 280 to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 277: thence towards the west generally by Sections Nos. 277, 237, 236, 235, and 247, Block X., Belmont Survey District; Section No. 253, Block V., Rimutaka Survey District; a public road; by Sections Nos. 206, 101, and 97, Block I., Rimutaka Survey District; a public road; Section No. 85, Block IV., Belmont Survey District; and the north-eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the western bank of the Hutt River; thence by the western bank of that river to the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 266, Block IV. aforesaid; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 4 and 3, Block IV. aforesaid, to the road forming the western boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence by the continuation of that road bounding Sections Nos. 19 and 16, Block X., Paikakariki Survey District, and intersecting Sections Nos. 11, 3, 4, and 6, and bounding Sections Nos. 34, 25A, and 26, to Section No. 24A, Block X. aforesaid; thence by the last-mentioned section to its north-eastern corner; thence by a right line to the point on or about the west boundary of Section No. 391, Akatarawa Survey District, where it is intersected by the line from the coast near Paikakariki Hill aforesaid.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

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 June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

J. CARROLL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!