1294

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 58

Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act, 1880."

(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 districts known as the Hunterville, Napier, and Wanganui Districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into four marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:

HUNTERVILLE DISTRICT.
Bounded towards the north-west generally by Native Reserve No. 127, Sections Nos. 20 and 21, Block XII., Wangaehu Survey District, by Sections Nos. 12 and 58, Block VIII., by Section No. 60, Block IV., by a road bounding Sectons Nos. 62, 52, 51, 106, and 105, Block I., Ongo Survey District, and by Sections Nos. 104 and 103, Block XIII., Tiriraukawa Survey District; thence by the summit of the range bearing Trig. Stations Tiriraukawa and Okota, by the western watershed of Porewa Stream, and by the summit of the range bearing Trig. Stations C and P, to the western corner of Section No. 27, Block VIII., Tiriraukawa Survey District; thence by that section and Section No. 30, said Block VIII., and by Sections Nos. 11, 1, and 6, Block IX., Hautapu Survey District, the north-eastern boundary-line of Powakarua Block, and that boundary-line produced to the left bank of the Rangitikei River; thence by the left bank of that river, and the north-eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 3, 4, 77, and 75, Block XIV., Hautapu Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section : thence towards the east generally by Section No. 73, said Block XIV., and by Sections Nos. 74 and 62, Block II., Apiti Survey District, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a due-south line to the western watershed of the Kiwitea River; thence by that watershed, and by the eastern side of the Kiwitea-Tapuae Road, to Section No. 188, Block XVI., Ongo Survey District: and towards the south generally by Section No. 188, said Block XVI., Sections Nos. 300, 299, 298, 297, 296, 295, 294, 293, 292, 291, 290, and 289, Block XV., Sections Nos. 288, 287, 286, 285, and 284, Block XIV., and by the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 14, 13, and 12, Block XIV., Ongo Survey District, and the southern boundary of the last-mentioned section produced to the Rangitikei River; thence by a line across and by that river to the northern boundary of the block formerly known as Rangitikei Block; and thence by that block to Native Reserve No. 127 aforesaid.

MANGAWEKA DISTRICT.
Bounded towards the north-east generally by the western watershed of the Moawhango River from near the source of the Waitangi Stream to Auahitotara Mountain; thence by a right line running due east to the Moawhango River; thence by that river to its confluence with the Aorangi Stream; thence by the leading spur to the watershed between the Moawhango and Rangitikei Rivers; thence by that watershed to the source of the Mangatoi Stream; thence by the Mangatoi Stream to its confluence with the Rangitikei River; thence by a right line to Aorangi Mountain; and thence by a right line running in the direction of the confluence of the Makarora River with the north branch of the Waipawa River to the summit of the Ruahine Range: thence towards the east by the summit of the Ruahine Range to the northern watershed of the Kawhatau River: thence towards the south generally by the northern watershed of the Kawhatau River to a point due north of the easternmost corner of Otamakapua No. 2B Native Reserve; thence by a right line to that corner; thence by the eastern boundary of the said reserve, by the east side of the Auputa Road, the south side of Lagoon Road, by Section No. 15, Block XVI., Hautapu Survey District, by the south bank of the Mangawharariki River, by the southern boundary of Section No. 40, Block XV., Hautapu Survey District, by the western side of the Mangawharariki Road, by the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 39B, said Block XV., and by the eastern side of Cross Road, to Section No. 2; thence by Sections Nos. 2, 1, and 71, Block XV., and Sections Nos. 73, 75, 77, 4, and 3. Block XIV., Hautapu Survey District, to the Rangitikei River; thence by that river to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary-line of the Powhakarua Block; thence by a line to and by that boundary-line, the south-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 6, 1, and 11, Block IX., Hautapu Survey District, and the south-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 30 and 27, Block VIII., Tiriraukawa Survey District, to the western corner of the last-mentioned section: and thence towards the west generally by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 27 and 25, said Block VIII., to the road forming

ing the southern boundary of Section No. 24; thence by that road to the watershed between the Rangitikei and Turakina Rivers; thence by that watershed and the watershed between the Hautapu and Turakina Rivers to Tuhirangi Mountain; thence by a right line to Trig. Station I, Karioi Survey District; and thence by the north-western watershed of the Waitangi Stream to the western watershed of the Moawhango River, the place of commencement.

NAPIER DISTRICT.
Bounded towards the north by the 39th parallel of south latitude from the Taharua River to a point due north of the source of the Waikare River: thence towards the east by a right line to the source of that river: thence towards the north-east by the said Waikare River to the sea: again towards the east generally by the sea to the northern boundary of the Waimarama Native Block: thence towards the south generally by that block to the Maraetotara River; thence by that river to the northern boundary of Block I., Kidnappers District; thence by that block to the Tukituki River; thence by a right line to the old bed of the Ngaruroro River, at the mouth of the Mangateretere Stream; thence by the old bed of the Ngaruroro River to the Ohiwa Stream at Pakowai; thence by the present course of the Ngaruroro River and by the Waitio Stream to the boundary between the Muriwhenua and Matapiro Blocks; thence by that boundary and the northern and western boundaries of the Matapiro Block to the Ngaruroro River; thence by that river and by the Taruarau River to the Ruahine Range; thence by the summit of that range to a point at which it is intersected by a right line drawn between the junction of the Makarora River with the north branch of the Waipawa River and Trig. Station No. 30 (Aorangi); thence by a right line to said Trig. Station No. 30; thence by a right line to the confluence of the Mangatoi Stream and the Rangitikei River; thence by the Mangatoi Stream to its source; thence by the watershed between the Rangitikei River and the Moawhango River, and by the spur leading to the confluence of the Moawhango River with the Aorangi Stream; thence by the said spur to the said confluence; thence by the Moawhango River to a point due east of Trig. Station No. 17 (Auahitotara); and thence by a right line to the said Trig. Station No. 17: thence towards the north-west generally by a right line to Trig. Station No. 24 (Te Rotete); thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 28; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 27; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 26 (Taukeketewhango); thence by a right line through Trig. Station No. 68A to the Mohaka River; and thence by that river and the Taharua River to the place of commencement.

WANGANUI DISTRICT.
Bounded towards the west generally by Sections Nos. 63, 64, 44, and 43, Block XIII., Nukumaru Survey District, and by the western boundary-line of Pakaraka Native Reserve to the north-west corner of the said reserve; thence by a right line to the intersection of the Waitotara River by the confiscation boundary-line produced; thence by the said line produced, and by the Taranaki Land District; towards the north by the 39th parallel of latitude: towards the east generally by the Taharua Stream and the Mohaka River to a point in line with Trig. Stations Nos. 68A and 65A; thence by a right line over Trig. Station No. 68A to Trig. Station No. 65A: thence towards the south by a right line to Trig. Station No. 26 (Taukeketewhango); thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 27; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 28; thence again towards the east generally by a right line to Trig. Station No. 24 (Te Rotete); thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 17; thence by the western watershed of the Moawhango River and the north-western watershed of the Waitangi Stream to Trig. Station I, Karioi Survey District; thence by a right line to Tuhirangi Mountain; thence by the western watershed of the Hautapu and Rangitikei Rivers to the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 24, Block VIII., Tiriraukawau Survey District; thence by that road and Sections Nos. 25 and 27, said Block VIII., to the western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by the summit of the range over Trig. Stations P and C, and by the western watershed of Porewa Stream, and by the summit which bears Okota and Tiriraukawa Trig. Stations, to the last-mentioned trig. station; thence by the northern boundary of the block formerly known as Paraekaretu Block, and by Section No. 107, Block I., Ongo Survey District, by a road-line bounding Sections Nos. 105, 106, 51, 52, and 62, Block I., Ongo Survey District, by Section No. 56 of said Block I., Sections Nos. 57, 23, and 22, Block V., Sections Nos. 27 and 28, Block IX., Ongo Survey District, and Tarakiki Block; by the northern boundary-line of the block formerly known as the Rangitikei Block; and its production to the right bank of the Wangaehu River; thence by that river to the sea: and towards the south-west by the sea.