Numb. 79.

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 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 Ranfurlly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration district known as the Waimea South 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 whereof shall be the Motupiko and Waimea South Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names, as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the first day of October, 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 thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.
J. G. WARD.
God SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 district known as the Waimea South District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:

Motupiko District.

All that area in the Nelson Land District bounded towards the north generally by a right line from Mount Arthur to the source of the River Baton; thence by that river to the Motueka River; thence by a line across the Motueka River and by its right bank to the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 104, Block I., Wai-iti Survey District; thence by that boundary-line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 104; thence by a right line running in the direction of the south-western corner of Section No. 88, Block I. aforesaid, to the watershed between Stanley Brook and the River Dove; thence towards the east generally by that watershed and the watershed between the Motueka and Wai-iti Rivers to the northernmost corner of Section No. 35, Block VI., Gordon Survey District; thence by said Section No. 35 and Section No. 2, Block V., to the road along the right bank of the Motueka River; thence by that road southwards, through Long Gully, across the watershed to the Motupiko River, and along the right bank of that river to Top House; thence by a right line running in the direction of Barefell Pass to the River Acheron; thence towards the south generally by that river and the River Severn to the confluence of the Severn and Alma; thence by a spur to the watershed named Alma Heights; thence by that watershed and the southern watershed of the Wairau River to Mount Mackay; thence towards the west generally by the watershed between the Sabine and D’Urville Rivers to Lake Rotoroa; thence by the western shore of Lake Rotoroa to the River Gowan; thence by that river to its confluence with the River Buller; thence by the watershed between the Rivers Hope and Owen, and by the western watershed of the Motueka River, to Mount Arthur, the place of commencement.

Waimea South District.

All that area in the Nelson Land District bounded towards the north generally by part of a right line running from the north-eastern corner of Section No. 104, Block I., Wai-iti Survey District, to the south-western corner of Section No. 88, Block I. aforesaid, from the watershed between Stanley Brook and the River Dove to the said south-western corner of Section No. 88; thence by Section No. 89, Block I. aforesaid, to the River Dove; thence by the right bank of that river to the road leading from the Village of Thorpe to the Moutere; thence by the north side of that road to Section No. 111, Block II., Wai-iti Survey District; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 112 and 113, Block II. aforesaid, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner of Section No. 157, Block III.; thence by a right line to the westernmost corner of Section No. 20, Block III. aforesaid; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 127 and 126, Block VII., the northern boundary-line of Section No. 26, Block VII. aforesaid, and the northern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 7 and 188, Block VIII., to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the south-western corner of Section No. 37, Block VIII. aforesaid; thence by Section No. 186, by the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 183, 182, 206, 19, 26, 14, and 13, Block VIII. aforesaid, forming the northern boundary of Section No. 12, Block V., Waimea Survey District.