XIV. aforesaid; thence by a right line to the north-eastern
corner of that section; thence by the said Section No. 67 to
the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 139;
thenre by a right line across that road and by the said Section No. 139 to the Wellington-Napier Railway-line; thence
by that railway-line to the Hastwell Village Settlement;
thenre by that settlement to the north-eastern corner of
Section No. 130, Block XIII., Mangaone Survey District;
thenre by Sections Nos. 130, 128, and 137, Block XIII.
aforesaid, to the Main Road; thenre across that road and
by Native reserve to the easternmost corner of Section
No. 172; thenre by the said Section No. 172 and the production of its north-eastern boundary-line to the western
side of Bruce Road; thenre by the said Bruce Road to the
easternmost corner of Section No. 2, Block XIV., Tararua
Survey District; thenre by the north-eastern boundary-line
of the said Section No. 2 and its production to the northern
boundary-line of the Mauriceville County; thenre by the
said Mauriceville County to the summit of the range near
Makakahi Trig. Station: thenre towards the west generally
by the summit of that range over the said Makakahi Trig.
Station to the south-western corner of Section No. 24,
Block X., Tararua Survey District; thenre by the western
boundary-line of that section to its north-western corner:
thenre towards the north generally by the northern boundary-
line of the said Section No. 24, part of the western and by the
northern boundary-line of Section No. 4, Block X. aforesaid,
the northern boundary-line of Section No. 1, Block VII.,
Tararua Survey District, across a road, by the northern
boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 7 and 2, Block V., Manga-
one Survey District, across a road, by the northern bound-
ary-line of Section No. 1, Block V. aforesaid, and its produc-
tion to the Makakahi River: and thenre again towards the
west generally by the left bank of the said Makakahi River
to the place of commencement.
And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation on the twenty-first day of April, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George;
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
His 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-first day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and two.
J. G. WARD.
GOD SAVE THE KING!

thence by the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of
Sections Nos. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 20, Block VIII.
aforesaid, to Section No. 411; thenre by the north-eastern
boundary-line of the said Section No. 411 to Te Wi Native
Reserve; thenre by the western and north-western bound-
ary-lines of that reserve to the Manawatu River; thenre
by a right line to the middle of the said Manawatu River:
thenre towards the south-east generally by a line along the
middle of that river to its confluence with the Oroua River:
and thenre towards the west generally by a line along the
middle of the said Oroua River to the place of commence-
ment: excepting from the above-described area the Borough
of Palmerston North.
FITZHERBERT RIDING.
All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded
towards the north-east by a right line from a point in the
middle of the Manawatu River in line with the middle of
the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections
Nos. 254 and 253, Block XII., Kairanga Survey District, to
the middle of that road; thenre by a line along the middle
of the said road to the southernmost corner of Subdivision
No. 34, Manchester Block: thenre towards the north-west
by Subdivisions Nos. 34, 33, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 20, 18, 16, 14,
12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2, of the said Manchester Block, Ferry
Reserve, and Subdivisions Nos. 50 and 49, to the Manawatu
River: thenre towards the north by a line along the middle
of the Manawatu River to the County of Pahiatua: thenre
towards the south-east by the said County of Pahiatua: and
towards the south-west by the County of Horowhenua to
the Manawatu River: and thenre again towards the north-
west generally by a line along the middle of the said Mana-
watu River to the place of commencement.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George;
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
His 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 third day of April, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and two.
J. G. WARD.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Local Land Officer at Gisborne appointed.
(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the twenty-third section of “The Land
Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor, by
Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time establish
and define, abolish, alter, or reconstitute local districts for
the sale or disposal of land, and in like manner from time
to time may appoint Land Officers or other persons for
conducting sales of land in such local districts, and for
receiving applications for the sale, letting, disposal, or occu-
pation of Crown lands, and for generally carrying into
effect the provisions of the said Act:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint
FRANK STEPHENSON SMITH
to be the Land Officer, in the place of Llewellyn Smith,
from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and two, for conducting sales of land and for receiving
applications for the sale, letting, and disposal or occupation
of Crown lands, and for generally carrying into effect the
provisions of the said Act, within the Poverty Bay Local
Land District as established by Proclamation dated the
twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George;
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House, at Wel-
lington, this twenty-second day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and two.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands:
God SAVE THE KING!
New County of Kairanga divided into Ridings, &c.
(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in me by “ The Counties Act, 1886,” and “ The
Kairanga County Act, 1901,'” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of
Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby divide the new County of Kairanga, as constituted
by the said Acts, into two ridings, to be called the Taonui
Riding and the Fitzherbert Riding, and declare that the
boundaries thereof shall be those set forth under the names
of the said ridings respectively in the Schedule hereto.
And I do hereby declare that five members shall be
elected for the Taonui Riding and three members for the
Fitzherbert Riding.
And I do further declare that Saturday, the third
day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two, shall
be the day upon which the election of the first Council of
the said County of Kairanga shall take place, and that
Wednesday, the fourteenth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and two, at ten o'clock in the morning, shall
be the time, and the old Manawatu Road Board Office,
Palmerston North, shall be the place, at which the first
meeting of the said Council shall be held.
SCHEDULE.
TAONUI RIDING.
All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded
towards the north-east generally by the Foxton-New
Plymouth Railway-line from the middle of the Oroua River
to the Bunnythorpe-Stony Creek Road; thenre by that
road to the road forming the north-western boundaries of
Sections Nos. 41 and 30, Block VIII., Kairanga Survey
District; thenre by the last-mentioned road to the road
forming the north-eastern boundary of the latter section;