JULY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1473

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said section, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby redefine and amend accordingly the boundaries of the Hikairo-Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District as set out in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

HIKAIR0-MANIAPOTO-TUWHARETOA DISTRICT.

All that area in the North Island of the Colony of New Zealand bounded towards the north generally, starting at Anaputa, on the sea-coast, by the Taharoa A Block to the Kawhia Harbour; thence to a point 15 chains due west of the Te Motu Island; thence by a line to Motutorakatua, the most southerly point of the Kawhia C No. 4 Block; thence by the Kawhia C No. 4 Block aforesaid, the Kawhia C No. 1 Block, the Kawhia A and D Blocks, the Matakowhai Block, to the northernmost corner of the Forest Reserve of 2,600 acres in the Pirongia Survey District, at the north-eastern boundary of the County of Kawhia: thence towards the north-east generally by a right line to Mahaukura Trig. Station; thence by a right line to the confluence of the Waipa and Puniu Rivers; thence by the said Puniu River to its confluence with the Mangatutu Stream; thence following the south-west and south-east boundaries of the Wharepuhanga Block to the Waikato River; thence by the Waikato River to its confluence with the Kopokorahi Stream; thence by the Waiariki District, as described in the Schedule to an Order in Council dated the 18th day of December, 1901, to the northernmost corner of the Runanga No. 1b Block: thence towards the east generally by Te Ikaroa District, as described in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 8, of 18th January, 1901, to the Taruarau River: thence towards the south-west generally by the Aotea District, as described in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 8, 18th January, 1901, to the ocean: and thence towards the west by the ocean to Anaputa, the place of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Native Land in Tangitu Survey District taken for a Police-station and other Public Buildings.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of June, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for public works, to wit, the construction of a police-station and other public buildings:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners, and the title thereto is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map of the said land has been prepared in duplicate, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the public works hereinbefore mentioned; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Land District of Taranaki; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 19674, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Returning Officer appointed for the Election of Members of the Waikato District Maori Land Council, under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and the regulations made thereunder, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

GEORGE THOMAS WILKINSON

to be Returning Officer for the Waikato Maori Land District, under the provisions of the said Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

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Polling-places appointed for Election of Members of the Waikato District Maori Land Council.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by subsection three of section four of the regulations made under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be polling-places for the Waikato Maori Land District.

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SCHEDULE.

Cabbage Bay—Schoolhouse.
Harataunga—Schoolhouse.
Gum Town, Mercury Bay—Schoolhouse.
Pukiore, Tairua—Schoolhouse.
Manaia, Hauraki—Runanga House.
Shortland, Thames—Old Courthouse.
Mataitai—Meetinghouse.
Miranda—Schoolhouse.
Taurangakoura, Waitakaruru—Runanga House.
Te Hoe-o-Tainui, Upper Piako—Runanga House.
Kerepeehi, Piako—Runanga House.
Paeroa—Runanga House.
Omahu Pa, Te Aroha—Runanga House.
Tapapa—Runanga House.
Te Waotu—Schoolhouse.
Maungatautari—Runanga House.
Waharoa—Runanga House.
Tauwhare—Runanga House.
Hukanui—Runanga House.
Kihikibi—Public Hall.
Kawhia—Courthouse.
Te Taharoa—Pouaka’s House.
Raoraokauere, Aotea—Runanga House.
Raglan, Whaingaroa—Courthouse.
Weraroa—Runanga House.
Waingaro—Runanga House.
Whata Whata—Schoolhouse.
Tangirau—Runanga House.
Waahi, Huntly—Runanga House.
Matahuru—Schoolhouse.
Te Awaroa, Whangape—Runanga House.
Taumata, Rangiriri—Runanga House.
Te Paina, Mercer—Courthouse.
Kohanga—Runanga House.
Waiuku—Courthouse.
Puketapapa, Mangere—Runanga House.
Awhitu—Runanga House.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.