Numh. 58. 1599

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1903.

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 Wanganui 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 follow:—

RAETIHI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington and Hawke’s Bay Land Districts bounded towards the north by the 39th parallel of latitude from the Wanganui River to the Taharua Stream: thence towards the east generally by the said Taharua Stream to its confluence with the Mohaka River; thence by the Mohaka River to a point in line with Trig. Stations Nos. 68A and 65A, Kaweka Survey District; thence by a right line to the said Trig. Station No. 65A: thence towards the south-east generally by a right line to Trig. Station No. 26 (Tawheketewhango); thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 27; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 28; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 24 (Te Rotete); thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 17 (Auahitotara); 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 the summit of Tuhirangi Mountain: thence towards the south generally by a right line to the source of the Rangiwaia Stream; thence by the Rangiwaia Stream to its confluence with the Wangaehu River; thence by the Wangaehu River to where the Waokaramu Stream joins the said river; thence by the Waokaramu Stream to Field’s Track; thence by Field’s Track to the Rangitatau Stream; thence by the Rangitatau Stream to the Mangawhero River; thence by the Mangawhero River to the northern boundary of the Tauakira Block; thence by the Tauakira Block to the Wanganui River: and thence towards the south-west and west generally by the Wanganui River to the place of commencement.

WANGANUI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west by the Taranaki Land District from the confiscation boundary-line to the Wanganui River: thence towards the north generally by a line across the Wanganui River and by its left bank to the northern boundary of the Tauakira Block; thence by the northern boundary of the Tauakira Block to the Mangawhero River; thence by the Mangawhero River to its confluence with the Rangitatau Stream; thence by the Rangitatau Stream to Field’s Track; thence by Field’s Track to the Waokaramu Stream; thence by that stream to the Wangaehu River; thence by the Wangaehu River to its confluence with the Rangiwaia Stream; thence by that stream to its source; thence by a right line to the summit of Tuhirangi Mountain: thence towards the east generally by the western watershed of the Hautapu and Rangitikei Rivers to the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 24, Block VIII., Tiriraukawa 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 of the range over Okota Trig. Station, to Tiriraukawa Trig. Station; thence by the northern boundary of the block formerly known as Parae-karetu 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 by the Tarakiki Block, to its westernmost corner: thence towards the south-west by the north-eastern boundary-line of the block formerly known as the Rangitikei Block, and its production to the right bank of the Wangaehu River: thence again towards the east generally by the Wangaehu River to the sea: thence again towards the south-west by the sea to a point in line with the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 63, Block XIII., Nukumaru Survey District: thence towards the west generally by a right line to the south-eastern corner of the said Section No. 63; thence by Sections Nos. 63, 64, 44, and 43, Block XIII. aforesaid, and 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; and thence by the said line to the place of commencement.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

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-seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

ERRATUM.—In notice of appointment of members of the Bluff Harbour Board, dated the 3rd July, 1903, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 56, of the 9th July, 1903, page 1570, for “Robert Allen Anderson” read “Robert Albert Anderson.”

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