2280
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

Constituting Upper Orari River District, County of Geraldine.

(l.s.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

I N exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The River Boards Act, 1884,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date hereof, that part of the said colony described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby constituted a district under the said Act, and shall be known by the name of the Upper Orari River District; and that the number of members who are to constitute the Board of the said district shall be seven. And I do also proclaim and declare that Francis Worcester Stubbs, of Geraldine, shall be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of seven members of the aforesaid Board; that Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and three, shall be the day, and the office of the Geraldine County Council, at Geraldine, the Mechanics’ Institute, at Winchester, and the office of the Temuka Road Board, at Temuka, shall be the places, for holding such first elections; and that Thursday, the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and three, at three o’clock in the afternoon, shall be the time, and the said office of the Geraldine County Council, at Geraldine, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the members of the Board of the said Upper Orari River District shall be held; and, lastly, I do proclaim and declare that the aforesaid Francis Worcester Stubbs shall be the person to make a roll of electors for the purposes of the aforesaid first elections, in the manner prescribed by section eight of the said “River Boards Act, 1884.”

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SCHEDULE.

UPPER ORARI RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Orari River in line with the north-western boundary of Rural Section No. 4233, in Block X., Geraldine Survey District, and proceeding thence to the northernmost corner of that section; thence along the north-western, south-western, and part of the south-eastern boundaries of the said Section No. 4233 to the westernmost corner of Rural Section No. 3163; thence along the south-western boundary of the said Section No. 3163 to the Main South Road; thence along the western side of that road to the road which forms the south-western boundary of the Winchester Village Settlement; thence along the south-western side of the last-mentioned road to the Great Southern Railway-line; thence along that railway-line to the north-eastern corner of Rural Section No. 2641; thence across the railway-line and along the southern side of the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 2753, 11182, 11493, 11076, 11080, 11497, 14185, 11380, 10873, 11358, and forming part of the north-western and the north-eastern boundaries of Rural Section No. 4183; thence along the western side of the road forming the eastern boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 4183, 4182, 4181, 4180, 3286, and 3680, to the Orakipaoa Creek; thence along the left bank of the said creek to the Temuka River; thence along the left bank of the Temuka River and the left bank of the Hae-Hae-Ti-Moana River to the southernmost corner of Rural Section No. 28930; thence along the eastern boundary of the said Section No. 28930 to the south-western corner of Rural Section No. 7160; thence along the southern boundary of the said Section No. 7160 to Rural Section No. 7319; thence along the creek forming the western boundary of the said Section No. 7319 to a point in line with the southern boundary of Rural Section No. 12171; thence in a right line to the south-eastern corner of the said Section No. 12171; thence along the southern and western boundaries of that section and the western boundary of Rural Section No. 15574 to the road forming the southern boundary of Reserve No. 1199; thence along the north side of that road to the western boundary of Allotment No. 4 of the said Reserve No. 1199; thence along the western boundary of the said Allotment No. 4 to the road forming the southern boundary of Rural Section No. 14479; thence along the southern side of that road to a point in line with the western boundary of Rural Section No. 15465; thence across that road and along the western boundary of the said Rural Section No. 15465 and the southern boundary of Rural Section No. 12267 to the road forming the western boundary of Rural Section No. 11498; thence across that road and along its eastern side to the road forming the northern boundary of Rural Section No. 12250; thence along the southern side of the last-mentioned road and across the Waihi River to its left bank; thence along the left bank of the said Waihi River to the road intersecting Rural Section No. 3159; thence along that road and the road intersecting Rural Section No. 3155, and forming the north-western boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 18004, 21000, 22153, 21226, and across the Orari River to its left bank; and thence along the left bank of that 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 twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Land taken for a Further Portion of the Branch Line of the Foxton–New Plymouth Railway from Stratford to Wangamomona (Further Portion of the Oruru Section).

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RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

W HEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a further portion of the branch line of the Foxton–New Plymouth Railway from Stratford to Wangamomona—namely, a further portion of the Oruru Section:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purpose hereinafter specified have been observed and performed:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section one hundred and sixty-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for a further portion of the said railway hereinbefore specified.

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SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 20587, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!