SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2113

Altering Boundaries of Hawke’s Bay and Rangitikei Counties.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of August, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in exercise of the powers conferred by section three of “The Counties Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1895” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), the Hawke’s Bay County Council and the Rangitikei County Council respectively did, by an instrument bearing date the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four, formally agree that the boundaries of the said counties should be altered to the extent set forth in the said instrument, and also in the Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient that such alteration of boundaries be approved by the Governor in Council, and that such altered boundaries be defined in terms of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that, on and after the publication of these presents in the New Zealand Gazette, the boundaries of the Counties of Hawke’s Bay and Rangitikei respectively shall be those set forth under their respective headings in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District and the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north by a right line from Trig. Station No. 26 on Tawheketewhango to Trig. Station No. 65A, Kaweka Survey District; thence towards the west by a line through Trig. Station No. 68A, and produced to the middle of the Mohaka River; thence towards the west generally by a line along the middle of the Mohaka and Taharua Rivers to the eastern boundary of the Tauhara South Block; thence by a right line to the Rangitaikei River at the crossing of the main road from Napier to Tapuaeharuru; thence towards the north-east by a line along the middle of the said road to a point in line with the south-western boundary-line of Purahotangihia Block; thence by a right line to and by that block and the Pakuratahi Block to the ocean; towards the east by the ocean to Te Apiti Native Block; thence towards the south by that block to Section No. 6, Block III., Oero Survey District (Elsthorpe Settlement); thence towards the west by the said Section No. 6 and Sections Nos. 5 and 4, Block III., Oero Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence again towards the south by the said Section No. 4; towards the south-east by the last-mentioned section and Section No. 3 to Block No. 91, Oero Survey District; thence again towards the west by the said Block No. 91 and a line along the middle of the Hawea Stream to the Tukituki River; thence again towards the south east by a line along the middle of the Tukituki River and the Papanui Stream to the road from Patangata to Te Aute; thence towards the south-west by a line along the middle of the last-mentioned road and of the Te Aute Road to a point in line with the northern boundary of the college land; thence by a right line to and by that boundary-line, and Section No. 1, Block XV., and Section No. 1, Block XIV., Maraekakahu Survey District (Argyll Settlement), to the northernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to a point in the middle of the Manga-o-nuku River in line with the north-western boundary-line of Small Grazing-run No. 1, Block X., Maraekakahu Survey District (Argyll Settlement); thence again towards the south-west by a line along the middle of the Manga-o-nuku River to its source; thence again towards the south-east by Blocks Nos. 3 and 1, Maraekakahu and Wakarara Survey Districts, by Blocks Nos. 1 aforesaid and 5 to the Mangamauku River; thence again towards the south-west by a line along the middle of that river to its source; thence by a right line to the junction of the Makarora River with the north branch of the Waipawa River; thence again towards the south west by a right line to Trig. Station No. 30 on Aorangi; thence again towards the south-east by a right line to a point in the middle of the Rangitikei River, being the intersection of a right line drawn from the said Trig. Station No. 30 to Trig. Station No. 32, with a line along the middle of the Rangitikei River; thence again towards the west by a line along the middle of the Rangitikei River to its intersection by a line drawn from Trig. Station No. 27, Mangamaire Survey District, to Trig. Station No. 26 on Tawheketewhango; thence towards the north-west by the last-mentioned line to the said Trig. Station No. 26, the place of commencement.

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RANGITIKEI COUNTY.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west, north-east, and again towards the north-west and towards the north; by the Wanganui County, as described in the New Zealand Statutes, 1902, page 410, from the ocean to Trig. Station No. 32, Papaka, Oninewai-rua Survey District; thence towards the west by a right line to Trig. Station No. 16; by a right line thence to Trig. Station No. 17; by a right line thence to Trig. Station No. 24, on Te Rotete; and by a right line thence to Trig. Station No. 28, Kaimanawa Survey District; thence again towards the north by a right line to Trig. Station No. 27, Mangamaire Survey District; thence again towards the north-west by a right line to a point in the middle of the Rangitikei River, being the point of intersection by a line along the middle of the said Rangitikei River with a line drawn from the said Trig. Station No. 27 to Trig. Station No. 26 on Tawheketewhango; thence towards the east generally by a line along the middle of the Rangitikei River to a point in the middle of the Rangitikei River, being the point of intersection by a right line drawn from Trig. Station No. 30 on Aorangi to Trig. Station No. 32 with a line along the middle of the Rangitikei River; thence again towards the north-west by a right line to the said Trig. Station No. 30; thence again towards the north-east by a right line to a point on the summit of the Ruahine Range, being a point in line with a line drawn from the said Trig. Station No. 30 to the junction of the Makaroro River with the north branch of the Waipawa River; thence again towards the east by a line along the summit of the said Ruahine Range to a point due east from the source of the Kawhatau branch of the Rangitikei River; thence towards the south by a right line to the said source of the Kawhatau branch; thence towards the south-west and again towards the south by a line along the middle of the Kawhatau branch aforesaid to its confluence with the Rangitikei River; thence towards the south-east generally by a line along the middle of the Rangitikei River to its mouth; thence again towards the south-west by the ocean to the mouth of the Wangaehu River, the place of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Vesting certain Property in the New Zealand Institute.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of August, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the President of the New Zealand Institute has recommended that the property specified in the Schedule hereto, being part of the property vested in His Majesty the King by virtue of the provisions of section twelve of “The New Zealand Institute Act, 1903,” be vested in the Board of Governors of the said New Zealand Institute, and it appears expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The New Zealand Institute Act, 1903,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that from and after the date hereof the property specified in the Schedule hereto shall be vested in the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute as constituted under the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

1. THE books bequeathed to the New Zealand Institute by the late Charles Rooking Carter, of Carterton, as shown in the catalogue deposited in the Colonial Secretary’s Office, at Wellington, and also the two bookcases containing the said books.

2. The right to claim and receive from the Public Trustee the residue of the bequest made by the said Charles Rooking Carter to the New Zealand Institute, amounting to two thousand two hundred and forty-seven pounds nine shillings and fivepence (£2,247 9s. 5d.), as on the 31st day of May, 1904, and at present in the hands of the Public Trustee, and all property and interest in such moneys.

3. The two hundred and forty-eight copies of the publication called “Maori Art,” by Augustus Hamilton, together with the binding-cases and blocks relating thereto, at present deposited at the Colonial Museum, Wellington.

4. The books marked as belonging to the New Zealand Institute at present deposited in the Library of the Colonial Museum, Wellington, numbering three thousand volumes, or thereabouts.