Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2763

County Councils throughout the colony shall be held on the second Wednesday in November, and that the said Councils shall hold an annual meeting on the fourth Wednesday in November: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for holding such election and such annual meeting in the County of Stewart Island:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section thirteen of “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for holding the general election of Councillors for the County of Stewart Island and the annual meeting of the Stewart Island County Council; and doth hereby order and declare that in the aforesaid county the said general election shall be held and take place on Wednesday, the thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and five, and that the annual meeting of the said Stewart Island County Council shall be held on Wednesday, the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering Boundaries of Akitio and Castlepoint Counties.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1905.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING 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 Akitio County Council and the Castlepoint County Council have agreed that the boundaries of the Counties of Akitio and Castlepoint should be altered to the extent set forth 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 Akitio and Castlepoint respectively shall be those set forth under their respective headings in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AKITIO COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north generally by the northern boundary-lines of Mount Cerberus and Waimata North Survey Districts from the north-eastern corner of Section No. 43, Block XII., Mount Cerberus Survey District, to the sea at the mouth of the Waimata River; thence towards the south-east generally by the sea to the mouth of the Mataikona River; thence towards the south-west generally by a line along the middle of the said Mataikona River to the confluence of that river with the Pakowai Stream; thence by a line along the middle of the said Pakowai Stream to the intersection of that stream by the northern boundary-line of Section No. 819, Block XIII., Aohanga Survey District; thence by the said northern boundary-line of Section No. 819, and by the western boundary-lines of Section No. 817, Block IX., Aohanga Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 21, Block XII., Puketoi Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned section, Section No. 18, Block XII. aforesaid, Sections Nos. 3 and 2, Block XVI., Puketoi Survey District; and Section No. 22, Block XII. aforesaid, Education Reserve, to the Makoura Stream; thence by a right line across the said Makoura Stream to the southern boundary of Section No. 222, Block XII. aforesaid; thence by the last-mentioned section, Section No. 20, Block XII. aforesaid, Section No. 2, Block VIII., Puketoi Survey District, and the south-eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the northern side of the Waihoki Valley Road; thence by the northern side of the said Waihoki Valley Road to the south-western corner of Section No. 4, Block V., Aohanga Survey District; thence by the western boundary-line of] the said Section No. 4, by the southern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 28 and 29, Block V., Aohanga Survey District, and by part of the western boundary-line of Section No. 29 aforesaid to the southernmost corner of Section No. 7, Block VIII., Puketoi Survey District; thence by the south-western boundary-line of the said Section No. 7 and the crossing of the Alfredton-Weber Road; thence by the northern side of that road to the south-western corner of Section No. 28, Block IV., Puketoi Survey District; thence by the south-western boundary-line of the said Section No. 28, the southern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 29 and 7, Block IV. aforesaid, and the south-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 6, 5, 4, and 3, Block IV. aforesaid, to the Hutewai Road, by the crossing of the last-mentioned road, and by the south-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 25 and 28, Block III., Puketoi Survey District, and by the north-eastern boundary-lines of Section No. 23, Block III. aforesaid; and thence by traverse lines along the watershed to Peg VIII. on the summit of the Puketoi Range, being on the boundary of the Pahiatua County as described in the Schedule to “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1888”; and thence towards the north-west generally by the said Pahiatua County to the place of commencement.

CASTLEPOINT COUNTY.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-east generally by the Akitio County hereinbefore described from the southernmost corner of Section No. 22, Block XII., Puketoi Survey District, Education Reserve, to the sea at the mouth of the Mataikona River; thence towards the south-east generally by the sea to the mouth of the Whareama River; thence towards the south-west and north-west generally by the Masterton County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 106, 19th December, 1901, to the place of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Sefton-Ashley Drainage District, County of Ashley, constituted.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1905.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the third section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” a majority of the ratepayers in the area of land described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Ashley, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand praying that the said area be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the third section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby constitute and declare the area of land described in the Schedule hereto to be a district for the purposes of Part I. of the said Act, and to be called by the name of the “Sefton-Ashley Drainage District”; and also, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the fourth section of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the Board of Trustees for the said district shall consist of five members, to be elected under and in accordance with the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

SEFTON-ASHLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Rangiora Survey District, bounded towards the north-west by the Upper Sefton Road and its continuation north-easterly from the road forming the eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 2163 to the northernmost corner of Rural Section No. 2689; thence towards the north-east by the north-eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section to its easternmost corner; thence by a right line to the middle of the road at the northernmost corner of said Section No. 2294; thence towards the south-east by a line along the middle of the road forming the south-eastern boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 2294, 1743, 1025, 537, and 536 to the bridge over Saltwater Creek; thence again towards the north-east by a right line to the northernmost corner of Reserve No. 91; thence by a right line to a point in the middle of the mouth of the Ashley River; thence towards