Num. 49. 1185

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1905.

Constituting the Town District of Eketahuna, in the County of Eketahuna.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is enacted by “The Town Districts Act, 1904,” that, notwithstanding the repeal by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” of “The Town Districts Act, 1881,” and “The Town Districts Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1883,” the Governor may, in the manner provided by “The Town Districts Act, 1881,” declare that any area wherein there are not less than fifty householders shall be a town district, and thereupon the last-mentioned Act and also “The Town Districts Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1883,” shall be in force in such town district: And whereas a petition has been presented to the Governor by the inhabitants within the area mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto, praying that such area may be constituted a town district under “The Town Districts Act, 1881”: And whereas the number of householders within such area is not less than fifty: And whereas not less than two-thirds of the number of resident householders within the said area have concurred in the said petition, and the said petition has been confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Council of the County of Eketahuna, being the county wherein the whole of the proposed town district is situate:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by “The Town Districts Act, 1904,” and “The Town Districts Act, 1881,” and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said area shall be a town district, and the same is hereby constituted a town district, under “The Town Districts Act, 1881,” by the name of the Eketahuna Town District. And in further pursuance and exercise of the said powers I do hereby proclaim, declare, and appoint that the Board of Commissioners for the said district shall consist of seven members.

SCHEDULE.

EKETAHUNA TOWN DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in Mangaone Survey District, bounded towards the north-east by the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 21, Eketahuna Settlement, from the Makakahi River to the main road at the easternmost corner of the said Section No. 21; thence by a right line across the said road to the northernmost corner of Section No. 16, Eketahuna Settlement; and thence by the north-eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section to the Railway Reserve; thence towards the south-east by the said Railway Reserve to the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 13, Eketahuna Settlement; thence again towards the north-east by a right line across the said Railway Reserve, and by the north-eastern boundary-line of the said Section No. 13 to the Eketahuna-Tinui Road; thence by a right line across that road to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 12, Eketahuna Settlement; thence by the north-eastern boundary-line of the said Section No. 12 to the easternmost corner of that section; thence towards the south by the southern boundary-line of the said Section No. 12 to the Railway Reserve; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 24, Eketahuna Settlement, and its production to the left bank of the Makakahi River; thence towards the west generally by the said Makakahi River to the road at the north-eastern corner of Section No. 38, Block IX., Mangaone Survey District; thence towards the south generally by a right line across that road to the north-eastern corner of the said Section No. 38; thence by Sections Nos. 38 and 39, Block IX. aforesaid, to the Ngatahaka Stream; thence towards the west and north-west generally by the said Ngatahaka Stream to its confluence with the Makakahi River; and thence by the said Makakahi River to the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 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 twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land taken at Lovell’s Flat for the Purposes of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway to take further land at Lovell’s Flat in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-eight and one hundred and sixty-seven of “The Public