tion 7, Block I., North Harbour and Blueskin District, in
the Provincial District of Otago, being a house or buildings
provided for the reception of lunatics, and wholly supported
out of money appropriated by the General Assembly, to be
a lunatic asylum within the meaning of the said “Lunatics
Act, 1882.”

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 eighth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.
WM. HALL-JONES.
Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Police-gaol proclaimed.
(L.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New
Zealand intituled “The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is
enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation published
in the Gazette, declare that such police-stations as he shall
name therein shall be police-gaols:
And whereas it is desirable to proclaim the police-station
at Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington,
to be a police-gaol:
Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the
above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that
the said building shall be a police-gaol from and after the
appearance of this Proclamation in the Gazette.
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 seventh day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Justice.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Constituting the Town District of Pukekohe, in the County
of Manukau.
(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 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:
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 Pukekohe 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 five members.
SCHEDULE.
PUKEKOHE TOWN DISTRICT.
All that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in Blocks XI. and XV., Drury Survey District, in the Parish of Pukekohe, bounded by a line commencing at a point in Allotment No. 98 of Section No. 2 of small lots in the Pukekohe Settlement at a distance of 3 chains from the middle of the road forming the north-eastern boundary of the said Allotment No. 98, and being the termination of a right line running parallel to and 3 chains distant from the middle of the road which forms the north-western boundary of Allotment No. 23 of Section No. 1 of the Pukekohe Settlement, and proceeding thence in a north-easterly direction parallel to and at a distance of 3 chains from the middle of the road forming the north-western boundaries of Allotments Nos. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 of Section No. 1 aforesaid, the north-western and northern boundaries of Allotment No. 33, and forming the northern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 34, 6, and 125 of Section No. 1 aforesaid, to a point in Allotment No. 5 at a distance of 3 chains from the middle of the road which forms the eastern boundary of the said Allotment No. 5; thence northerly and northeasterly parallel to and distant 3 chains from the middle of the last-mentioned road, and the road forming the south-eastern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 4, 3, and 2 of Section No. 1 aforesaid, to a point in Allotment No. 1 being the termination of a right line running parallel to and 3 chains distant from the middle of the road forming the southern boundary of Allotment No. 59; thence easterly along the last-mentioned line and its production to a point in Allotment No. 1 of Section No. 4 distant 3 chains from the middle of the road forming the western boundary of the last-mentioned allotment; thence southerly parallel to and 3 chains distant from the middle of the last-mentioned road to the southern boundary-line of the said Allotment No. 1 of Section No. 4; and thence again easterly along the southern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 1 and 2 for a distance of 2250 links ; thence southerly along a line at right angles to the last-mentioned boundary-line to the southern boundary of Section No. 16, Parish of Pukekohe ; thence westerly along the southern boundary-line of the said Section No. 16 to the Auckland-Puniu Railway-line; and thence south-easterly along the western side of the railway reserve to a point in line with a right line running through Allotment No. 12 of Section No. 2 of the Pukekohe Settlement parallel to and 3 chains distant from the middle of the road which forms the southern boundary of Allotment No. 17; thence westerly along a right line to a point on the eastern boundary-line of Allotment No. 12 aforesaid distant 3 chains from the middle of the road forming the southern boundary of Allotment No. 17; thence along a line parallel to and 3 chains distant from the middle of the road forming the southern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 17, 16, 25, 22, 281, 38B, 38A, 52, 51, 50, and 49 of Section No. 2 aforesaid to a point in Allotment No. 64 being the production of a right line running parallel to and 3 chains distant westerly from the middle of the road which forms the western boundary of Allotment No. 49 aforesaid; thence northerly along the last-mentioned line and a line parallel to and 3 chains distant from the middle of the road forming the western boundaries of Allotments Nos. 49 and 48, and along a line parallel to and 3 chains distant from the road forming the south-western boundaries of Allotments Nos. 84, 21, 23, and 85 of Section No. 1 of the Pukekohe Settlement, 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 tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.
J. G. WARD.
GOD SAVE THE KING !
Consenting to closing Road in Otago Peninsula, Tomahawk Road District.
PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1905.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section twelve, subsection one, of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” it is