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Districts constituted under “The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875.”

(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration districts known as the Waihi and Tauranga Districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into two registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Waihi and Tauranga Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be co-terminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names, as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1904.”

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

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 twenty-sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land taken in Waikouaiti Survey District 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 in Waikouaiti Survey District 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 Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked 13243, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red and green.

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 twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Extending Time for holding First Elections, &c., Borough of Geraldine.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of January, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, made under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, it is provided that the first elections of Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Geraldine shall be held on Thursday, the nineteenth day of January instant, and that the first meeting of the Council of the said borough shall be held on Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of January instant: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for holding the said first elections and first meeting as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” 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 aforesaid first elections and first meeting, and doth hereby order and declare that the first elections of Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Geraldine shall be held on Thursday, the second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five, and that the first meeting of the Council of the said borough shall be held on Tuesday, the seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five, at half past seven o’clock in the evening, at the office of the Geraldine Town Board, Geraldine.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Raglan and Kawhia Agricultural and Pastoral Association incorporated.—Notice No. 932.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of January, 1905.

Present:

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

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Raglan and Kawhia Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the said Act, under the style and title of “The Raglan and Kawhia Agricultural and Pastoral Association.”

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Public Notifications in connection with a Loan of £500 applied for by the Balclutha Borough Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of January, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the Balclutha Borough Council lately proposed to raise a loan of £500, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of repairing the Balclutha traffic-bridge: And whereas the public notifications of the meeting of ratepayers to consider the said loan were published in the Clutha Leader and Free Press, but not published not more than seven days and not less than ten days before such meeting, as required by section nine of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901”: And whereas it