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River; thence by the said southern watershed to the trig. station on the summit of Mount Tiger; thence by a right line running due west to the sea; and thence towards the west by the sea to the mouth of the Mokau River, the place of commencement.

AWAKINO DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Marakopa River from the sea to the southern boundary-line of Block IX, Kawhia South Survey District; thence by Blocks IX, X, and XI, and by Section No. 6, Block XVI, Kawhia South Survey District, to a point in line with the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 3, Block IV, Maungamangero Survey District; thence by a right line to the northernmost corner of that section; thence by Kawhia South and Orahiri Survey Districts to Hauturu Road; thence towards the east generally by the said Hauturu Road to its junction with Mairoa Road at the westernmost corner of Section No. 7, Block IV, Maungamangero Survey District; thence by the said Mairoa Road to the Mokau River; thence towards the south-east generally by the said Mokau River to the sea; and thence towards the west by the sea to the mouth of the Marakopa River, the place of commencement.

TE KUITI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the road which intersects Hauturu East Nos. 1E and 2 and Pukeroa-Hangatiki Blocks, from the eastern boundary-line of Block X, Orahiri Survey District, to the western boundary-line of Section No. 4, Block XII, Orahiri Survey District; thence by part of the western boundary-line and by the northern boundary-line of the said Section No. 4 to the easternmost corner of that section; thence by a right line to Tahaia Trig. Station No. 1378; thence by a right line to Pamotumotu Trig. Station No. 1592; thence by a right line to Wharepuhunga Trig. Station No. 1566; thence by a right line running due east to the Waikato River; thence towards the east generally by the Waikato River to its intersection by a right line running from Uraura Trig. Station to the mouth of the Waihora Stream at Lake Taupo, and thence by that line to the mouth of the said Waihora Stream; thence towards the south generally by a right line running in the direction of Pukearuhe Mountain to its intersection by a right line running from the source of the Mokau River to where the Wanganui River is intersected by the 39th parallel of south latitude; thence by the last-mentioned right line to the source of the Mokau River; thence by the said Mokau River to the Mairoa Road in Block XI, Otanake Survey District; thence towards the west generally by the said Mairoa Road to its junction with the Hauturu Road; thence by the Hauturu Road to the southern boundary-line of Block XIII, Orahiri Survey District; thence again towards the north by Blocks XIII and XIV to the south-eastern corner of the latter block; and thence again towards the west by Blocks XIV and X, Orahiri Survey District, to the road which intersects Hauturu East 1E Block, the place of commencement.

TE AWAMUTU DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Karamu Parish from the western watershed of the Waipa River to the said Waipa River; thence by the Tuhikaramea, Te Rapa, and Pukekura Parishes to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned parish; thence by a right line to Mangatautari Trig. Station; thence by a right line to the confluence of the Little Waipa River with the Waikato River; thence towards the east generally by the Waikato River to a point due east of Wharepuhunga Trig. Station No. 1566; thence towards the south generally by a right line to the said Wharepuhunga Trig. Station; thence by a right line to Pamotumotu Trig. Station No. 1592; thence by a right line to Tahaia Trig. Station No. 1378; thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of Section No. 4, Block XII, Orahiri Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 4 to the road on its western boundary; thence by the last-mentioned road, intersecting Pukeroa, Hangatiki, and Hauturu East Nos. 2 and 1E Blocks, to the eastern boundary of Block X, Orahiri Survey District; thence towards the west generally by Blocks X and VI, Orahiri Survey District, to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 7, Block II; thence by Sections Nos. 7 and 5, Block II, Section No. 1A, Block III, and Sections Nos. 2 and 1, Block II, Orahiri Survey District, to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 1, Block XIV, Pirongia Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned section to its north-eastern corner; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 8, Block X; thence by Sections Nos. 8, 7, 4, and 1, Block X aforesaid, to the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 7 and 6, Block IX; thence by the last-mentioned road to the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 5, Block IX aforesaid; thence by Sections Nos. 5, 2, and 1, Block IX aforesaid, and Section No. 1, Block VI, Pirongia Survey District, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to Te Ake-o-Hikopiro Trig. Station; thence by a right line to Mahaukura Trig. Station; thence by the western boundary-line of Pirongia Parish to the western watershed of the Waipa River; and thence by the said western watershed to the southern boundary of Karamu Parish, the place of commencement.

WAITARA DISTRICT.

All that area bounded towards the north and north-west by the ocean from the mouth of the Waiongona River to a point due west of the trig. station on the summit of Mount Tiger; thence again towards the north by a right line to the said trig. station on Mount Tiger; thence towards the north-east generally by the southern watershed of the Mohakatino River and the summit of the range over Mount Damper to Trig. Station R on Mangapapa; thence by the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 1, Block III, Pouatu Survey District, and the production of that boundary-line to the northern boundary-line of Stratford County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 85, 23rd October, 1902; thence again towards the north by the northern boundary of the said Stratford County to the Wanganui River; thence towards the east generally by the boundary between the Wellington and Taranaki Land Districts to the confiscation boundary-line; thence towards the south-west by the confiscation boundary-line to the Patea River; thence by the said Patea River to the southern boundary-line of the Omona Survey District; thence again towards the north by that boundary-line to the main watershed between the Patea and Whenuakura Rivers; thence towards the west by that watershed to a point in line with the southern boundary-line of Section No. 11, Block VIII, Ngaiere Survey District; thence towards the south by a right line running due west to the Patea River at Section No. 12 of the said Block VIII; thence again towards the south-west generally by that river to the confiscation boundary-line at the south-western corner of Toko A Block; thence again towards the north-west by the said confiscation boundary-line to the northernmost corner of the said Toko A Block; thence again towards the west by a right line running due north to the summit of the watershed between the Waitara River and the Patea River; thence again towards the south by that watershed to the eastern boundary of Block XV, Huiroa Survey District; thence again towards the west by the said Block XV, and Blocks XI and VII, said Huiroa Survey District; thence again towards the south by the last-mentioned block and Block VI to the Manganui River; thence again towards the west by the west bank of the said Manganui River to the Kurapete Stream; thence again towards the south-east by the south bank of the said Kurapete Stream to Section No. 238, Huirangi, Huiroa Survey District; thence again towards the south-west by the said Section No. 238 and Sections Nos. 233, 230, and 221, Huirangi, Waitara Survey District; thence again towards the south by Section No. 221 aforesaid, Sections Nos. 215 and 214, Huirangi, Waitara Survey District, Sections Nos. 205 and 212, Huirangi aforesaid, Paritutu Survey District, to the Waiongona River; and thence again towards the west generally by the said Waiongona River to the ocean, the place of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister of Public Health.

Unlawful to take Oysters in Hokianga, Whangape, and Herekino Harbours, and Ahipara Bay.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by Warrants dated the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three, which were published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, the Hokianga, Herekino, Whangape, and Ahipara Oyster-fisheries were constituted, and it was declared lawful to take oysters therein:

And whereas it is desirable that it should be declared unlawful to take oysters in the said oyster-fisheries:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” doth hereby declare that it shall be unlawful to take oysters in the Hokianga, Herekino, Whangape, and Ahipara Oyster-fisheries.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES.