APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1195

Celebration of St. George's Day.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

THE Government offices throughout the colony will be closed on Tuesday, the 23rd instant, being St. George's Day.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Otaki, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

PURSUANT to section 175 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition has been presented to him praying for the constitution of the area described in the Schedule hereto as a borough under the said Act, to be named the Borough of Otaki. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to, or petitions against, the constitution of the said borough which they may desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED BOROUGH OF OTAKI.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in Blocks VIII and IX, Waitohu Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at the north-eastern corner of Section No. 23, subdivision of Pukehou No. 5k North; thence westerly along the middle of the Waitohu Valley Road to the western side of the Main County Road; thence along the northern boundary of part of Pukehou No. 5k North to its north-western corner; thence southerly along the western boundary of Pukehou No. 5k North and Pukehou No. 5k South; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern boundaries of Pareomatangae and Haruatai No. 2; thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of the Church Mission Grant and Haruatai No. 7; thence westerly along the northern boundaries of Haruatai No. 7, Waitohu No. 11b, and Waitohu No. 11c No. 2; thence southerly along the western boundary of Waitohu No. 11c No. 2; thence westerly along the northern boundary of part of Titokitoki No. 3 to the eastern boundary of Waitohu No. 11, Section D; thence northerly along the said eastern boundary and along the eastern boundary of Pukekaraka No. 4a; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of the said Pukekaraka No. 4a; thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of Pukekaraka Nos. 2 and 1, and along the eastern, north-eastern, and northern boundaries of Topaa-tekaaku to the Waitohu Stream; thence generally westerly along the southern bank of the said Waitohu Stream to the north-eastern corner of Taumanuka No. 1; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Taumanuka No. 1, and westerly along its southern boundary to the sea; thence southerly along high-water mark of the sea to the mouth of the Otaki River; thence generally north-easterly along the northern bank of the Otaki River, crossing the mouth of the Rangiuru Creek, and along the southern boundaries of Paremata B, Subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Paremata No. 15A, Paremata No. 3A, Paremata No. 3B, and Te Roto-whakahokiriri to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned block; thence south-easterly across the old course of the Otaki River to the northernmost corner of Tawaroa No. 1; thence along the north-eastern boundary of the said Tawaroa No. 1 to the Otaki River; thence generally easterly along the northern bank of the Otaki River to the southern end of Riverbank Road; thence north-easterly along the middle of the said Riverbank Road to its junction with Riverbed Road; thence south-easterly along the middle of the said Riverbed Road to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Pahianui B; thence north-easterly to and along the south-eastern boundary of the said Pahianui B, and along the south-eastern boundary of Kaingaraki No. 11, and across a creek to the south-western boundary of Kaingaraki No. 10; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of Kaingaraki Nos. 10 and 6 to the southernmost corner of the said Kaingaraki No. 6; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of Kaingaraki No. 6 for a distance of 9 chains; thence south-easterly along a line at right angles to the last-mentioned boundary-line across Kaingaraki No. 3 to the middle of the Main County Road; thence north-easterly along the middle of the said County Road to the north-eastern boundary of Kaingaraki No. 3; thence south-easterly across the railway-line along the said north-eastern boundary to the southernmost corner of Totaranui No. 11D; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of the said Totaranui No. 11D to the northern bank of the Kaingaraki Stream; thence generally easterly along the northern bank of the said Kaingaraki Stream to the south-western corner of Turangarahui No. 2A; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of the said Turangarahui No. 2A to the middle of the Rahui Road; thence north-westerly along the middle of Rahui Road to its junction with the Te Awahohonu Road; thence generally northerly along the middle of the said Te Awahohonu Road to its northern end; thence along the eastern boundary of Subdivision No. 40 of Te Manuao to the southern boundary of Subdivision No. 27; thence generally easterly along the southern boundaries of Subdivisions Nos. 27 and 23, Te Manuao, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned subdivision; and thence north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of the said Subdivision No. 23, Te Manuao, to the place of commencement.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of City of Wellington and of Borough of Karori.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

PURSUANT to section 176 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to him, praying that the said area may be excluded from the Borough of Karori and included in the City of Wellington. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District situated in Blocks VI and X, Port Nicholson Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the south-eastern side of the Karori Road by the eastern boundary-line of the Original Section No. 29 in Block VI aforesaid; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern side of the said Karori Road to a point where it is intersected by the eastern side of Baker’s Hill Road; thence along the eastern and southern side of the said Baker’s Hill Road over the top of the tunnel to the junction of the said Baker’s Hill Road and Moana Road; thence westerly along the northern boundary-line of Knight’s Farm to the Kaiwarra Stream; thence southerly along that stream to the northern boundary of the waterworks reserve; thence north-westerly along the boundary of the said waterworks reserve to its northernmost corner; thence generally south-westerly along the western boundary of the said waterworks reserve to the southern boundary of the Borough of Karori, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65, of the 10th September, 1891; thence south-easterly along the southern boundary of the said Borough of Karori to its south-eastern corner; and thence generally northerly along the eastern boundary of the said Borough of Karori to the place of commencement.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Special Orders made by the Moa Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th April, 1907.

THE following special orders, made by the Moa Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

W. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

MOA ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the above Board intends, at a meeting to be held on Saturday, the 16th day of February, 1907, to confirm the following special order:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments, the Moa Road Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £50, authorised to be raised