1734
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

Additional Land in the Christchurch Survey District taken for the Purposes of the Hurunui–Waitaki Railway.

(l.s.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui–Waitaki Railway to take further land in the Christchurch 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-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 15435, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 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 thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Districts constituted under “The Marriage Act, 1904.”

(l.s.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Marriage Act, 1904,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage districts known as the Ashhurst and Birmingham Districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into three marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

APITI DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the west and north generally by the Oroua River from the north-western corner of Section No. 128, Block XIV, Apiti Survey District, to the source of that river; thence by a right line running due east to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence towards the east generally by the summit of that range to a point due east of the source of the Pohangina River; thence towards the south generally by a right line to the source of that river; thence by the said Pohangina River to Section No. 51, Block III, Pohangina Survey District, and by the last-mentioned section to Coal Creek; thence by the road forming the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 5, Block III aforesaid, and forming the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 5, Block XV, Apiti Survey District, to Main Ridge Road; thence by that road to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 2, Block XV aforesaid; thence by the last-mentioned section and Section No. 128, Block XIV, Apiti Survey District, to the Oroua River, the place of commencement.

ASHHURST DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by the Namestads Road from the railway-line to the westernmost corner of Section No. 29, Block III, Kairanga Survey District; thence by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 29 and 22 to the Ashhurst–Feilding Road; thence by the said Ashhurst–Feilding Road, by Penelope Road, and Spur Road to the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 46, Block XVI, Oroua Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 46 and 47 to Valley Road; thence by the said Valley Road, Oroua Coal Creek Road, and Main Ridge Road to Section No. 36, Block XV, Apiti Survey District; thence towards the north generally by Sections Nos. 36 and 37, Block XV aforesaid, to Coal Creek; thence by Section No. 52, Block III, Pohangina Survey District, to the Pohangina River; thence by the right bank of that river to its source; thence by a right line running due east to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence towards the south-east generally by the summit of that range and the leading spur to the Manawatu River; thence by a line across the Manawatu River to its left bank; thence towards the south generally by the left bank of the Manawatu River to the Woodville–Palmerston Road; thence by that road to the road bounding Sections Nos. 454, 453, 452, 451, 450, and 449, Block VIII, Kairanga Survey District; thence by the latter road and the road bounding Sections Nos. 20, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, and 30 (Scandinavian Settlement), by the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 56, Block VII, and by the railway-line to Namestads Road aforesaid.

BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the south by Sections Nos. 264 and 265, Block I, Pohangina Survey District; Sections Nos. 266 and 190, Block XIII, Apiti Survey District; and Section No. 189, Block XVI, Ongo Survey District: thence towards the north-west generally by the Kiwitea–Tapuae Road and the western watershed of the Kiwitea River to Section No. 62, Block II, Apiti Survey District; thence by the south-western boundary-line of that section and by Sections Nos. 70 and 76, Block II aforesaid, and Sections Nos. 75, 5, and 2, Block XIV, Hautapu Survey District, to Watershed Road; thence by Watershed Road and Cross Road to Section No. 39B, Block XV, Hautapu Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned section to Mangawharariki Road, across that road, and by Section No. 40, said Block XV, to the Mangawharariki Stream, by that stream and Section No. 13 to Lagoon Road; thence by Lagoon Road and Auputa Road respectively to the Otamakapua Native Reserve; thence by that reserve to the Kawhatau River; thence by a line running due north to the northern watershed of the Kawhatau River, and by that watershed to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence towards the east generally by the summit of the Ruahine Range to a point due east of the source of the Oroua River; thence by a right line to the source of that river, and by its left bank to Section No. 128, Block XIV, Apiti Survey District; thence by the northern boundary of that section and the northern boundary of Section No. 2, Block XV, to Main Ridge Road; thence by Main Ridge Road and Oroua Coal Creek Road to Section No. 3, Block II, Pohangina Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 3 and 2, Block II aforesaid, and the north-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section produced to the western bank of the Oroua River; and thence by the said western bank to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 264, Block I, Pohangina Survey District, the place of commencement.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 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-seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

GOD SAVE THE KING!