No. 44.

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1908.

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 Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage district known as the Rakaia District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:

METHVEN DISTRICT.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north and north-east by the left bank of the Rakaia River from its confluence with Lake Stream to a point in line with Lauriston and Barhill Road; thence towards the south-east by a line across that river to and by the said Lauriston and Barhill Road to its junction with Thompson Road; thence towards the south generally by Thompson Road to the easternmost corner of Section No. 34170 in Block XVI, Spaxton Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 34170, 30966, and 34169 to Lyndhurst Road; thence again towards the south-east by Lyndhurst Road and a right line being the production of the north-western side of that road to the north branch of the Ashburton River; and thence towards the south-west generally by the said north branch of the Ashburton River to its confluence with Boundary Stream; thence by Boundary Stream to its source; thence by a right line to Mount Taylor; thence by the summit of the Taylor Range to Clent Hills Saddle; thence by Runs Nos. 115 and 117 to a branch of the Rakaia River known as Lake Stream; and thence by the said Lake Stream to the place of commencement.

RAKAIA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-east by the left bank of the Rakaia River from a point in line with Lauriston and Barhill Road to the sea; thence towards the south-east by the sea to the Chertsey Boundary Road; thence towards the south-west generally by the said Chertsey Boundary Road to the northern corner of Reserve No. 1771, Ashburton Survey District; thence by a right line being a continuation of the north-eastern boundary of that reserve across a railway reserve to the Great South Road; thence by that road and the road forming

the south-western boundary of Reserve No. 2376, and that road continued to the westernmost corner of Section No. 24262, Ashburton Survey District; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner of Section No. 27032; thence by the road forming the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 27031, and that road continued to the northernmost corner of Section No. 27394; thence by the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 27392; thence by Sections Nos. 27392, 27969, 27970, 27985, 28020, 31252, 30505, 30504, 30506, and 30509, Ashburton Survey District, to Thompson Road; thence towards the north by Thompson Road to its junction with the Lauriston and Barhill Road; and thence towards the north-west by the said Lauriston and Barhill Road and a line in continuation thereof to the place of commencement.

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

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 Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.
God Save The King!

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 Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration district known as the