Num. 18.

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909.

Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act, 1908."

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by "The Marriage Act, 1908," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage district known as the Gisborne 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:

GISBORNE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District bounded towards the north generally by a right line from Trig. Station No. 139 (Tuanui-o-te-Kabakaha) to Trig. Station No. 178 (Tutamoe); thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 170 (Tangihanga); thence towards the east by a right line to Trig. Station No. 168 (Paraheka); thence by the western watershed of the Pakarae River, over Trig. Stations Nos. 134 (Arakihi) and 129 (Ahititi), to the south-western boundary of Section No. 2 of Whangara No. 1 Block; thence by the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 2 and 1 of the said Whangara No. 1 Block to the Pakarae River; thence by that river and the south-western boundary of Puatai Block to the sea near Gable-end Foreland; thence by the sea to Paritu; thence towards the south-west by a right line to the confluence of the Ruakituri and Hangaroa Rivers; thence by the Ruakituri River to its confluence with the Manga-rewarewa Stream; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 93 (Ngapakira); thence by a right line to the summit of Maungapowhatu Mountain; thence towards the north-west by a right line to Trig. Station D (Maungatapere); thence again towards the south-west by a right line to the source of the Koranga River; thence by that river to the north-western boundary of the Motu Block; thence again towards the north-west by that boundary to the Motu River; thence by the Motu River to a point in line with a right line connecting Trig. Stations Nos. 139 and 140; and thence by a right line to the said Trig. Station No. 139—the place of commencement.

TOLAGA BAY DISTRICT.

All that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District bounded towards the north generally by a right line from Trig. Station No. 170 (Tangihanga) to the northernmost corner of Section No. 1, Block XIII, Tokomaru Survey District; thence by the Tauwhareparae Blocks to the Hikuwai River; thence by the right bank of the said Hikuwai River to a point in line with the southern boundary-line of the Taumata Patiti Block; thence by a right line to the south-western corner of that block; thence by the said Taumata Patiti Block and the left bank of the Waipari Stream to the sea;

thence towards the east generally by the sea to the south-eastern corner of Puatai Block, near Gable-end Foreland; thence towards the south-west generally by the south-western boundary of the said Puatai Block to the Pakarae River; thence by that river to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 1 of Whangara No. 1 Block; thence by the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Whangara No. 1 Block, to the western watershed of the Pakarae River; thence by the western watershed of the Pakarae River to Trig. Station No. 129 (Ahititi); and thence towards the west by the said western watershed, over Trig. Station No. 134 (Arakihi), to Trig. Station No. 168 (Paraheka); and thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 170 (Tangihanga)—the place of commencement.

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

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-fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

D. BUDDO.
GOD SAVE THE KING!

Districts constituted under "The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1908."

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by "The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1908," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration district known as the Gisborne District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Gisborne and Tolaga Bay Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous 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, 1908."