Oct. 14.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
2599

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Birkenhead Borough.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th October, 1909.

PURSUANT to section 118 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” 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 Birkenhead and included in the Birkenhead Riding of the County of Waitemata. 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 Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF BIRKENHEAD AND TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BIRKENHEAD RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF WAITEMATA.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, being part of the Borough of Birkenhead, bounded towards the north generally by Hellyer’s Creek from the Waitemata Harbour to Kaipatiki Creek; thence towards the north-east by the said Kaipatiki Creek to the road at the head of that creek; thence by that road to the north-western corner of Original Section No. 126, Takapuna Parish; thence by Original Sections Nos. 126 and 127 to the road at the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line across the said road to the north-western corner of Allotment No. 13 of Original Section No. 151; thence again towards the north by the northern boundary of that allotment to its north-eastern corner; thence towards the south-east generally by Allotments Nos. 14A, 14, 11, and 10 of Original Section No. 151 and Allotments Nos. 7 and 6 of Original Section No. 150 to a public road; thence by a right line across that road to the northernmost corner of Allotment No. 6 of Original Section No. 149; thence by that allotment and Allotments Nos. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18 of the said Section No. 149, and the production of the north-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned allotment to the middle of the road at its south-western corner; thence towards the south generally by a line along the middle of the road forming the southern boundaries of Original Sections Nos. 149 and 148 to Soldier’s Bay; thence by Soldier’s Bay to the Waitemata Harbour; and thence towards the west generally by the Waitemata Harbour to Hellyer’s Creek, the place of commencement.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Borough of Newmarket.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th October, 1909.

PURSUANT to section 118 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” 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 Remuera Road District, County of Eden, and included in the Borough of Newmarket. 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 Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE BOROUGH OF NEWMARKET.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the west by the eastern boundary of the Borough of Newmarket, running along the eastern side of Manukau Road from a point in line with the northern side of Buckland Road to the south-western corner of Newmarket public-hall site, 1818·9 links; thence towards the north by a right line at a right angle with the aforesaid boundary, 303 links; thence towards the east by a right line parallel to the aforesaid eastern boundary of the Borough of Newmarket, 1818·9 links, to a point in line with the northern side of Buckland Road; and thence towards the south by a right line to the place of commencement, 303 links.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th October, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1908,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notifying Land in the Nelson Land District subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908.”

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 11th October, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908,” and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Braeburn Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts, as from the 31st day of March, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

BRAEBURN SETTLEMENT.

ALL those areas of land in the Nelson Land District, known as the Braeburn Settlement, containing by admeasurement 18,111 acres and 38 perches, more or less, as severally described hereunder, viz.:—

First, 2,747 acres and 38 perches, comprising the following sections—viz., 70 and 72 of Square No. 170, in Block XVI of the Matiri Survey District; 2 and 3 of the said Block XVI, 68, 69, 71, all of Square No. 170, in Block IV of the Tutaki Survey District; 2 of the last-mentioned block; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of Square No. 173, in the said block; 7, 8, and 9 of Square No. 173, in Block VIII of the Tutaki Survey District; and 13 of Square No. 173, in Blocks IV, VIII, and XII of the said district: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19384, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, in Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

Second, 14,594 acres, more or less, situated in Block XVI of the Matiri Survey District, and in Blocks III, IV, VII, VIII, and XII of the Tutaki Survey District. Bounded towards the northward and eastward generally by Crown land; towards the southward by Crown land, Section 1 of Square No. 174, by a road-line, again by the said section, and again by Crown land; towards the westward generally by Crown land and by Section 2 of Block III, Tutaki Survey District; thence again towards the north by the road along the left bank of the River Mangles for a distance of about 42 chains from the north-eastern corner of the said Section 2; again towards the westward by a line running in a northerly direction across the last-mentioned road and the River Mangles to the right bank thereof; again towards the westward, northward, and again towards the westward by Crown land: excepting from the area included in the above-described boundaries the following sections (bordered green on the plan before mentioned)—viz., 68, 69, 70, 71, and 72 of Square No. 170, Section 12 of Square No. 171, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, and 21 of Square No. 173, Sections 2 and 3 of Block XVI, Matiri Survey District, Section 2 of Block IV, Tutaki Survey District, the roads running through and between these sections, and through Sections 1 of Block III and 4 and 5 of Block IV of the last-mentioned district: as the same is delineated on the plan before mentioned, and thereon bordered red.

Third, 770 acres, more or less, and being Section 12 (300 acres) of Square No. 171, in Block IV of the Tutaki Survey District, and Section 21 (470 acres) of Square No. 173, in Block XII of the said district; as the same is delineated on the plan before mentioned, and thereon bordered blue.