Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3031
the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the
road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after
the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.

SCHEDULE.

MOKI ROAD.

All that portion of road known as Moki Road, in the Taranaki Land District, Clifton County, commencing at the
north-eastern corner of Section 24, Block II, Upper Waitara
Survey District, and proceeding thence in an easterly direction generally to a point about 20 chains west of the main
saddle at boundary between Sections 1 and 2 on the one side and Sections 8 and 10 on the other side, all in Block III,
Upper Waitara Survey District, being a distance of 1 mile
49 chains, more or less; as the said portion of the road
is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
25392, coloured red, and deposited in the office of the Minister
of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial
District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Raupo Drainage District extended.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second
day of November, 1909.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of section
three of " The Land Drainage Act, 1908," a majority
of the ratepayers in the area described in the First Schedule
herein, situated in the County of Otamatea, have presented
a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion
of New Zealand, praying that the land comprised in the
said area be included in the Raupo Drainage District, as
constituted under the provisions of the said Act : And
whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of such
drainage district in manner hereinafter appearing :
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power
and authority contained in section three of " The Land
Drainage Act, 1908," His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby alter the boundaries of the said Raupo Drainage District by including in such district the area of land
described in the said petition and in the First Schedule herein ;
and doth hereby declare that the boundaries of the said
drainage district, with such addition as herein provided for,
shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA INCLUDED IN THE RAUPO DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards
the north-east by the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 152, 151, 150, and 149, Omaru Parish ;
thence by Section No. 1A, Block XIII, Matakohe Survey
District (closed road), and the road running to the north-western corner of Section No. 257, Matakohe Parish ; thence
towards the east generally by Sections Nos. 257, 259, 55,
56, and 57, Matakohe Parish, and the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 53A, 53, and 54 to the
stream intersecting the said road near the northernmost
corner of Section No. 54A, Matakohe Parish ; and thence by
the said stream to the Wairoa River at Te Kowhai; thence
towards the south by the Wairoa River to the mouth of the
Awaroa Creek ; thence towards the west by the said Awaroa
Creek to Section No. 2A, Block XVI, Tokatoka Survey District
(closed road); thence by the said Section No. 2A to a point
in line with the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 1,
Omaru Parish ; and thence towards the north-west by a
right line to the southernmost corner of the said Section
No. 1, and by that section to the road forming the south-western boundary of Section No. 152, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

RAUPO DRAINAGE DISTRICT (EXTENDED BOUNDARIES).

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west by Tokatoka Parish from the Wairoa
River to the road forming the south-western boundary of
Section No. 86, Tokatoka Parish ; thence by a right line
across that road ; thence towards the north-east by the said
Section No. 86 to the road forming the southern boundary
of that section ; thence towards the east by a right line
across the last-mentioned road to the north-western corner
of Section No. 24, Block XI, Tokatoka Survey District ;
thence by Sections Nos. 24 and 26 of the said Block XI, the
crossing of a road, and by Sections Nos. 49 and 53, Block XI
aforesaid, to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned
section ; thence towards the north generally by Sections
Nos. 53 and 54, Block XI aforesaid, to the road forming the
eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section ; thence by a
right line across that road, by Sections Nos. 4, 5, and 6,
Block XII, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned
section ; thence towards the west and south-west by the
said Section No. 6 to its north-eastern corner ; thence by a
right line across a road, and by Section No. 3, Block XII
aforesaid, to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary-line of the middle portion of Section No. 7, Omaru Parish ;
thence towards the north-west by a right line across a road,
and by the said middle portion of Section No. 7 and a right
line across a road to the western boundary of Section No. 20,
Omaru Parish ; thence towards the north-east generally by
Sections Nos. 20, 24, and 25, Omaru Parish, the crossing of
a road, Sections Nos. 3 and 2, and the north-western portion
of Section No. 1, Omaru Parish, to Section No. 2A, Block XVI,
Tokatoka Survey District (closed road); thence by the
last-mentioned section to a point in line with the south-eastern
boundary-line of Section No. 1, Omaru Parish ; thence by
a right line to the southernmost corner of the said Section
No. 1, and by that section to its easternmost corner ; thence
by the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections
Nos. 152, 151, 150, and 149, Omaru Parish ; thence
by Section No. 1A, Block XIII, Matakohe Survey District
(closed road), and the road running to the north-western
corner of Section No. 257, Matakohe Parish ; thence by
Sections Nos. 257, 259, 55, 56, and 57, Matakohe Parish,
and the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections
Nos. 53A, 53, and 54 to the stream intersecting the said road
near the northernmost corner of Section No. 54A, Matakohe
Parish ; and thence by the said stream to the Wairoa River
at Te Kowhai ; and thence towards the south and south-west
by the Wairoa River to the place of commencement.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land temporarily reserved for the Growth and Preservation
of Timber in the Otago Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-first section of " The Land Act, 1908," it is enacted that
the Governor may from time to time, either by general or
particular description, and whether the same has been
surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral
license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required
for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned :
Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me
by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale
the land in the Otago Land District described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the growth and preservation of timber.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
admeasurement 50 acres, more or less, being Section No. 19, Block III, Dart Survey District. Bounded
towards the north by part of Section No. 18, Block III,
Dart Survey District ; towards the east by other part
of said Section No. 18; towards the south-east by a public road ; towards the south by part of Section No. 32,
the abutment of a road, and by part of Section No. 31,
Block I, Upper Wakatipu Survey District ; towards the
south-west by a public road ; and towards the west by part
of Section No. 7, Block III, Dart Survey District: as the
same is delineated on the plan marked L.5376/1, deposited
in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington,
and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this sixteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.