Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2379

district, which said portion is more particularly delineated
on a plan thereof deposited in the office of the Under-
Secretary, Native Department, at Wellington, and thereon
coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder,
Baron Islington, 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-
sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twelve.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

[Issued in lieu of Proclamation published in the New
Zealand Gazette of 15th February, 1912, page 694.]

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Block IV,
Tuturau Survey District, Southland County.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder
Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, with the consents
of the owner and mortgagee of the land described in the
First Schedule hereto, and of the Southland County Council,
being the local authority in whose district the said land is
situated, proclaim as a road the land in Tuturau Survey
District described in the First Schedule hereto; and also do
hereby, with the like consents as aforesaid, proclaim as
closed the road described in the Second Schedule hereto,
which is not required by reason of the road described in the
First Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ROAD CLOSED.

All in the Southland Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured
as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the
Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington
Provincial District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder,
Baron Islington, 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-
fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twelve.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Altering the Boundaries of Clifton and Stratford
Counties.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
ninth day of July, 1912.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS in exercise of the powers conferred by
section sixteen of the Counties Act, 1908 (herein-
after termed “the said Act”), the Clifton County Council
and the Stratford County Council respectively did, by
an instrument bearing date the seventh day of June,
one thousand nine hundred and twelve, formally agree
that the boundaries of the said counties should be altered
to the extent set forth in the said instrument and also
in the Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient
that such alteration of boundaries be approved by the Go-
vernor in Council, and that such altered boundaries be
defined in terms of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and
authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that,
on and after the publication of these presents in the New
Zealand Gazette, the boundaries of the Counties of Clifton
and Stratford respectively shall be those set forth under
their respective headings in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CLIFTON COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District bounded
towards the north generally by a line along the middle of
the Mokau River from the sea to a point in line with
the western boundary of Mokau-Mohakatino No. 1½
Block; thence towards the east generally by a right line
to and by the said western boundary of Mokau-Mohaka-
tino No. 1½ Block to Trig. Station Tawhitiraupaka;
thence by Section No. 3, Block III, Waro Survey Dis-
trict, to the Mohakatino Stream; thence by that stream
to its confluence with a stream which intersects the
Mohakatino-Parininihi No. 1½ East Block, the said con-
fluence being near the westernmost corner of Section
No. 1, Block III, Waro Survey District; thence by the
said stream, intersecting the Mohakatino-Parininihi
No. 1½ East Block, to the Mohakatino Road; thence by
that road to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 6,
Block VI, Waro Survey District; thence by Sections
Nos.·6, 5, 4, and 3, Block VI, Waro Survey District, to
the road forming the northern and western boundaries of
the last-mentioned section; thence by that road to the
Tongaporutu–Mangaroa Road; thence by that road to
where it intersects Section No. 3 aforesaid; thence by
that section to the Mangatawa Stream; thence by that
stream to its confluence with the Kotare Stream; thence
by the said Kotare Stream to the Tongaporutu–Mangaroa
Road; thence by that road to Section No. 3, Block VI,
Waro Survey District; thence by that section and Sec-
tion No. 1,·Block VII, Waro Survey District, to the
Kotare Road; thence by that road to the Waitaanga
Stream; thence by that stream to the confiscation bound-
ary-line; thence by the confiscation boundary-line to the
western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District;
thence by Block XVI aforesaid and Block IV,·Pouatu
Survey District, to Whangamomona County as described
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 26, of the 30th March,
1911; thence towards the south and south-east generally
by the said Whangamomona County to Te Wera Road;
thence towards the south generally by that road to the
north-eastern corner of Section No. 43, Block VI, Ngati-
maru Survey District; thence by that section to Mohakau
Road; thence by that road to Section No. 17, Block X,
Ngatimaru Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned
section and Sections Nos. 15, 14, and 10, Block V, to the
Waitara River; thence to and by a line along the middle
of that river to a point opposite the easternmost corner
of Section No. 18, Block V, Ngatimaru Survey District;
thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of that
section; thence by the said Section No. 18 and Sections
Nos. 13 and 9, Block VIII, Huiroa Survey District, and
the western boundary of the last-mentioned section pro-
duced to the middle of the Waitara River; thence to-
wards the south-west by a line along the middle of that
river to the Borough of Waitara; thence by the Borough
of Waitara and again by the Waitara River to the sea;
and thence towards the north and north-west generally by
the sea to the mouth of the Mokau River, the place of
commencement.