Num. 72.

2691

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 1912.

Change of Name of Township of Mangaroa to Township of Ohura.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Council of the County of Ohura has, by resolution adopted at an ordinary meeting thereof, requested that the name of the township situated in the County of Ohura and known as “Mangaroa” be altered to “Ohura”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Designation of Districts Act, 1908, and the Designation of Districts Amendment Act, 1909, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the township now known as “Mangaroa” shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Ohura,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such township accordingly; and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, not being earlier than six months after the first publication thereof in the Gazette.

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 eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Redividing County of Taranaki into Ridings, &c., under the Counties Act, 1908.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS an Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, the boundaries of the Borough of New Plymouth were altered and a certain area was thereby excluded from the County of Taranaki, and it is therefore expedient to redivide the said County of Taranaki into fresh ridings, and also to determine the number of Councillors to be elected for each riding, and the date for the election of such Councillors:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the Counties Act, 1908, do hereby redivide the said County of Taranaki into five ridings, to be called the Moa Riding, the Mangorei Riding, the Waitara West Riding, the Omata Riding, and the Okato Riding; and do hereby declare that the boundaries of the said ridings shall be those set forth under the names of the said ridings respectively in the Schedule hereto, and that the number of Councillors to be elected for such ridings shall be as follows: For the Moa Riding, three Councillors; for the Mangorei Riding, one Councillor; for the Waitara West Riding, two Councillors; for the Omata Riding, one Councillor; and for the Okato Riding, two Councillors; and I do further declare that Wednesday, the second day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, shall be the day upon which the election of Councillors for the said ridings shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

MOA RIDING.

All that area in the Taranaki County bounded towards the west generally by a right line from the summit of

ERRATA.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 65, of the 1st August, 1912, page 2388, Appointment of Ferdinand Fernandez as Wireman in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, for “Ferdinand” read “Fernando.”

In the last line of the second column of the Schedule to the Proclamation proclaiming land as a road in Block XIV, Ikitara Survey District, Rangitikei County, published in Gazette No. 67, page 2428, of 8th August, 1912, for “Ruata ngata C No. 1” read “Ruata ngata 1c No. 1.”