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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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by the eastern boundary of that block to the northernmost corner of Waipoua 2A No. 2 Block; thence by the last-mentioned block to the sea; and thence towards the south-west by the sea to the place of commencement.

OHAIAWAI DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west by Whangaroa County from the eastern boundary of Hokianga County to the road at the northernmost corner of Section No. 1, Block XI, Kaeo Survey District; thence towards the north-east by the road running south-easterly through Blocks XI, XII, and XVI, Kaeo Survey District, and Blocks I and V, Kawakawa Survey District, to the Waitangi River; thence by that river, the Waiaruhe River, the Taratara or Manaia Stream, and the Ngatahuna Stream, and by the Kawakawa Riding of Bay of Islands County to the north-western boundary of Whangarei County; thence towards the south-east by Whangarei County to the Nukutawhiti Block; thence towards the south-west generally by that block to the road forming the eastern boundary of Hokianga County; and thence by Hokianga County to the place of commencement.

DARGAVILLE DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by Waipoua 2A No. 3 Block and the eastern boundary of Waipoua No. 2 Block to the Waipoua River; thence by a right line to the south-western corner of Section No. 19, Block XVI, Waoku Survey District; thence towards the north generally by that section and its southern boundary produced to the Tewaiokumarau River; thence by that river to its confluence with the Mangakahia River; thence by the last-mentioned river to its confluence with the Awarua River; thence across that river to the road which forms the boundary between Hokianga and Bay of Islands Counties, and thence by that road to the northern boundary of Nukutawhiti Block; thence towards the north-east by the north-eastern boundary of that block to the south-eastern boundary of Bay of Islands County; thence by the south-eastern boundary of that county to Trig. Station 18 (Te Tarai o Rahiri); thence by a right line running in the direction of Tangihua Trig. Station to the road running from Tangiteroria on the Wairoa River to Mangapai, and thence by that road to Section No. 92, Maungakaramea Parish; thence towards the east generally by the said Section No. 92 and the Maungakaramea Parish to the Tauraroa River; thence towards the south-east generally by that river, the Mangonui River, and Arapohue Parish, to the Wairoa River; thence due west across and by the said river to the Aratapu Creek; thence by the said creek to Section No. 14, Kopuru Parish, and by that parish to the sea; and towards the south-west by the sea to the place of commencement.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member 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 first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Apportioning the Cost of Maintenance, &c., Main Drain, Sluggish River Drainage District, County of Manawatu.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), a Commissioner was appointed and an inquiry was duly held with a view to determining what amount should be paid by the Oroua Drainage Board to the Sluggish River Drainage Board for or towards the cost of managing, maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing certain drains or watercourses running through or situated within the Sluggish River Drainage District, and also of all drainage-works connected therewith or appertaining thereto: And whereas such Commissioner did report to the Governor, after due inquiry, his opinion as to the matters respecting which he was appointed to report: And whereas it is expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and direct as follows, that is to say:—

1. That the drain situated in the Sluggish River Drainage District usually known as the “Main Drain,” and hereinafter called “the said drain,” shall from and after the date of this Proclamation be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Sluggish River Drainage Board.

2. I fix and determine that the future cost of maintaining and repairing the said drain shall be provided and paid from time to time by the under-mentioned local authorities in the proportion set opposite the name of each local authority, that is to say:—

The Sluggish River Drainage Board in the proportion of ten shillings and eightpence for each pound required.

The Oroua Drainage Board in the proportion of nine shillings and fourpence for each pound required.

3. I direct that any payment hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the said Oroua Drainage Board shall be paid from time to time in the proportions hereinbefore fixed and determined, out of the funds under the control of the said Oroua Drainage Board, in each case within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Sluggish River Drainage Board; and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the Secretary of the said Drainage Board for and on account of such Drainage Board.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member 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 first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approved in Council.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Block I, Tongio Survey District, Hawke's Bay Land District.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, with the consents of the lessees and mortgagee of the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, and of the Wairoa County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said lands are situated, proclaim as a road the lands 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.