Numb. 131. 4217

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914.

Altering Boundaries of Hutt and Horowhenua Counties.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided by subsection two of section three of the Counties Amendment Act, 1913, that the boundaries of any one or more counties may be altered in accordance with a resolution proposing the alteration passed by the Council of each of such counties in which the principal Act is in force :

And whereas a resolution was passed by the Hutt County Council on the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and sealed with the seal of the Council of the said county on the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen: And whereas a similar resolution was passed by the Horowhenua County Council on the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and sealed with the seal of the said county on the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, praying for the inclusion in the Hutt County of that part of the Horowhenua County described in the said resolutions and in the First Schedule hereto, and also praying for the inclusion in the Horowhenua County of that part of the County of Hutt described in the said resolutions and in the Second Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient to make such alterations in accordance with the said resolutions :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the said Act, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area described in the First Schedule hereto, being now part of the Horowhenua County, shall, as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, be deemed to be added to and form part of the Hutt County; and that the area described in the Second Schedule hereto, being now part of the Hutt County, shall, as from the date of such publication as aforesaid, be deemed to be added to and form part of the Horowhenua County; and, with the like power and authority, do proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the Counties of Hutt and Horowhenua respectively shall as from the aforesaid date be those set forth under their respective headings in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE ADDED TO HUTT COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point where the Main Trunk Railway line crosses the Waikanae River; thence along the said railway-line to the northern boundary of Subdivision 23 of Ngarara West C Block, and along the said northern boundary to the middle of the Waikanae-Reikiorangi Road; thence south-easterly along the middle of that road to the middle of the Waikanae River; and thence along the middle of that river to the Main Trunk Railway line, the place of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked I.A. 17/86/3, deposited in the office of the Department of Internal Affairs at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE ADDED TO HOROWHENUA COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Waikanae River where it is crossed by the Waikanae-Reikiorangi Road; thence along the middle of the said Waikanae River to its source; thence along a right line running west to the summit of the Tararua Range; thence along the summit of that range to Mount Hector; thence along a right line to the easternmost corner of Section No. 10, Block 111, Akatarawa Survey District; thence along the north-eastern boundary of that section and Section No. 8 along part of the north-western boundary of the last-mentioned section to and along the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 18 to the middle of Ngatiawa River; thence along the middle of that river to the bridge on the Ngatiawa Road near Section No. 35, Block X, Kaitawa Survey District; thence along the middle of the Ngatiawa Road and the Waikanae-Reikiorangi Road to the middle of the Waikanae River, the place of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked I.A. 17/86/3, deposited in the office of the Department of Internal Affairs at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

HOROWHENUA COUNTY.

ALL that area bounded towards the north generally by a line along the middle of the Manawatu River from the sea to its confluence with the Oroua River; and thence by the Kairanga County as described in the Schedule to the Kairanga County Act, 1901, to the summit of the Tararua Range; thence towards the south-east by the summit of that range to Mount Hector; thence towards the south generally by a right line to the easternmost corner of Section No. 10, Block 111, Akatarawa Survey District; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 8 and 18 to the Ngatiawa River, and by a line along the middle of that river to the bridge on the Ngatiawa Road near Section No. 35, Block X, Kaitawa Survey District, and along the middle of the Ngatiawa Road and the Waikanae-Reikiorangi Road to the northern boundary of Subdivision