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nine hundred and fourteen, the boundaries of the said Land Districts of Auckland and Taranaki shall be such as are described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area bounded towards the north and north-east generally by the ocean from Cape Maria Van Diemen to the north-eastern corner of Whangaparaoa No. 2 Block; thence towards the south-east generally by the Hawke’s Bay Land District as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 28th April, 1898, to the Ngaruroro River; thence towards the south-west generally by the Wellington Land District as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 89, of the 9th November, 1911, to the confluence of the Wanganui and Ongaruhe Rivers; thence by a line along the middle of the Ongaruhe River to its confluence with the Waimeha Stream; thence by a line along the middle of the Waimeha Stream to the western boundary of the Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 36 Block; thence by the western boundary of that block to the middle of the Mokau River, and along the middle of that river to the ocean; and thence towards the west and south-west generally by the ocean to the place of commencement: including the adjacent islands and the Kermadec Islands.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

All that area bounded towards the north generally by the Auckland Land District, hereinbefore described, from the mouth of the Mokau River to the western boundary of the Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 36 Block; thence towards the east generally by the said Auckland Land District to the confluence of the Wanganui and Ongaruhe Rivers; thence by the Wellington Land District as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 89, of the 9th November, 1911, to the ocean at the mouth of the Patēa River; and thence towards the south-west, west, and north-west generally by the ocean to the mouth of the Mokau River, the place of commencement.

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

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Boundaries of City of Christchurch altered.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of April, 1914.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. H. HERRIES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section nineteen of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, a petition was presented to the Governor praying that part of the County of Waimairi should be excluded from the said county and included in the City of Christchurch:

And whereas, after inquiry and report by a Commission as directed by the said section, a poll was duly taken on the fifteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, on the proposal that the areas described in the First Schedule hereto, being part of the said county, should be excluded therefrom and included in the said city, and the result of that poll was in favour of the said proposal:

And whereas it is expedient that the area described in the said First Schedule hereto should be included in the said City of Christchurch and added to the St. Albans Ward thereof:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, as amended by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, 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 declare that as on and from the third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the area described in the First Schedule hereto shall be included in the City of Christchurch, and shall form part of the St. Albans Ward thereof, and that the boundaries of the said St. Albans Ward shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north by a line along the middle of Shirley Road from the boundary of the City of Christchurch at the junction of Shirley Road and Hills Road to Marshland Road, formerly known as Canal Reserve Road; thence towards the east generally by a line along the middle of the last-mentioned road to Banks Avenue; thence along the middle of Banks Avenue and Dudley Creek Road to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek with the River Avon; thence by a line across the said Dudley Creek and by the left bank of the River Avon to the eastern boundary of the City of Christchurch; and thence towards the south and west generally by the City of Christchurch to the junction of Shirley Road and Hills Road, the place of commencement.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

ST. ALBANS WARD.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line along the south-eastern side of Norman’s Road from the northernmost corner of Rural Section No. 242 to and across Papanui Road, and along the north-eastern side of that road to May’s Road; thence along the south-eastern side of May’s Road to Rutland Street, and along the south-western side of Rutland Street to a point in line with the south-eastern side of McFadden’s Road; thence across Rutland Street and along the south-eastern side of McFadden’s, Road to Phillpot’s Road; thence along the south-western side of Phillpot’s Road to and across Innes Road, and along the south-eastern side of that road to Rural Section No. 345A; thence along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 345A and 2795 to Shirley’s Road; thence along the south-western side of Shirley’s Road to its junction with Hill’s Road; thence easterly along the middle of Shirley’s Road to Marshland Road, and along the middle of that road to Banks Avenue; thence along the middle of Banks Avenue and Dudley Creek Road to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek and the River Avon; thence across the said Dudley Creek and along the left bank of the River Avon to a point in line with the southern boundary-line of a subdivision of Original Section No. 197, containing 3 acres and 35 perches; thence along the former boundary of the City of Christchurch as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 52, of the 29th June, 1911, page 2058, to North Avon Road; thence along the southern and eastern sides of that road to Bealey Avenue, along the northern side of Bealey Avenue, and across Park Terrace to the River Avon; thence along the left bank of that river to Boundary Road, along the north-eastern side of Boundary Road and the north-western side of the road forming part of the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 133 to Wairarapa Stream, along the left bank of that stream to Rural Section No. 242; and thence along the north-eastern boundary of that section to its northernmost corner, the place of commencement.

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

[NOTE.—This Order in Council is in substitution for that dated the twentieth day of March, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of 26th March, 1914.]

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Consenting to a Mortgage of Native Land.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third day of April, 1914.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and thirty of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is provided that no instrument of alienation of Native land by way of mortgage or charge, other than a mortgage or charge in favour of a State Loan Department, shall be confirmed by a Board or the Court without the precedent consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent of the Governor in Council to a mortgage of the block or parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the confirmation of an alienation by way of mortgage of the block or parcel of land set out in the Schedule hereto. And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the proceedings hereby authorized.