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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109
harbour, or other territorial waters of New Zealand, shall form part
of the nearest recruiting district on the mainland.
8. Any part of New Zealand which is not included in any recruiting
district in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order and
of the Schedule hereto shall form part of No. 1 (Auckland) Recruiting
District as described in the Schedule hereto.
9. All references in the foregoing provisions and in the Schedule
hereto to counties, cities, boroughs, and town districts are references
to such areas as existing at the date of this Order, and the boundaries
of the recruiting districts as hereby established shall not be altered or
affected by any alteration which may hereafter take place in the existence
or boundaries of any counties, cities, boroughs, or town districts.
10. In this Order the term “town district” means a town district
not forming part of a county.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of September, 1916.
SCHEDULE.
No. 1 (AUCKLAND) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Franklin, and
Great Barrier Island, together with Little Barrier Island and all islands
in the Hauraki Gulf.
No. 2 (HAURAKI) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Piako,
and Matamata.
No. 3 (NORTH AUCKLAND) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of
Islands, Whangarei, Hobson, Otamatea, and Rodney.
No. 4 (WAIKATO) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Kawhia, Awa-
kino, Waitomo, and West Taupo.
No. 5 (WELLINGTON) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Hutt and Makara.
No. 6 (MANAWATU) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Horowhenua, Manawatu, Kairanga,
Oroua, Pohangina, Kiwitea, and Rangitikei.
No. 7 (HAWKE’S BAY) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau,
and Patangata.
No. 8 (TARANAKI) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Patea, Hawera, Eltham, Stratford, Wai-
mate West, Egmont, Taranaki, Clifton, and Whangamomona.
No. 9 (CHRISTCHURCH) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Waimairi, Heathcote, Paparua, Halswell,
Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Wairewa, and Chatham Islands.
No. 10 (SOUTH CANTERBURY) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Ashburton, Geraldine, Levels, Waimate,
and Mackenzie.
No. 11 (NORTH CANTERBURY) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Amuri, Cheviot, Waipara, Ashley, Kowai,
Rangiora, Oxford, Eyre, Tawera, Malvern, Springs, Ellesmere, and
Selwyn.
No. 12 (NELSON) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Collingwood, Takaka, Waimea, Sounds,
Marlborough, Awatere, and Kaikoura.
No. 13 (DUNEDIN) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Peninsula, Waikouaiti, and Taieri.
No. 14 (SOUTHLAND) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Southland, Wallace, Stewart Island, Lake,
and Fiord.
No. 15 (NORTH OTAGO) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Waitaki, Waihemo, Maniototo, and
Vincent.
No. 16 (CLUTHA) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Comprising the counties of Clutha, Bruce, and Tuapeka.
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