Prison proclaimed.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Prisons Act, 1908, it is provided that the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare any house, building, enclosure, or place to be a prison, and from and after the gazetting of any such Proclamation, or from any later time specified in the Proclamation, such house, building, enclosure, or place shall be deemed a prison:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the buildings erected upon the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and all enclosures used or occupied therewith, shall, from and after the publication of this Proclamation in the Gazette, be a prison, known as the Waikeria Prison, within the meaning and for the purposes of the Prisons Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north by the Puniu River from the Waikeria Stream to the Mangatutu Stream; towards the north-east by the Mangatutu Stream to the south-eastern corner of the Tokanui Block; towards the south by the southern boundary of the said Tokanui Block to the road intersecting Section 2, Block XV, Puniu Survey District; and towards the west generally by the northern continuation of the said road to an eastern tributary of the Waikeria Stream, by that tributary to the Waikeria Stream, and by that stream to the Puniu River, the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross 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 seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Justice

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Altering Boundaries of Kairanga 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 Kairanga County Council on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and sealed with the seal of the Council of the said county on the same day: And whereas a similar resolution was passed by the Horowhenua County Council on the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and sealed with the seal of the said county on the same day, praying for the inclusion in the Kairanga County of that part of the Horowhenua County described in the said resolutions and in the First Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient to make such alteration in accordance with the said resolutions:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the said Act as amended by the Counties Amendment Act, 1915, 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 on and from the twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, be deemed to be added to and form part of the Kairanga County; and, with the like power and authority, do proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the Counties of Kairanga and Horowhenua respectively shall as from the aforesaid date be those set forth under their respective headings in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Area to be added to Kairanga County.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the point where the eastern boundary

of Section 358, Block VI, Arawaru Survey District, is intersected by the southern boundary of Kairanga County; thence along the southern boundary of that county to the south-eastern boundary of Section 315, Block VIII, Arawaru Survey District; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 315, 316, 317, and 318 to the southern boundary of Block VIII, and along the south-western boundaries of Blocks VIII and VI aforesaid to the southernmost corner of Section 358, Block VI, and along the south-eastern boundary of that section to the southern boundary of Kairanga County, the place of commencement. As the same is delineated on the plan marked I.A. 19/86/25, deposited in the office of the Department of Internal Affairs at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Kairanga County.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Foxton--New Plymouth Railway line from the middle of the Oroua River to the Bunnythorpe--Stoney Creek Road; thence by that road to the road forming the north-western boundaries of Sections 41 and 30, Block VIII, Kairanga Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned road to the road forming the north-eastern boundary of the latter section; thence by the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 20, Block VIII aforesaid, to Section 411; thence to the north-eastern boundary of the said Section 411 to Te Wi Native Reserve, by the western and north-western boundaries of that reserve to the Manawatu River, by a right line across that river to the middle of the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 254 and 253, Block XII, Kairanga Survey District, and by a line along the middle of that road to the southernmost corner of Subdivision 34, Manchester Block; thence by Subdivisions 34, 33, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2, Ferry Reserve, and Subdivisions 50 and 49 to the Manawatu River; thence to and by a line along the middle of that river to a point opposite a line along the summit of the Tararua Range; thence towards the east generally to and by a line along the summit of the said Tararua Range to the boundary between the Kairanga and Horowhenua Counties; thence towards the south generally by that boundary to Section 315, Block VIII, Arawaru Survey District, by part of the south-eastern boundary of that section and the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 316, 317, and 318, by Blocks X and V, Arawaru Survey District, to the southernmost corner of Section 358, Block VI, and by that section to the present boundary between the Kairanga and Horowhenua Counties, by that boundary to the middle of the Manawatu River; thence by a line along the middle of that river to its confluence with the Oroua River; and thence towards the west generally by a line along the middle of the Oroua River to the place of commencement: excepting the Borough of Palmerston North.

Horowhenua County.

All that area in the Wellington Land District 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 by the Kairanga County hereinbefore described 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 10, Block III, Akatarawa Survey District, by that section and Sections 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 35, Block X, Kaitawa Survey District, and along the middle of the Ngatiawa Road and the Whakanae-Reikiorangi Road to the northern boundary of Subdivision 23 of Ngarara West C Block, and by that boundary to the Main Trunk Railway line; thence by the railway-line to the middle of the Waikanae River, and by a line along the middle of that river to the sea; and thence towards the west generally by the sea to the mouth of the Manawatu River, the place of commencement: excepting the Borough of Levin and the Otaki Town District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross 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 eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

J. A. HANAN,
For Minister of Internal Affairs

GOD SAVE THE KING!