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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

corner of Allotment No. 82, Koheroa Parish; thence by that
allotment to the Pukorokoro-Mercer Road; thence by the
said road to the Mangatangi Stream; thence by a line along
the middle of that stream to its confluence with the Maramarua River; thence by a line along the middle of the Maramarua River to its confluence with the Whangamarino River; thence by a line along the middle of the Whangamarino River to the Waikato River; thence by the left bank of the Waikato River to the sea; and thence towards the south-west by the sea to the South Head of Manukau Harbour, the place of commencement: excepting from the above-described area the Borough of Pukekohe.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Redefining Boundaries of the City of Auckland and the County of Eden.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th April, 1916.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 20 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, the boundaries of the City of Auckland are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said city having been altered by a Proclamation dated the 5th day of October, 1914, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and published in Gazette No. 109, of the 8th day of October, 1914; by section 6 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1914; and by Orders in Council dated respectively the 26th day of February, 1915, and the 30th day of September, 1915, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, as amended by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, and published in Gazette No. 31, of the 26th day of February, 1915, and Gazette No. 113, of the 30th day of September, 1915, respectively.

And also, in pursuance of the said section 20 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, the boundaries of the County of Eden affected by the alterations made by the aforesaid Orders in Council are hereby defined as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Waitemata Harbour from Motion’s Creek to Cox’s Creek; thence by Cox’s Creek to and by the north-west side of the road and bridge across that creek; thence by the northern side of Cox’s Creek and by Waitemata Harbour to a point on the north-eastern boundary of Allotment 15 of Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland, as defined in the Schedule of the Proclamation extending the boundaries of the City of Auckland in the New Zealand Gazette No. 85, of the 27th October, 1904, page 2486; thence by right lines 2930, 2274, 2625, 440, 1782, 60, 303, 485, 710, 612, 182, 163, 196, 410, 563, 364, 155, 76, 316, 76, 1490, 240, 137·88, 119·7, 802, 913, 951, 3405·18, and 1261·07 links respectively, and thence by high-water mark of Waitemata Harbour, Hobson Bay, Orake Basin, and Purewa Creek to the western boundary of Section 38A, Parish of Waitemata; thence towards the east generally by that section and the production of its western boundary to the southern side of St. John’s College and Tamaki Road, by the southern side of that road to the north-eastern corner of Allotment 34 of Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, and by the eastern boundary of that allotment to the northern boundary of Ellerslie Town District; thence towards the south generally by that town district to the Great South Road, by the north-eastern side of that road to and across Epsom Road, and by the western side of Epsom Road to the Borough of Newmarket; thence by that borough to the Auckland Domain, and by the Domain and Hospital Reserve to Park Road; thence by the northern side of that road to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Allotment 22 of Section 3, Suburbs of Auckland, now the middle of Park Avenue; thence by a right line to and by the said boundary and by its production to the southern side of Carlton Gore Road, and by the southern side of that road to the western boundary of subdivisional Lot 37 of Original Allotment 4 of Section 3, Suburbs of Auckland, and by that lot and Lots 55, 56, 65, 66, 75, 76, 85, 86, 95, 96, 105, 106, 115, 116, and 13 of Allotment 4 aforesaid, and the production of the western boundary of the last-mentioned lot to the southern side of Khyber Pass Road; by the southern side of that road to the eastern side of Boston Road; by the south-eastern side of that road to and across Mount Eden Road; by the western side of Mount Eden Road to the easternmost corner of Original Allotment 2 of Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland; thence by the south
eastern boundaries of Allotments 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, and 2F of Section 10 aforesaid to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned allotment, and by the south-western boundary of Allotment 2F aforesaid to Dominion Road (formerly Mount Roskill Road), by the eastern side of that road to its junction with New North Road, across that road to the easternmost corner of Allotment 10 of Section 5, Suburbs of Auckland, and by that allotment to the south-eastern boundary of Section 7, Suburbs of Auckland; thence by the south-eastern and southern boundaries of Section 7 aforesaid to a point in line with the western boundary of Allotment 20 of Section 7 aforesaid; thence by a right line to and by that boundary to the Great North Road, and by the southern side of that road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Allotment 17, Section 9, Suburbs of Auckland; across the Great North Road to the south-eastern corner of Allotment 17 aforesaid, by that allotment and Allotment 13 to Motion’s Creek, and by that creek to Waitemata Harbour, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF EDEN.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by Waitemata Harbour from the Whau River to the Tamaki River; thence towards the east generally by the Tamaki River and the Otahuhu Creek to Portage Road; thence towards the south by Portage Road to Manukau Harbour; thence towards the west and again towards the south by Manukau Harbour to the Borough of Onehunga; thence by that borough and again by Manukau Harbour to the western side of Portage Road at Karaka Bay; thence towards the west by the western side of Portage Road to the Town District of New Lynn, as described in the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd June, 1910, page 1789, and by that town district to the Whau Bridge; and thence across and by the Whau River to Waitemata Harbour, the place of commencement: excluding the City of Auckland, the Boroughs of Newmarket, Mount Eden, and Mount Albert, and the Town District of Ellerslie.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancy in Ohakune Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th April, 1916.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Friday, the 28th day of April, 1916, to be the day for holding an election of one member of the Ohakune Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Reginald Joseph White.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all Shops in the Borough of Pahiatua, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Borough of Pahiatua, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of Thursday, the 20th April, 1916, at 9 p.m.:

And whereas the Pahiatua Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Borough of Pahiatua:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on Thursday, the 20th April, 1916, all shops in the Borough of Pahiatua shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of April, 1916.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Empire Day to be observed as a Holiday on King’s Birthday.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th April, 1916.

EMPIRE Day will be celebrated on Saturday, 3rd June, 1916, the anniversary of the birthday of His Majesty the King, and that day will be observed as a public holiday in the Government Offices throughout the Dominion.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs