Num. 22.] 759

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922.

Constituting the Town District of Howick, Manukau County.

[l.s.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the Town Boards Act, 1908, that the Governor-General may declare that any locality outside a borough wherein there are not less than fifty householders shall be a town district:

And whereas a petition has been presented to the Governor-General by the inhabitants within the area mentioned and described in the said petition, praying that such area may be constituted a town district under the Town Boards Act, 1908:

And whereas a Commission appointed in pursuance of section two of the Town Boards Amendment Act, 1912, held an inquiry, and reported that the locality defined in the said petition was suitable for municipal control, and made certain alterations of the boundaries thereof:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Town Boards Act, 1908, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, the area described in the Schedule hereto, being the locality defined in the said petition, with boundaries as altered by the said Commission, shall be a town district, and the same is hereby constituted a town district under the Town Boards Act, 1908, by the name of the Howick Town District. And, in further pursuance and exercise of the said powers, I do hereby proclaim, declare, and appoint that the Board of Commissioners for the said district shall consist of seven members.

SCHEDULE.

HOWICK TOWN DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District situate in Blocks III and IV, Otahuhu Survey District, bounded by a line commencing at the north-eastern corner of Allotment 69, Parish of Pakuranga, and proceeding westerly along the northern boundary of said Allotment 69 to a point on that boundary distant ten chains from a public road; thence south-westerly along right lines bearing approximately 199° 30′, 4000 links, and 228° 30′, 700 links, intersecting Allotments 69 and 72 of the aforesaid parish to a public road, and across the said public road to the easternmost corner of Lot 1 of Section 8, Suburbs of Howick; thence south-westerly along the north-western side of a public road and the northern boundary of Lot 13, the north-western boundary of Lot 12, and the north-eastern boundary of Lot 6, all of Section 8 aforesaid, to and across a public road to the north-eastern corner of Lot 5 of Section 12, Suburbs of Howick; easterly along the northern boundaries of Lots 5, 12, 4, and 3, all of Section 12 aforesaid, to and across Moore Street to the eastern boundary of Lot 1; thence along the western side of Moore Street to and along the northern boundary of Lot 2 of Section 12 aforesaid, along the eastern and northern boundaries of Lot 8 of Section 11, Suburbs of Howick, to and across Wellington Street to the north-eastern corner of Lot 7 of Section 11 aforesaid; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Lots 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, all of Section 11 aforesaid, to and across Ridge Road, to the south-eastern corner of Lot 4 of Section 1, Suburbs of Howick; thence along the northern side of a public road to the eastern portion of Lot 5 of Section 1 aforesaid; along the eastern boundary of said eastern portion of Lot 5, the abuttal of a public road, and the eastern boundaries of Lots 50, 48, and 17, all of Section 1 aforesaid, and along the north-eastern boundary of said Lot 17 to its northernmost corner; thence across a public road to the southernmost corner of Lot 17 of Section 10, Suburbs of Howick, and along the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned lot to a creek; thence down the right bank of that creek to Hauraki Gulf; thence south-easterly generally along the shores of said Hauraki Gulf to the point of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of March, 1922.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

God save the King!