THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Ashburton and the County of Ashburton.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st August, 1922.
PURSUANT to the provisions of section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the Borough of Ashburton are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having been altered by Orders in Council dated the 6th day of February, 1922, and the 14th day of March, 1922, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and published in Gazettes Nos. 8 and 10, of the 9th day of February, 1922, and the 16th day of March, 1922, respectively.
And also, in pursuance of the provisions of the said section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the County of Ashburton affected by the said Orders in Council dated the 6th day of February, 1922, and the 14th day of March, 1922, are hereby defined as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District commencing at a point on the left bank of the Ashburton River in line with the south-eastern boundary of Section 4905; thence to and along the south-eastern boundary of Section 4905 to its easternmost corner; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of Section 4906 to a public road, across that road and the South Island Main Trunk Railway to a public road (East Street), across that road, thence north-easterly along its south-eastern boundary to the westernmost corner of Reserve 2471; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundaries of Reserves 2471 and 2644 to the southern boundary of Brucefield Street; thence in a westerly direction along Brucefield Street to the eastern side of Kitchener Street; thence southerly along Kitchener Street to Bridge Street, across Bridge Street, thence westerly along the southern side of Bridge Street to the eastern side of Princes Street; thence southerly along the eastern side of Princes Street to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 7, D.P. 5392, along that southern boundary and the southern boundary of Lot 6, D.P. 5392 aforesaid, to the eastern side of Jones Street; thence southerly along the eastern side of Jones Street to a point in line with the southern side of Trevors Road, across Jones Street, and along the southern side of Trevors Road to the Ashburton River; thence generally northerly along the Ashburton River to the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY OF ASHBURTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north by the Selwyn and Ellesmere Counties from the source of the Rakaia River to the ocean; towards the east by the ocean to the mouth of the Rangitata River; thence by that river to the Forest Stream; thence by that stream to its source in the Two Thumbs Range; thence by a line along the summit of that range to the summit of the Southern Alps near Mount Tyndall; thence by a line along the summit of the Southern Alps and a line to the source of the Rakaia River near Whitcombe Pass, the point of commencement: save and except the Borough of Ashburton and the Town District of Tinwald.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Amberley Town District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st August, 1922.
IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Town Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be included in the Amberley Town District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AMBERLEY TOWN DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 34 acres 0 roods 10 perches, more or

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payers of the Taonui and Mangaone Ridings of the County of Kairanga taken on the 20th July, 1922, on the proposal of the Kairanga County Council to borrow the sum of £2,200 for the purposes of (a) widening and remetalling Foxton Line Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts, (b) concrete channelling and tarring footpaths at Longburn, and (c) widening and remetalling Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts, hereinafter referred to as Proposal No. 1; to borrow the sum of £2,150 for the purpose of widening and remetalling Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts, hereinafter referred to as Proposal No. 2; to borrow the sum of £600 for the purpose of widening and remetalling Rangitikei Line Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts, hereinafter referred to as Proposal No. 3.
Taonui Riding.—The number of votes recorded for Proposal No. 1 was 110, and the number of votes recorded against Proposal No. 1 was 13; informal, 3.
I therefore declare Proposal No. 1 was carried.
Mangaone Riding.—The number of votes recorded for Proposal No. 2 was 62, and the number of votes recorded against Proposal No. 2 was 21; informal, 1.
I therefore declare Proposal No. 2 was carried.
Taonui and Mangaone Ridings (Jointly).—The number of votes recorded for Proposal No. 3 was 78, and the number of votes recorded against proposal No. 3 was 23; informal, 4.
I therefore declare Proposal No. 3 was carried.
Dated this 21st day of July, 1922.
JOSEPH LINKLATER,
Chairman of the County.

Special Order made by the Bruce County Council merging Mount Stuart Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st July, 1922.
THE following special order, made by the Bruce County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
BRUCE COUNTY COUNCIL.
Special Order.
IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Bruce County Council, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Mount Stuart Road District, resolves, by way of special order, that on and after the 14th day of December, 1918, the said road district shall be merged into the County of Bruce and the Board thereof abolished.
I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made, and that the resolution making same was passed by the Bruce County Council on the 8th day of November, 1918, and confirmed on the 10th day of December, 1918.
L. W. POTTER, County Clerk.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the Borough of Masterton.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st July, 1922.
PURSUANT to section 132 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that a petition, in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, being part of the County of Masterton, has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General praying that the said area may be excluded from the said county and included in the Borough of Masterton. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN BOROUGH OF MASTERTON.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District situated in Block IV, Tiffin Survey District, being the land shown on deposited plan No. 5504, part of Section 32, Masterton Small-farms Settlement.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
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