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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and section one hundred and fourteen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1922, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby direct that a poll shall be taken on the proposal that the said area shall be included in the Borough of Riccarton; and, further, doth hereby make the following appointments and arrangements for the purpose of taking the said poll:—
(1.) George Spencer Cowper, of Papanui, Christchurch, to be the Returning Officer for the purpose of taking the said poll, and also to be the person authorized to prepare a voters roll of the persons entitled to vote at the said poll.
(2.) The voters roll prepared and signed by the said George Spencer Cowper shall be the voters roll to be used at the said poll.
(3.) Each person on such roll shall have and may exercise one vote, and no more.
(4.) The said poll shall be taken on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and shall close at seven o’clock in the afternoon of that day.
(5.) Except as herein provided, the said poll shall be taken as nearly as may be in the manner provided by the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, and the Returning Officer hereby appointed shall be deemed to be a Returning Officer appointed for the purposes of that Act.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF RIC CARTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on the north by a line parallel to and distant 250 links from the northern side of Rata Road, on the east by the middle of Straven Road, on the south by the middle of Riccarton Road, and on the west by the western side of Kauri Road and the eastern boundary of the land shown on deposited plan 3884 and known as “Riccarton Bush.”

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Arrangements for taking Poll respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of Borough of Riccarton.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, a petition was presented to the Governor-General, praying that the area described in that petition should be excluded from the County of Waimairi and included in the Borough of Riccarton:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section made inquiry, and recommended, inter alia, that a poll of ratepayers be taken within the area described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said area”) upon the proposal that the said area shall be included in the Borough of Riccarton:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and section one hundred and fourteen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1922, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby direct that a poll shall be taken on the proposal that the said area shall be included in the Borough of Riccarton; and, further, doth hereby make the following appointments and arrangements for the purpose of taking the said poll:—
(1.) George Spencer Cowper, of Papanui, Christchurch, to be the Returning Officer for the purpose of taking the said poll, and also to be the person authorized to prepare a voters roll of the persons entitled to vote at the said poll.
(2.) The voters roll prepared and signed by the said George Spencer Cowper shall be the voters roll to be used at the said poll.
(3.) Each person on such roll shall have and may exercise one vote, and no more.
(4.) The said poll shall be taken on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and shall close at seven o’clock in the afternoon of that day.

(5.) Except as herein provided, the said poll shall be taken as nearly as may be in the manner provided by the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, and the Returning Officer hereby appointed shall be deemed to be a Returning Officer appointed for the purposes of that Act.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF RIC CARTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the middle of Clyde Road with the middle of a branch of Avon River near the north-western corner of Lot 1, deposited plan 3197, and proceeding thence down the middle of said branch of Avon River and the middle of Avon River to the easternmost corner of Lot 321 deposited plan 6079; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 321, 320, and 319, said plan 6079, and the production of the last-named boundary to Lot 221, deposited plan 2681; thence along the eastern boundaries generally of Lots 221, 220, 219, 218, 217, 216, 215, 214, 213, 212, 211, 210, 209, and 208, said plan 2681, to the south-eastern corner of last-named lot; thence across Hinau Road to the north-eastern corner of Lot 315, aforesaid plan 6079, along the eastern boundaries generally of Lots 315, 314, 313, 312, 311, and 310, said plan 6079, to the southernmost corner of the last-named lot; thence across Totara Road to and along the northern boundary of Lot 309, said plan 6079, to the land shown on deposited plan 3884 (known as “Riccarton Bush”), and along the southern boundary generally of that land to Kauri Road; thence southerly along the western side of that road to the boundary of the Riccarton Borough as defined in the New Zealand Gazette, 1913, page 699; thence southerly along that boundary to the intersection of the middle of Blenheim Road; thence westerly along the middle of Blenheim Road to a point in line with the western side of Wainui Road; thence northerly to and along the said western side of Wainui Road, westerly along the southern side of Riccarton Road to the land shown on certificate of title, Vol. 173, folio 29; thence along the eastern boundary of that area of land, along the northern and eastern boundaries of Lot 35, deposited plan 2438, along the eastern boundaries of Lots 34 and 33, along a right line to the north-eastern corner of Lot 31, and along the eastern boundaries of Lots 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, and 25, and the production of the last-named boundary to Stamford Street; thence westerly along the northern side of that street to and along the eastern side of Euston Street to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 52; thence to and along the southern boundaries of Lots 52, 51, 50, and 49, and the production thereof to the middle of Wharenui Road; thence northerly along the middle of said Wharenui Road, easterly along the middle of Riccarton Road, and northerly along the middle of Clyde Road to the point of commencement.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Dunedin of a Width less than 66 ft. but not less than 40 ft.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the Dunedin City Council to permit the laying-off of a street of a width less than sixty-six feet but not less than forty feet within the area described in the Schedule hereto, it being inexpedient to lay off a street of a width of sixty-six feet in such area.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land situated in the Otago Land District, City of Dunedin, containing by admeasurement 14 acres, more or less, being portions of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, Block VIII, Upper Kaikorai District, and portion of Block XI, Dunedin and East Taieri District. As the said area is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 55984, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council