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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Block XVI,
Purua Survey District, Whangarei County.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rush-
worth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a road the
land in Purua Survey District described in the First
Schedule hereto; and also do hereby proclaim as closed the
road described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land proclaimed as a
road:—
A. R. P.
1 0 1 Portion of Takatohau Block; coloured red.
1 0 13 "
0 2 2 Portion of Takatohau A Block; coloured blue.
(P.W.D. 55653.) (S.O. 21747.)
5 2 5 Portion of Lot 6, Kioreroa Block (Whangarei
High School Endowment); coloured red.
(P.W.D. 55654.) (S.O. 21749.)

SECOND SCHEDULE.
ROAD CLOSED.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road closed :—
A. R. P.
Adjoining or passing through
1 0 16 Takatohau Block; coloured green.
1 0 1
(P.W.D. 55653.) (S.O. 21747.)

All situated in Block XVI, Purua Survey District (Auck-
land R.D.).
All in the North Auckland Land District; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plans marked and
coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office
of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District.

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 10th day of January, 1923.
W. FRASER, for Minister of Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Blocks VII
and VIII, Waitemata Survey District, Waitemata County.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rush-
worth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a road the land in
Waitemata Survey District described in the First Schedule
hereto; and also do hereby proclaim as closed the road
described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land proclaimed as a road:
7 acres 0 roods 10 perches.
Portion of part Allotment 173, Blocks VII and VIII;
coloured red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
ROAD CLOSED.
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road closed: 2 acres
1 rood 26 perches.
Adjoining or passing through part Allotment 173, Block
VIII; coloured green.

All situated in Takapuna Parish, Waitemata Survey
District. (S.O. 22143.)
All in the North Auckland Land District; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
55935, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public
Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and
thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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 10th day of January, 1923.
W. FRASER, for Minister of Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for the Purposes of a Stopbank and Drain in Block
XVI, Waihou Survey District.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and the
Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910, and
of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in
this behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is
hereby taken for the purposes of a stopbank and drain;
and I do also declare that this Proclamation shall take effect
on and after the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three.

SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land taken:—
A. R. P. Being Portion of
0 1 33·9 Koromatua No. 1a Block; coloured pink.
0 0 1 Ngaruawahia Block; coloured yellow.
Situated in Block XVI, Waihou Survey District. (S.O.
22278.)
In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 54773,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured as above mentioned.

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 10th day of January, 1923.
W. FRASER, for Minister of Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE KING!

Arrangements for taking Poll respecting proposed Alteration
of Boundaries of City of Christchurch.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day
of January, 1923.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section one hundred and
thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920,
a petition was presented to the Governor-General, praying
that the area described in the petition should be excluded from
the County of Heathcote and included in the City of Christ-
church:
And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section
made inquiry, and reported that the area described in the
Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said area”)
was suitable for municipal control, and recommended that the
said area be included in the City of Christchurch:
And whereas it is desirable that a poll be taken within the
said area upon the proposal that the said area shall be included
in the City of Christchurch:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act,
1920, 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 City of Christchurch; and,
further, doth hereby make the following appointments and
arrangements for the purpose of taking the said poll:—
(1.) Oswald George Machattie, of 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 Oswald
George Machattie 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 thirty-
first day of January, 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.