SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

ALL that area in the Bromley Riding of the Heathcote County commencing at a point on the boundary of the City of Christchurch at the junction of the north-western side of Buckley's Road with the south-western side of Canal Reserve Road; thence south-easterly along the city boundary to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of the land in D.P. 1957; thence north-easterly across the last-named road and along the said boundary to McGregor's Road; thence diagonally across that road; thence north-easterly along the south-east side of McGregor's Road to the road-angle opposite Kearney's Road; thence across the road and along the north-western side of Kearney's Road to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of the land in plan T 48938; thence across Kearney's Road and along the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the land in the said plan T 48938 to Page's Road; thence across that road and south-westerly along the north-western side of Page's Road and Buckley's Road to the point of commencement.

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

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 that petition should be excluded from the County of Heathcote and included in the City of Christchurch:

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.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Heathcote River in line with the western side of River Road, and proceeding thence northerly and south-easterly along the boundary of the City of Christchurch to a point on the north-eastern side of the Lyttelton Railway Reserve opposite the intersection of the south-western side of that railway reserve and the southern boundary of R.S. 67; thence by a right line across the said railway reserve and along the southern boundary of aforesaid R.S. 67 to the eastern boundary of Lot 20, deposited plan 412; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries of Lots 20, 19, 18, and 17, said plan 412, and the southern boundary of the last-named allotment to the land contained in conveyance No. 39624; thence along the south-eastern boundary of that area of land and its production across Opawa Road; thence along the south-western side of Opawa Road, the northern side of Brabourne Road, and the northern side of Hills Road to the angle in the frontage of Lot 4, deposited plan 4503; thence diagonally across the said road to its opposite angle, and along the south-eastern side of Hills Road to Lot l, deposited plan 3842; thence along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of said Lot l, the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 2 and 3, said deposited plan 3842, the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 9, 10, 11, deposited plan 3449, and along the southern boundaries of Lots 11 and 13, said deposited plan 3449, to a public road; thence northerly along the eastern side of that road to Hills Road; thence along a right line running diagonally across said Hills Road to the western side of River Road, and northerly along that side of road and its production to the point of commencement.

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

Authorizing the Auckland Harbour Board to reclaim Land in Auckland Harbour.

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 it is provided by section forty-two of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor-General may from time to time by Order in Council authorize any local authority to reclaim from the sea or from the bed of any harbour areas of land not exceeding five acres in extent, in any case where he considers that the reclamation will not affect navigation and is for the benefit of the public:

And whereas the Auckland Harbour Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) is desirous of reclaiming from the bed of Auckland Harbour an area of land approximately two acres one rood and ten perches in extent; for the purpose of utilizing the same as an approach to the wharf known as Princes Wharf, and it is advisable to authorize the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the Board to reclaim from the bed of Auckland Harbour the area hereinbefore mentioned, and more particularly shown and delineated on plan marked M.D. 5596, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington and thereon thereon edged in red.

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

Consenting to stopping a Road in Block IX, Strath Taieri District, Taieri County.

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.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anyway 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 consent to the Taieri County Council stopping the road described in the Schedule hereto.