Oct. 4. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2553

has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, praying that the said area may be constituted a borough under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and that the said borough, if constituted, be divided into wards. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed constitution, 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.

PROPOSED BOROUGH OF RONGONUI.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Hutt River in line with the eastern boundary of Section 121, Block I, Rimutaka Survey District, thence proceeding in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the said Section 121 to its south-eastern corner; thence westerly along the southern boundary of the said Section 121 to the eastern boundary of Section 217, Block I aforesaid; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said Section 217 to its south-eastern corner; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Sections 217, 128, 127, 126, and 125 to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence north-westerly along the western boundary of Section 125 to the Wellington-Wairarapa Railway Reserve; thence westerly along that railway reserve to the north-eastern boundary of Section 99; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 99 and 103, south-westerly and north-westerly along the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section 103 and the south-western boundary of Section 99 to the easternmost corner of Section 96; thence south-westerly, south-easterly, and south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of Section 96 and the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 101; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of Section 101 to the south-eastern boundary of Section 142, Block IV, Belmont Survey District; thence south-westerly, north-westerly, north-easterly, and north-westerly along the south-eastern, south-western, and northern and western boundaries generally of that part of Section 142 as shown on plan A/2236 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington to a public road; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern side of said public road to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Section 84, Block IV, Belmont Survey District; thence to and along the said south-western boundary to the middle of the Hutt River; thence north-easterly up the middle of the aforesaid Hutt River to the place of commencement.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

[NOTE.—The above notice is published in substitution of the notice published in Gazette No. 70 of the 20th September, 1923, page 2488.]

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Ahikouka River District, County of Featherston.

Department of Internal Affairs.
Wellington, 27th September, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be included in the Ahikouka River District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed inclusion 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 AHIKOUKA RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District commencing at the westernmost corner of Lot 111 of Section 1, Greytown Small-farms Settlement, and bounded on the north generally by the Ahikouka River District to the junction of the Muhunoa Stream and the Waiohine River, thence by a right line to the intersection of the northern boundary of the college reserve with the boundary of the Borough of Greytown, thence north-westerly along the aforesaid borough boundary to the point of commencement.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1923.

THE following result of the election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.

Raupare Drainage District, County of Hawke’s Bay—
James Wickett Bridgman.
Charles Frederick Brunton.
Harry McLeod.
Stephen Menzies.
Archibald Armstrong Wake.

Main Highways Act.—Highway Districts.

IN pursuance of section 8 of the Main Highways Act, 1922, the Main Highways Board hereby divides New Zealand into eighteen highway districts, with the boundaries set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

HIGHWAY District No. 1: All that area comprised within the Counties of Mangonui, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, Hobson, Whangarei, Otamatea, Rodney, Waitemata, and Eden.

Highway District No. 2: All that area comprised within the Counties of Manukau, Franklin, Waikato, Raglan, Waipa, Coromandel, Thames, Hauraki Plains, Ohinemuri, Piako, and Matamata.

Highway District No. 3: All that area comprised within the Counties of Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, and Taupo.

Highway District No. 4: All that area comprised within the Counties of Matakaoa, Waiapu, Uawa, Waikohu, and Cook.

Highway District No. 5: All that area comprised within the Counties of Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Patangata, Dannevirke, Weber, and Woodville.

Highway District No. 6: All that area comprised within the Counties of Waitomo, Taumarunui, Ohura, Kaitieke, Kawhia, and Otorohanga.

Highway District No. 7: All that area comprised within the Counties of Clifton, Whangamomona, Taranaki, Inglewood, Egmont, Stratford, Waimate West, Eltham, and Hawera.

Highway District No. 8: All that area comprised within the Counties of Patea, Waitotara, Waimarino, Wanganui, and Rangitikei.

Highway District No. 9: All that area comprised within the Counties of Kiwitea, Pohangina, Oroua, Kairanga, Manawatu, Horowhenua, Hutt, and Makara.

Highway District No. 10: All that area comprised within the Counties of Pahiatua, Akitio, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Castlepoint, Masterton, Wairarapa South, and Featherston.

Highway District No. 11: All that area comprised within the Counties of Collingwood, Takaka, Waimea, Sounds, Marlborough, and Murchison.

Highway District No. 12: All that area comprised within the Counties of Buller, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland.

Highway District No. 13: All that area comprised within the Counties of Awatere, Kaikoura, Amuri, Cheviot, and Waipara.

Highway District No. 14: All that area comprised within the Counties of Tawera, Oxford, Ashley, Kowai, Rangiora, Eyre, Waimairi, Heathcote, Paparua, Halswell, Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Wairewa, Springs, Ellesmere, Malvern, and Selwyn.

Highway District No. 15: All that area comprised within the Counties of Ashburton, Geraldine, MacKenzie, Levels, Waimate, and Waitaki.

Highway District No. 16: All that area comprised within the Counties of Maniototo, Vincent, Lake, Waihemo, and Waikouaiti.

Highway District No. 17: All that area comprised within the Counties of Peninsula, Taieri, Tuapeka, Bruce, and Clutha.

Highway District No. 18: All that area comprised within the Counties of Southland, Wallace, and Fiord.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of September, 1923.

F. W. FURKERT, Chairman,