Num 68. 2501

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1924.

Alteration of Boundaries, Christchurch Drainage District.

[L. S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, pursuant to section two of the Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), a proposal to add the area described in the Schedule hereto to the Christchurch Drainage District (hereinafter referred to as “the said district”), was duly carried at a poll of ratepayers taken in the said area on the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four :

And whereas it is expedient to add the said area to the said district :

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby declare that on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be added to and form part of the said district ; and, with the like powers and authorities, do hereby also declare that the said area shall be added to the Woolston Subdistrict of the said district.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District commencing at the Railway Bridge, Opawa, on the right bank of the River Heathcote, thence northerly along the right bank of the said river to Radley Bridge ; thence south-easterly along the right bank of the said river to the Woolston Railway-station ; thence westerly along the Lyttelton–Christchurch Railway line to the commencing-point.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion this 16th day of October, 1924.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING !

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Altering Boundaries of Inangahua and Murchison Counties forming Maruia Springs Riding, Inangahua County, and fixing Representation of that Riding.

[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Inangahua County Council, in pursuance of subsection three of section fourteen of the Counties Act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), presented a petition, in accordance with the said subsection three, praying that the boundaries of the Inangahua and Murchison Counties be altered by including in the said Inangahua County the area of the Murchison County described in that petition :

And whereas a Commission was appointed to inquire and report thereon in accordance with subsection four of section fourteen of the said Act, and has duly reported that the boundaries of the said counties should be altered in the manner described in the report of the said Commission—that is to say, that part of the Murchison County described in the said report should be added to and form part of the Inangahua County :

And whereas it is expedient that the boundaries of the said counties should be altered in such a manner as is deemed to be in accordance with the said report, that the area to be added to the Inangahua County should form a new riding, to be known as the Maruia Springs Riding of that county, and that the number of Councillors for the said Maruia Springs Riding should be fixed :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the said Act, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area described in the First Schedule hereto, being now part of the Murchison County, shall be added to and form part of the Inangahua County ; that the boundaries of the Inangahua and Murchison Counties as so altered shall be those set forth under the respective headings in the Second Schedule hereto ; that the area added as aforesaid to the Inangahua County shall form a new riding, to be known as the Maruia Springs Riding of the said county ; that the boundaries of that riding shall be those set forth in the Third Schedule hereto ; and that one Councillor shall be elected for the said Maruia Springs Riding :