APRIL 2.]

against the proposed alterations of boundaries 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 THE RAUPARE DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District bounded by
a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 6 on
plan 2226 deposited in the office of the District Land
Registrar at Napier, thence south-westerly along the Nga-
ruroro River, being the northern boundaries of Lots 5, 4, 4 and
3 to the north-eastern corner of Lot 2, plan 2747, deposited
as aforesaid; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern
boundaries of Lot 2 aforesaid to Hill Road, across Hill Road,
and along the north-eastern boundaries of Lot 1, plan 3210,
Lots 1 and 2, plan 2983, deposited as aforesaid, to the
north-western corner of Lot 1, plan 2569; thence by the
south-western boundary of Lot 1 aforesaid to Twyford Road,
across Twyford Road, and along the north-eastern boundaries
of Lots 1 and 2, plan 2767, deposited as aforesaid, and the
south-eastern boundary of Lot 2, plan 2767 aforesaid, to the
Fernhill-Hastings Road; thence south-easterly along that
road to its intersection with the north-western boundary of
part Lot 3, plan 3786, deposited as aforesaid; thence by a
right line to a point in the north-western boundary of Lot 1,
plan 3417, deposited as aforesaid, in line with the pro-
duction of the north-eastern boundary of the said Lot 3;
thence north-easterly and south-easterly along the north-
western and north-eastern boundaries of Lot 1 and the
north-eastern boundary of Lot 2 on plans 3417 and 3416,
deposited as aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the
north-western boundaries of Lot 9, plan 2465, deposited as
aforesaid, to Lyndhurst Road, across that road, and south-
easterly along its eastern side to the north-western boundary
of Lot 2, plan 2620, deposited as aforesaid; thence north-
easterly along the north-western boundary of the said Lot 2
to the south-western boundary of Section 18, Mahora Settle-
ment; thence north-westerly along the said south-western
boundary to the north-western corner of the said Section 18;
thence north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of
Sections 18, 17, 16, and 14, Mahora Settlement, to Evenden
Road, across Evenden Road, and south-easterly along that
road to the south-eastern boundary of Section 8, Mahora
Settlement; thence north-easterly along that boundary and
the south-eastern boundary of part Lot 1 on plan 2346,
deposited as aforesaid, and its production to the Ngaruroro
River; thence westerly along that river to the boundary of
the Raupare Drainage District; thence westerly and northerly
along that boundary as described in the New Zealand Gazette
of 25th November, 1920, page 3160, to the north-western
corner of Lot 6 on plan 2226, the place of commencement.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Upper Hutt.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th March, 1925.

PURSUANT to section 131 of the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that a petition in accord-
ance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fifth of
the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto,
has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General,
praying that the said area may be constituted a borough
under the said Act, by name the Borough of Upper Hutt. 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 UPPER HUTT.

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-line of Section 121, Block I,
Rimutaka Survey District, thence to and along that boundary
and the southern boundary of the said Section 121 to the eastern
boundary of Section 217, Block I aforesaid; thence along that
boundary to the south-eastern corner of the said Section 217;
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 road
forming the western boundary of the said Section 125 to the
Wellington-Wairarapa Railway; thence south-westerly along

that railway to the road forming the eastern boundary of
Section 96, Block I aforesaid; thence south-easterly along
that road to the south-eastern corner of Section 96 aforesaid;
thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of
the said Section 96 to the western boundary of the land shown
on plan 1690 deposited in the office of the District Land Re-
gistrar at Wellington, a distance of 1312.5 links; thence
north-westerly along that boundary to the Wellington-
Wairarapa Railway; thence south-westerly along that rail-
way to a point in line with the western boundary of the land
shown on plan 5803 deposited in the office of the District Land
Registrar at Wellington; thence to and along that boundary
to the main Hutt Road; thence north-easterly along that
road to the western boundary of Section 93; thence north-
westerly along that boundary to the middle of the Hutt
River; thence by the middle of the Hutt River to the point
of commencement.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of Members of River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st April, 1925.

THE following result of election of members of a River
Board has been received from the Returning Officers,
and is published in accordance with the provisions of the
River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

G. P. NEWTON, Assistant Under-Secretary.

Waihopai River District, County of Southland—
James McNeill.
Charles William Fairweather.
J. A. Ferguson.
Henry Edginton.
Charles Hughes.
Louis Evans.
James Whyte.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Scenic Purposes in
Block III, Retaruke Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, the Scenery
Preservation Act, 1908, and the Scenery Preservation Amend-
ment Act, 1910, to take the land described in the Schedule
hereto for scenic purposes. And notice is hereby further
given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is
deposited in the post-office at Kokakoriki, and is there open
for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking
of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded
objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same
in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from
the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public
Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken:
32 acres.
Being portion of Section 7, situated in Block III, Retaruke
Survey District. (S.O. 245/11.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 61835,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
bordered red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 27th day of
March, 1925.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Public Works.

Fixing Dates for the Election and First Meeting of the Wai-
makariri Harbour Board.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd March, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased,
in exercise of the power conferred upon him by
section 4 of the Waimakariri Harbour District and Em-
powering Amendment Act, 1924, and by section 29 of the
Harbours Act, 1923, to appoint Wednesday, the 29th day
of April, 1925, to be the date for the election of the first
members of the Waimakariri Harbour Board; and Monday,
the 4th day of May, 1925, at 7.30 o'clock p.m., to be the date
and time, and the Borough Council Chambers, Kaiapoi, to
be the place, for the first meeting of the said Board.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.