Numb. 49.

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1925.

Alteration of Boundaries of Otautau River District, County of Wallace.

[I.L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of section three of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913, a majority of the ratepayers in the area described in the First Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Wallace, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, praying that a certain area be included in the Otautau River District as constituted under the provisions of the River Boards Act, 1908: And whereas a Commission was appointed and held inquiries, and recommended certain alterations of the said area: And whereas it is deemed expedient to make such alterations of the boundaries of the said river district recommended by the said Commission:
Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in section fourteen of the River Boards Act, 1908, as amended by section three of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, as on and from the 1st day of August, 1925, the boundaries of the Otautau River District shall be altered so as to include in the said district the area of land described in the First Schedule hereto; and do hereby proclaim and declare that as on and from the aforesaid date the boundaries of the said river district, with such alteration as herein provided for, shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
AREA INCLUDED IN THE OTAUTAU RIVER DISTRICT.
ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Section 39, Block IV, Aparima Hundred; thence easterly along the road forming the northern boundary of Sections 39 and 40, Block IV aforesaid, to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section 40 aforesaid ; thence southerly along that road to the road forming the northern boundary of Lot 35 on plan 172c deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Invercargill ; thence easterly along that road and the northern boundary of Lot 24, plan 172c aforesaid, to a public road;
thence southerly along that road to the north-western boundary of the Otautau River District; thence westerly and southerly along that boundary to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 37, Block III, Aparima Hundred; thence westerly along that boundary to a public road forming the western boundary of Sections 37, 36, 36B, Block III aforesaid, Sections 29, 31A, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34A, across a public road, Sections 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 to the north-western corner of the said Section 39, the place of commencement.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
BOUNDARIES OF OTAUTAU RIVER DISTRICT.
ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the road junction at the north-eastern corner of Lot 28 on plan 172c, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Invercargill; thence southerly along the road forming the eastern boundaries of Lots 28, 27, 26, 25, and 24 of the said plan 172c, to the northern boundary-line of Section 47, Blocks III and II, Aparima Hundred; thence easterly along the northern boundaries of Sections 47, 46, and 45, Block II aforesaid, to a road forming the western boundaries of Lots 13 and 12 on plan 172A, deposited as aforesaid; thence northerly along that road to the north-western corner of Lot 12 aforesaid; thence easterly along the northern boundaries of Lots 12 and 11 on plan 172A aforesaid and the northern boundaries of Sections 4s and 5s, Allenby Settlement, to the Opio Stream; thence up the Opio Stream to its intersection with the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 18 and 28, Aparima Hundred; thence south-easterly along that road to the Aparima or Jacobs River; thence down that river to a point in line with the northern boundary of Section 5, Block II, Aparima Hundred; thence to and along that boundary to the Main Road; thence down that road to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Lot 19, on plan 120, deposited as aforesaid; thence to and along that boundary to the north-western corner of the said lot; thence northerly and westerly along the eastern and northern boundaries of Lot 20 of the aforesaid plan No. 120; thence northerly and westerly along the eastern and northern boundaries of Lot 72; thence northerly along the road forming the eastern boundaries of Lots 71, 17, 16, and 15; thence westerly along the road forming the northern boundary of the said Lot 15 to the south-western corner of Lot 13; thence northerly along the western boundaries of Lot 13 aforesaid to the road forming the south-eastern