SEPT. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2665

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Hikurangi.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th September, 1925.
PURSUANT to section 131 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that a petition in accordance 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 Municipal Corporations Act, 1920. 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 forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

PROPOSED BOROUGH OF HIKURANGI.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, being the Town District of Hikurangi as defined in the New Zealand Gazette, 1908, page 1170.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the Borough of Otaki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th September, 1925.
IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the areas described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Borough of Otaki and included in the County of Horowhenua. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration 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.

AREAS PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF OTAKI.

A. ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north by a line commencing from a point in the middle of the Waitohu Stream in line with the eastern boundary of the Church Mission Grant, thence proceeding along the middle of the said Waitohu Stream to the eastern side of the old coach road; thence towards the east by the said eastern side of the old coach road to the westernmost corner of Pukekaraka No. 5; thence by a right line across the said old coach road to the western side thereof; thence by the western side of the said old coach road to the southernmost corner of Piritha No. 6; thence towards the south by the northern boundary of Piritha No. 3; thence by the western boundary of Piritha No. 3 to the northern boundary of Piritha No. 4; thence by the northern boundary of Piritha No. 4 to the Church Mission Grant; thence towards the west by the eastern boundary of the Church Mission Grant and the production thereof to the place of commencement.

B. Also all that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the west by a line commencing at a point on the northern side of the county road at its junction with the northern side of the road which passes through Kaingaraki No. 9; thence towards the west by the northern side of the said road to the westernmost corner of Kaingaraki No. 7; thence towards the north-west by the north-western boundary of Kaingaraki No. 7 to the southernmost corner of Kaingaraki No. 11; thence by the south-western and north-western boundaries of Kaingaraki No. 11 to the southern boundary of Kaingaraki No. 1B; thence by the southern and western boundaries of the said block to the southern side of Waerenga Road; thence by a right line across Waerenga Road to the northern side thereof; thence by the northern side of Waerenga Road to the south-western corner of Haruatai 3C; thence by the western boundaries of Haruatai 3C and 3B to the southern side of Mill Road; thence towards the north by the southern side of Mill Road to the western side of the Haruatai Stream running through Haruatai No. 1 Block; thence towards the east by the western side of the Haruatai Stream to the north-western corner of Hanganoaiho No. 2; thence by the western boundary of Hanganoaiho No. 2 to the northern side of Waerenga Road; thence by the northern side of Waerenga Road and the production thereof to the

North Island Main Trunk Railway; thence towards the south-east generally by the northern side of the said railway-line to where it joins angle peg No. IV of the County Road in Kaingaraki No. 6 Block; thence by a right line across the angle of the said County Road to the northern side thereof; thence again towards the south-east generally by the said northern side of the County Road to its junction with the northern side of the road which passes through Kaingaraki No. 9, the point of commencement.

C. Also all that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the boundary of the Borough of Otaki, being the south-eastern corner of Tutangatakino No. 9 Block; thence towards the west generally by the southern and western boundaries of the said Tutangatakino No. 9 Block to the northern side of the old course of the Otaki River; thence along the southern boundary of Tutangatakino No. 2 Block to the western corner thereof; thence towards the north generally by the north-western boundaries of Tutangatakino No. 2, Tutangatakino No. 9, Waerenga No. 5, Waerenga No. 4, and Waerenga No. 3 Blocks; thence towards the east generally by the north-eastern and eastern boundaries of Waerenga No. 3, Waerenga No. 4, and Waerenga No. 5 Blocks; thence towards the south by the south-western boundary of Waerenga No. 5 Block to the eastern corner of Tutangatakino No. 9 Block; thence by the south-eastern boundary of Tutangatakino No. 9 Block to the south-eastern corner thereof, the point of commencement.

D. And also all that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing from a point on the boundary of the Borough of Otaki, being the junction of the western boundary of Maungapiharau Block with the northern side of the old course of the Otaki River; thence towards the south by the northern side of the old course of the Otaki River to the junction thereof with the south-western boundary of Takapu Block; thence by the western boundary of Takapu Block to the southern boundary of Takapuotoiroa No. 3 Block; thence generally by the southern boundaries of the Takapuotoiroa Blocks Nos. 3 and 1 and Waiariki No. 1A Block; thence by the south-western boundaries of Waiariki 1A and 1B Blocks to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Paramata No. 12 Block; thence to and by the north-western boundary of Paramata No. 12 Block and the north-eastern boundary of Paramata No. 11, Subdivision 4, to the southern side of the Rangiuru Creek; thence along the southern side of the Rangiuru Creek to the eastern side of Beach Road; thence along the eastern side of Beach Road to a point on the northern side of and distant 40 links from the northern side of the Rangiuru Creek; thence generally by a line parallel to the northern side of Rangiuru Creek 324.9 links, 225.1 links, and 226 links to a point on the south-western boundary of Taumanuka 3D Block; thence generally by the south-western and north-western boundaries of the said Taumanuka 3D Block and the eastern boundary of Taumanuka 3C 2 Block to a point thereon distant 309.5 links from the northern boundary of Taumanuka 3D Block; thence by a right line 495.2 links and 201.4 links to the westernmost corner of the Church Mission Grant; thence towards the east by the western boundary of the Church Mission Grant to the southern side of the Maringiawai Stream; thence along the southern side of the Maringiawai Stream to its junction with the Maungapiharau Stream; thence by the southern side of the Maungapiharau Stream to the northern corner of the Maungapiharau Block; thence by the western boundary of the said Maungapiharau Block to the point of commencement.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Westland Acclimatization District (Kokatahi and Arahura Districts).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of March, 1926, to the 30th day of April, 1926 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Westland Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—within that part of the said acclimatization district described in the First Schedule hereto, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds may be issued by the Postmaster at Hokitika, on payment of a license fee of £2, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule