2572
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Boundaries of Districts under the Marriage Act, 1908, altered.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Marriage Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage districts known as the Brunner, Grey, Kumara, Ahaura, and Hokitika districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into four marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:—

GREY DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the south headland of the Pororari River, thence to and along the southern watershed of that river to the summit of the Paparoa Range; thence by a line along the summit of the range to Sewell Peak; thence by a right line to the confluence of the Grey and Arnold Rivers; thence up the middle of the Grey River to Notown Creek, and up the middle of that creek to its source; thence by a right line to Molloy’s Lookout; thence by a line along the summit of the watershed to Bell Hill; thence by a right line to Lake Haupiri; thence across that lake and by a line up the middle of the Haupiri River to a point due west of Mount Elizabeth; thence by a right line to Mount Elizabeth and by a right line from Mount Elizabeth to Harper’s Pass; thence by a line along the summit of the Southern Alps to a point near the source of the Taipo River; thence to and along the middle of that river to the Taramakau River; thence up the middle of the Taramakau River to a point in line with the road forming the western boundary of Section 2061, Block IV, Turiwhate Survey District; thence to and along that road to the middle of the Orangipuku River; thence down that river to Lake Brunner, and across that lake to the outlet of the Arnold River; thence by a right line to the source of Foley’s Creek; thence down the middle of Foley’s Creek, Blackwater Creek, Hohonu River, and Taramakau River to the sea; thence by the sea to the mouth of the Pororari River, the place of commencement.

KUMARA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Westland Land District bounded on the north and east by the Grey Marriage District (hereinbefore described) from the mouth of the Taramakau River along the southern and western boundaries of the Grey Marriage District to the left bank of the Taramakau River; thence down the left bank of the Taramakau River to its confluence with the Blake or Waimea River; thence up the left bank of the Blake River to the Christchurch Road; thence along the Christchurch Road, Junction Road Loop-line, Greenstone Road, and Chesterfield Road to the sea; thence by the sea to the mouth of the Taramakau River, the place of commencement.

AHAURA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Westland and Nelson Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at a point on the Paparoa Range near the source of the Totara River; thence by a right line to the saddle between the Mawheraiti and Inangahua Rivers; thence along the watershed between the Grey and Inangahua Rivers to the summit of the Southern Alps; thence along the summit of the Southern Alps to Harper’s Pass; thence generally westerly and northerly along the northern and eastern boundaries of the Grey Marriage District (hereinbefore described) from Harper’s Pass to the north-eastern corner of the said district; thence along the summit of the Paparoa Range to the point of commencement.

HOKITIKA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Westland Land District bounded on the north-east and east by the Kumara and Grey Marriage Districts (hereinbefore described) from the sea to the summit of the Southern Alps; thence south-westerly along the summit of the Southern Alps to a point due south of the source of a tributary of the Hokitika River (the Pass River); thence by a right line to the source of the Pass River; thence by that river to its confluence with the Hokitika River; thence by the Hokitika River to a point four miles south-west of the confluence of the Kokatahi River and the Hokitika River; thence by a right line touching the south-westernmost extremity of Mahinapua Lake to the sea; thence north-easterly by the sea to the southern boundary of the Kumara Marriage District, the place of commencement.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

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 19th day of August, 1926.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land declared subject to the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section three of the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the land described in the Schedule hereto, being land in the Hutt Valley heretofore acquired by the Crown under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situated in the Borough of Petone, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 3 roods 24·2 perches, more or less, being part Section 5, Hutt Registration District, Block XIII, Belmont Survey District, and being part of the land taken for a portion of the Wellington-Napier Railway (Lower Hutt Valley duplication) by Proclamation published in Gazette of 19th February, 1925, page 552, and bounded as follows: Towards the north by other part of the Wellington-Napier Railway line (Lower Hutt Valley duplication), from the easternmost corner of Lot 20, deposited plan 2143, to the western boundary-line of Section 6, Hutt District; towards the east by the said western boundary of Section 6; towards the south by other portion of the aforesaid Section 5, as shown on plan A/342; and towards the west by Islington Street from the north-western corner of Lot 1 on deposited plan 4820, to the south-western corner of Lot 22 on deposited plan 2340, and by the said Lot 22 and Lots 11 to 21 on the said deposited plan 2340, and Lots 18, 19, and 20 on deposited plan 2143 to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned lot, the place of commencement: excluding from the above-described boundaries that portion of Section 5 taken for drainage-works by Proclamation published in Gazette of 5th November, 1896, page 1835, and also that portion of the said Section 5 abutting on Lots 14 and 15 on deposited plan 2340, which said portion contains an area of 7·3 perches, and is bounded towards the north-west by the prolongation of the north-western boundary of the aforesaid Lot 14 for a distance of 37·8 links; towards the north-east and south-east by other part of Section 5, for distances of 121·2 links and 37·8 links respectively; and towards the south-west by part of the aforesaid Lot 15 and Lot 14, for a distance of 121·2 links, to the north-eastern corner of the said Lot 14.

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 25th day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land proclaimed as a Road in Block XIII, Whangarei Survey District, North Auckland Land District.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a road the land in the Whangarei Survey District described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land proclaimed as a road:—

A. R. P. Portion of
0 0 1·1 Lot 130, E.R., Town of Grahamtown; coloured red.
0 0 0·5 Lot 131, E.R., Town of Grahamtown; coloured yellow.

Situated in Block XIII, Whangarei Survey District.

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 16/1381, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, under No. 2185, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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 17th day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!