May 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1469

Regulations under the Fireblight Act, 1922, declaring Commercial Fruitgrowing Districts, and prescribing Time and Manner in which Hawthorn in such Districts shall be dealt with.—Notice No. Ag. 2655.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of May, 1927.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Fireblight Act, 1922 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and being satisfied that fireblight exists in the commercial fruitgrowing districts which are wholly or in part included in the areas described in the Third Schedule hereto, doth hereby revoke the regulations made by Order in Council on the 24th day of January, 1923, and 15th day of November, 1926, and published respectively in the Gazette on the 1st day of February, 1923, at page 332, and on the 25th November, 1926, at page 3279, declaring certain districts to be commercial fruitgrowing districts, and prescribing the time and manner in which hawthorn in such districts shall be dealt with, and make the following regulations in lieu thereof, and doth declare that this Order in Council shall take effect from the date of publication hereof in the Gazette.

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REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations may be cited as “the Fireblight Regulations, 1927.”

2. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context, “district” means a commercial fruitgrowing district as defined by the said Act.

3. The areas described and specified in the First Schedule hereto are declared to be commercial fruitgrowing districts for the purposes of the said Act under the respective names set out in the said Schedule before the description of each area.

4. In the case of every district and part of a district included in the Second Schedule hereto, all hawthorn growing therein shall be cut down between the 1st day of June and the 31st day of July of each year, so as to prevent any part thereof from flowering, and shall be similarly cut down at such other times as may be necessary to prevent any part thereof from flowering.

5. In the case of every district and part of a district included in the Third Schedule hereto, all hawthorn growing therein shall be completely destroyed before the 30th day of June, 1927, or before the 30th day of June next following its inclusion in the said Third Schedule, as the case may be, and any plants which may subsequently appear shall forthwith be completely destroyed.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

1. WHANGAREI DISTRICT.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Section 89, in Block V, Whangarei Survey District; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern and eastern boundaries of the said section and Reretiti Block to the stream forming the northern boundary of Section 44 (Puketotara), Block V aforesaid; thence up that stream to its intersection with the north-western boundary of Subdivision 6E, Maruata Block; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of the said subdivision and its production to the Waitangi Stream; thence down the said Waitangi Stream to the western boundary of Section 1, Blocks V and VI, Whangarei Survey District; thence down that boundary to the northern boundary of Section 43, Parahaki Parish; thence easterly along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of Section 43 aforesaid; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries of Sections 43, 42, and 41 to a closed road; thence south-westerly along that closed road to a public road; thence easterly along that road to the north-eastern corner of Section 30, Parahaki Parish; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries of Sections 30, 29, 28, 27, 87, 10, 9, and 8, Parahaki Parish, to the Awaroa Creek, and by that creek to Whangarei Harbour; thence by the western side of Whangarei Harbour to the north-eastern boundary of Subdivision A, Kopuawaiwaha Block, Block V, Ruakaka Survey District; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said Subdivision A to a public road, and easterly along that road to the north-eastern corner of Subdivision 4A 3E of the said Kopuawaiwaha Block; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of the said 4A 3E to the south-eastern corner of the said subdivision; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Subdivisions 4A 3E, 4A 3D, and 4A 3C to a public road, and south-easterly along that road to the south-eastern boundary of Section 100, Mangapai Parish; thence south-westerly along that boundary to a public road, and south-easterly along that road to the south-eastern boundary of Section 83, Mangapai Parish; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 83, 82, and 81 to a public road; thence north-westerly generally along the road forming the western boundaries of Sections 81, 76, 75, 77, 17, 16, 15, 13, 14, 20, and 2, Mangapai Parish, Sections 86, 85, 84, 131, and 132, Maungakaramea Parish, and Section 6, Block IV, Tangihua Survey District, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence northerly generally along the southern and eastern boundaries of Sections 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the said Block IV to a public road forming the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section, along that road, and the eastern boundaries generally of Sections 88, 80, and 5A, Maungatapere Parish; thence along the eastern boundary of Lot 6 on deposited plan 13348 to the Te Wai-iti Stream, and along that stream and the north-western boundary of Wai-iti Block to the southernmost corner of Lot 9 on deposited plan 13347; thence along the south-western boundaries of Lots 9 and 7 of said plan 13347 and of Tokitaruna Block, and that boundary produced across the Whangarei Road to the eastern boundary of Waihoanga No. 2, as shown on deposited plan 13587; thence by that boundary to the southern boundary of the Whangarei Water-conservation Reserve; thence by the southern and western boundaries of the aforesaid reserve to the north-eastern corner of Section 49, Kaitara Parish; thence along the north-eastern boundary of the said Section 49 to a public road; thence northerly along that road to Three-mile Bush Road; thence by that road to the western boundary of Hurupaki Block; thence by the western and northern boundaries of Hurupaki Block to the Waikoropupu Stream; thence along the Waikoropupu Stream to the westernmost corner of the Waipiu Block; thence by the north-western and northern boundaries of the Waipu and Parakiore No. 1 Blocks to Trig. Station 48; thence by a right line to the northernmost point of that part of Parakiore No. 2 Block shown on deposited plan No. 8351; thence by the eastern boundary of that block to the northern boundary of the Kamo Town District; thence by that boundary to the north-western corner of Section 20, Whangarei Parish; thence along the north-western boundary of the said Section 20 to Apotu Road; thence by a right line across Section 88 to the westernmost corner of Section W 84; thence along the north-western boundary of the said Section W 84 to Vinegar Hill Road; thence south-easterly along that road to the north-western boundary of Section 90, Whangarei Parish; thence along the north-western boundaries of Sections 90 and 89 to the northernmost corner of the last-mentioned section, the place of commencement.

2. PORT ALBERT DISTRICT.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded on the north by the north-western boundary of the Komiti Block, the Arapaoa River, the Otamatea River, and the Owhei Creek, from the Kaipara Harbour to the head of the said Owhei Creek; thence along a right line to the railway-bridge over the Topuni River; thence southerly along the railway-line to the south-eastern boundary of the Oruawharo Parish; thence south-westerly along that boundary and the south-eastern boundary of the Wharehine River to the Tauhoa River, and down that river to the Kaipara Harbour, and northerly along the shores of the Kaipara Harbour to the point of commencement.

3. WARKWORTH DISTRICT.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the entrance of the Mahurangi or Waihe Harbour, and proceeding thence up that harbour to the head of Hepburn’s Creek; thence along a road fronting or passing through Sections 77, 111, 78, 172, 166, 168, 105, 99, 98, 129, 117, 60, 59, 58, 92, and 93 to Kourawhero Parish boundary; thence along the eastern boundary of that parish and the south-eastern boundaries of Hoteo and Pakiri Parishes to the easternmost corner of Allotment 51, Pakiri Parish, along the north-eastern boundary of said Allotment 51 to a road, and northerly along that road to the Pakiri River, down that river to the sea, and along the sea-coast and the shores of the Whangateau Harbour to the south-eastern corner of Allotment 36, Matakana Parish; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of Allotments 36, 115, and 11 to the Matakana River, down that river to the sea, and along the sea-coast to the entrance of the Mahurangi Harbour, the place of commencement.