JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

poll taken on the 27th day of April, 1927, for a loan of £6,000 for drainage-works :—
For the proposal, 140; against the proposal, 193 ; informal, 11.
I therefore declare the proposal to be lost.
W. C. COLDICUTT, Mayor.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Ohakune.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th June, 1927.
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 area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Borough of Ohakune and included in the County of Waimarino. 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.
AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF OHAKUNE.
ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 10, as shown on plan 2984, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence south-easterly along the northern boundary of that lot to its north-eastern corner; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5 on plan 2984 aforesaid to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of the said Lot 5 to the Ohakune-Raetihi Road; thence southerly along the eastern side of that road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 4 on the said plan 2984; thence to and along the north-eastern boundary of Lot 4 to its north-eastern corner; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 4, 3, and 2 to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Lots 2 and 1 on the said plan to the Ohakune-Raetihi Road; thence across that road and north-easterly along its western side to a point in line with the northern boundary of Lot 10 aforesaid; thence across that road to the north-western corner of the said Lot 10, the point of commencement.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Te Kuiti, the County of Waitomo, and the Te Kuiti Riding of the County of Waitomo.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th June, 1927.
PURSUANT to the provisions of section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the Borough of Te Kuiti are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having been altered by Order in Council dated the 23rd day of May, 1927, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and published in Gazette No. 33 of the 26th day of May, 1927.
And also in pursuance of the provisions of the said section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the County of Waitomo affected by the said Order in Council dated the 23rd day of May, 1927, are hereby defined as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.
And in further pursuance of the provisions of the said section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the Te Kuiti Riding of the County of Waitomo affected by the said Order in Council dated the 23rd day of May, 1927, are hereby defined as set out in the Third Schedule hereto.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
BOUNDARIES OF BOROUGH OF TE KUITI.
ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of part Pukenui 2T, Section 3, as shown on plan 15840, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland; thence north-easterly along the southern boundaries of Te Kumi No. 3 Block and the crossing of a road to the Mangakewa Stream ;

thence across and along that stream to a point in line with the north-western boundary-line of Section 2A, Block XV, Orahiri Survey District; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of that section; along its north-western boundary-line and the north-western boundary of Section 1, Block XV aforesaid, and by Allotment 5 of Section 11, Block XVI, Orahiri Survey District, to the road at its south-eastern corner; thence along a right line to the northernmost corner of Te Kuiti No. 7; thence by Te Kuiti No. 10 Block to the north-western boundary of Te Kuiti No. 11 Block; thence by the said north-western boundary to the Mangaokewa Stream; thence across that stream and along its left bank to Pukenui 2D 4 Block; thence along the north-western boundary of the last-mentioned block to a branch railway-line to ballast-pit; thence by the said railway-line to the Main Trunk Railway; across the said Main Trunk Railway, and north-westerly along its south-western side to the northern-most corner of part Pukenui 2D No. 7B 6A; thence southerly generally along part of the western boundaries of Pukenui Blocks 2D 7B 6A and 2D 7B 6B and that part of Pukenui 2D 7B, part Section 1, shown on plan 7910, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence south-easterly along the north-western boundary of Pukenui 2N Block, and the crossing of a road at its north-western corner; thence along a right line to the northernmost corner of Pukenui 2D, No 7A Block; thence along the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Pukenui 2T to the westernmost corner of Pukenui 2D, Section E No 4; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of Pukenui 2D, Section E, Nos. 4, 3, 2, and 1, to the southernmost corner of Lot 2 on plan 6731, deposited as aforesaid; thence north-westerly along a right line to road peg No. XIII; thence north-westerly for a distance 3080·4 links, to a point distant 1308 links from the north-eastern boundary of Pukenui, part No. 2T, Section 3, on plan 15840, deposited as aforesaid; thence along a right line to that boundary and north-westerly along the said boundary to its northernmost corner, the point of commencement.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF WAITOMO.
All that area of land in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by a line commencing at a point where the northern boundary of Section 1, Block VI, Marakopa Survey District, intersects the coast-line; thence south-easterly by the said northern boundary of Section 1 to the Kiritohera Road; thence across the said road and southwards by the eastern boundary of Section 2B (scenic reserve) to the point where the said boundary intersects the northern boundary of Section 2; thence following the northern and eastern boundaries of the said Section 2 to the junction with the Ngawaitangirua Road; thence across the said road and along the north-east boundary of Section 3, Block II, Whareorino Survey District; thence by the northern and north-western boundaries of Sections 4 and 3, Block I, Maungamangero Survey District, to the intersection of the Manga kokopu Road, across the said road, and thence easterly by the northern boundary of Sections 7 and 2 of Block I, Maungamangero Survey District, and Sections 5, 2, and 1 of Block II, Maungamangero Survey District, to the intersection of the Mahoenui-Kawhia Road; thence across the said road to the middle of the Mangaohao River; thence from this point to the intersection of the northern boundary of Section 7, Block I, Orahiri Survey District, with Section 1, Block IV, Kawhia South Survey District, as described in the First Schedule to the Waitomo County Act, 1904; thence eastwards along the northern boundary of the said Section 7 to the Hauturu Road; thence southwards along the middle of the said road to a point opposite to the northern boundary of Section 3, Block I, Orahiri Survey District; thence across that road and along the said boundary of Section 3 to the intersection with the Orongo Road; thence across the said road and along the southern side of the road to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Section 4, Block I, Orahiri Survey District; thence due south along the said eastern boundary of Section 4, south-easterly by the north-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block V, Orahiri Survey District, and eastwards generally by the north-east and eastern boundaries of the Hauturu East B No. 2 Block to where the northern boundary of Section 19, Block VII, Orahiri Survey District, intersects; thence eastward along the northern boundary of the said Section 19 and Section 18; thence north and eastwards again by the western and northern boundaries of the Hauturu East C No. 2B Block to the intersection of the Haurua Road, across the said road, and easterly and southwards along the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 7A and the eastern boundary of Section 8A, Block VIII, Orahiri Survey District, Hauturu East No. 2A 3, to the intersection of the Te Kuiti - Otorohanga Road, across the