THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930.

Altering the Boundaries of Waitomo and Taumarunui Counties, and including Area in Waimiha Riding, Taumarunui County.

[L.S.]
MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided, inter alia, by subsection two of section fourteen of the Counties Act, 1920, that the boundaries of any two or more counties may be altered in accordance with a resolution proposing the alteration passed by the Council of each of such counties in which the Counties Act is in force:

And whereas a resolution was passed by the Waitomo County Council on the thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, praying for the alteration of the boundaries of the Waitomo and Taumarunui Counties in the manner described in the said resolution and in the First Schedule hereto:

And whereas a similar resolution was passed by the Taumarunui County Council on the thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine:

And whereas it is expedient that such alteration be made in accordance with the said resolutions, and that the area to be added to the Taumarunui County should be included in the Waimiha Riding of that county:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the said Act, I, Sir Michael Myers, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area described in the First Schedule hereto, being now part of the Waitomo County, shall be added to and form part of the Taumarunui County; that the boundaries of the Waitomo and Taumarunui Counties as so altered shall be those set forth under the respective headings in the Second Schedule hereto; that the area added as aforesaid to Taumarunui County shall be included in the Waimiha Riding of the said county; and that the boundaries of the said Waimiha Riding as so altered shall be those set forth in the Third Schedule hereto.

A

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA EXCLUDED FROM WAITOMO COUNTY AND INCLUDED IN TAUMARUNUI COUNTY.

All that area in the Auckland and Taranaki Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Ongarue River in line with the south-western boundary of Rangitoto-Tuhua 77B 1B 2C; thence to and along that boundary to the middle of the North Island Main Trunk Railway; thence northerly generally along the middle of that railway to its intersection with the north-western boundary of Rangitoto-Tuhua 78B; thence along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of that block; thence northerly along the western boundary of Sections 1 and 2, Block III, Pahi Survey District, to the north-western corner of the said Section 2; thence along the northern boundaries of the said Section 2, and the western, northern, and eastern boundaries of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 37B to the north-western corner of Rangitoto-Tuhua 36A 1B 2B; thence along the north-western north-eastern, and eastern boundaries of the said Rangitoto-Tuhua 36A 1B 2B to Pukemako Trig. Station; thence along the north-eastern boundary of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 54 and that boundary produced to the middle of the Ongarue River; thence down the middle of that river to the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

WAITOMO COUNTY.

All that area in the Auckland and Taranaki Land Districts bounded 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 along the said northern boundary of Section 1 to the Kiritothere Road; thence across the said road and southwards along 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, Whareorina Survey District; thence along the northern and north-western boundaries of Sections 4 and 3, Block I, Maungamangero Survey