May 14.]

Henry Gershon Stainton
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Upper
Hutt, as from the 30th day of April, 1931.

Albert McNicol Gordon Ward
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Otahuhu, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Otahuhu, as from the 28th day of April, 1931.

Constable Edward Frank Smith
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates' Court at Collingwood
for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1928, and
Clerk and Bailiff of the Warden's Court, Receiver of Gold
Revenue and Mining Registrar at Collingwood for the Karamea
Mining District, constituted under the Mining Act, 1926, as
from the 4th day of May, 1931.

Thomas Percival Pain
to be Assistant Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Palmerston
North for the purposes of section 19 of the Magistrates'
Courts Act, 1928, as from the 8th day of May, 1931.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Masterton, the County
of Masterton, and the Opaki Riding and Te Whiti Riding
of the County of Masterton.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th May, 1931.
PURSUANT to the provisions of section 141 of the Municipal
Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the
Borough of Masterton are hereby defined as set out in the First
Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having
been altered by Orders in Council (2) and a Proclamation,
made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, dated the
23rd day of March, 1931, and published in Gazette, No. 23,
of the 26th day of March, 1931.

And also, in pursuance of the provisions of the said section
141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries
of the County of Masterton affected by the said Orders in
Council and the said Proclamation 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 Opaki and Te Whiti Ridings of the County
of Masterton affected by the said Orders in Council and the
said Proclamation are hereby defined as set out in the Third
Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF MASTERTON.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded by a
line commencing at the intersection of the eastern boundary
of the railway reserve with the northern boundary of Section
63, Block I, Otahoua Survey District; thence easterly along
the said northern boundary to a point distant 500 links from
the western side of the Masterton-Eketahuna Road; thence
northerly along a right line parallel to and distant 500 links
from the Masterton-Eketahuna Road for a distance of
200 links; thence along a right line parallel to and distant
200 links from the northern boundary of Section 63 to the
Masterton-Eketahuna Road; thence across that road and
northerly along its eastern side to the northern side of Fifth
Street; thence easterly along the northern side of Fifth
Street to Manuka Street; thence across Manuka Street and
southerly along its eastern side to the northern boundary of
Section 72, Block I, Otahoua Survey District; thence easterly
along that boundary and the northern boundary of Section 73,
Block I aforesaid, to the western side of Gordon Street;
thence southerly along the western side of Gordon Street to
the northern side of the Masterton-Te Ore Ore Road;
thence north-westerly along the northern side of that road
to a point in line with the eastern side of Blair Street; thence
to and along the eastern side of Blair Street to a point in
line with the western boundary of Lot 1 on plan 1626, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence to and along that boundary to the south-
western corner of the said Lot 1; thence westerly along a
right line, being the production of the south-western boundary
of the said Lot 1, to the right bank of the Waipoua River;
thence down the right bank of the Waipoua and Ruamahanga
Rivers to a point in line with the north-western boundary of
Section 14, Masterton Small Farms Settlement; thence to
and along that boundary to Johnstone Street; thence across
Johnstone Street and along the north-western boundary of
Section 10, Masterton Small Farms Settlement for a distance
of 250 links; thence north-westerly along a line parallel to
and distant 250 links from the south-western side of John-
stone Street to the north-western boundary of Section 9,
Masterton Small Farms Settlement; thence south-westerly
along that boundary and its production to the middle of the
Kuripuni Stream; thence up the middle of that stream to
the north-western boundary of Section 30, Manaia Block;

thence along that boundary to the north-eastern and north-
western boundaries of Section 29, the north-eastern boundary
of Section 3, and its production to the middle of the South
Road; thence south-easterly along the middle of that road
to a point in line with the northern side of Junction Road;
thence along said northern side of Junction Road and its
production to the middle of High Street; thence easterly
along the middle of High Street to its intersection with
Solway Street; thence north-westerly along a right line
through Section 43 to the intersection of the middle-lines
of Railway Road and a road forming the southern boundary
of Section 34, Masterton Small Farms Settlement; thence
north-easterly along the middle of the said Railway Road to
its intersection with the middle of Upper Plain Road; thence
along the middle of that road to a point in line with the north-
western boundary of Lot 1 on plan 5504, deposited in the
office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence
to and along that boundary and along the north-eastern
boundaries of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the said plan 5504 to the
westernmost corner of the land shown on certificate of title,
Vol. 326, folio 124; thence along the north-western and
north-eastern boundaries of that land and the production of
the last-mentioned boundary to the middle of the Ngaumu-
tawa Road; thence along the middle of that road to its
intersection with the middle-line of the road intersecting
Lot 1 on plan 4017, deposited as aforesaid; thence by a
right line to a point on the right bank of the Waipoua River
in line with the north-western boundary of Section 31,
Masterton Small Farms Settlement; thence down the right
bank of the Waipoua River to the south-eastern side of the
railway reserve, and north-easterly along that side of the
said reserve to the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF MASTERTON.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded by a
line commencing at a point on the summit of the Tararua
Range due west of the northernmost source of the Waingawa
River; thence by a line along the summit of the range to
Mount Dundas; thence northerly along a right line through
Mount Dundas in line with Arawaru Trig. Station to a point
bearing 297° from Tawhero Trig. Station; thence to that trig.
station and along the Tawhero Range to the western boundary
of Section 9, Block IV, Mikimiki Survey District; thence
southerly along that boundary and its production to the
middle of the Ruamahanga River, down the middle of that
river to the north-western boundary of Section 71, Block VIII,
Mikimiki Survey District; along that boundary, the north-
eastern and south-eastern boundaries of said Section 71, the
north-eastern boundary of Section 32, the northern boundary of
Section 69, the western and northern boundaries of Section 27,
and the production of the last-mentioned boundary, across a
road, southerly along the eastern side of that road, to and
along the northern boundary of Section 70 to the Kopuaranga
River; thence up the middle of that river to Section 52,
Block V, Kopuaranga Survey District, along the northern
boundaries of Sections 51, 97, 98, and 99, said Block V, the
western boundaries of Section 43, Block VI, the western and
northern boundaries of Section 44, Block II, and the produc-
tion of the last-mentioned boundary-line across Stuckey’s
Road; southerly along the eastern side of that road to and
along the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 42, the
northern boundary of Section 52, Block VI, and its production
to the eastern side of the Wangaehu Valley Road; southerly along
that roadside, to and along the northern boundaries generally
of Sections 113, 114, and 210, along the western boundary
of Lot 3 of Section 118, across Cleland’s Road, the western
boundary of Section 112, the western and northern boundaries
of Section 111, across Mangarei Road, along the north-
eastern boundary of Section 211, the western boundaries of
Sections 141 and 140, the south-eastern, south-western, and
the north-western boundaries of Section 19, the north-western
and north-eastern boundaries of Section 20, the north-eastern
boundaries of Sections 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, along the north-
eastern boundaries of Sections 25 and 26 to the easternmost
corner of the last-mentioned section, along a right line to the
northernmost corner of Section 148, the north-western bound-
aries of Sections 148 and 149, the southern boundary of the
last-mentioned section to the Taueru River; thence up the
middle of the said Taueru River to a point in line with the
northern boundary of Section 824, Block III, Mangapakeha
Survey District; thence easterly along that boundary to the
northernmost corner of Lot 1 on plan 4896, deposited in the
office of the District Land Registrar, at Wellington; thence
generally southerly along the eastern boundary of Lot 1 and
the western boundary of Lot 2 on plan 4896, deposited as
aforesaid, to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned
lot; thence by a right line bearing 277° 36', distance 2428.3
links; thence by a line bearing 249° 53', distance 2644.3
links, to the southern boundary of Section 303; thence
westerly along that boundary to the eastern boundary of
Section 812; thence southerly along that boundary to the