Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 473

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, Hokianga County, containing approximately 87 acres, being Allotment 10, Waima Parish, and being tidal land adjoining Allotment 4, Waima Parish, aforesaid; as the same is more particularly delineated on a plan marked M.D. 7044, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of March, 1932.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Approved in Council.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Altering Boundaries of Awatere and Marlborough Counties, and including Area in Omaka Riding, Marlborough County.

[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided by subsection two of section fourteen of the Counties Act, 1920, that the boundaries of any one 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 Awatere County Council on the twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, praying for the alterations of the boundaries of the Awatere and Marlborough Counties in the manner described in the said resolution and in the First Schedule hereto :

And whereas a similar resolution was passed by the Marlborough County Council on the eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one :

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

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the said Act, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, the Governor-General 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 Awatere County, shall be added to and form part of the Marlborough County; that the boundaries of the Awatere and Marlborough 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 the Marlborough County shall be included in the Omaka Riding of the said county; and that the boundaries of that riding shall be those set forth in the Third Schedule hereto :

And I do also proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA EXCLUDED FROM AWATERE COUNTY AND INCLUDED IN MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the western side of the Taylor Pass Road with the road forming the northern boundary of Section 1 (Rifle Range), Wither Settlement, Block III, Taylor Pass Survey District; thence southerly and easterly along the western and southern sides of the Taylor Pass Road to the Taylor River; thence by a right line to the northern side of the Taylor Pass Road; thence along the northern and eastern sides of the Taylor Pass Road to the road forming the northern boundary of Section 1 (Rifle Range), Wither Settlement aforesaid; thence by a right line to the point of commencement.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

AWATERE COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District bounded on the north-west and north by the Marlborough County, hereinafter described, from the western boundary of the Marlborough Land District to the mouth of the Awatere River; thence by the sea to the mouth of the Clarence River; thence up the middle of the Clarence River to the boundary-line between the Provincial Districts of Marlborough and Nelson; thence along that boundary to the confluence of the Clarence and Acheron Rivers; thence up the middle of the Acheron River to the Guide River, and up the middle of the Guide River to Barefell Pass; thence north-westerly along the boundary-line between the Marlborough and Nelson Provincial Districts to the southernmost point of the Marlborough County, the point of commencement.

MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.

All that area in the Marlborough Land District bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station P. (Matapehe or McLaren Peak), in Block VI, Tennyson Survey District, and proceeding thence south-easterly along the summit of the Opouri Range and the summit of the northern watershed of the Kaiuma River to Black Point (Whataaruke), along Mohau Sound, to the north-western corner of Section 21, Pelorus Sound District; thence along a right line to the south-eastern corner of a block of land granted to Joseph Toms; thence along Queen Charlotte Sound to Karaka Point; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Waikawa Native Reserve to Trig. Station B, and along the summit of the watershed, through Mt. Robertson, to a point bearing north 45 degrees west of the southern point of White’s Bay; thence along a right line to said southern point of White’s Bay, and along the sea-coast to the Awatere River, and up the middle of that river to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Section 30, Block VIII, Clifford Bay Survey District; thence to and along that boundary, along the middle of a public road forming the north-western boundary of Section 31, along the middle of a public road fronting Sections 29 and 28, along the south-western and north-western boundaries of 4 of Block I, the south-western boundaries of 6 of Block II, 15 of Block II, and 14 of Block II, along the south-eastern boundaries of 14 of Block II, and 27 of Block II, to Boundary Stream, up the middle of that stream to Maxwell Pass, and down the middle of a tributary of the Taylor River to the Taylor River, at the base of a hill called The Maori, along the western side of the Taylor Pass Road to the confluence of the Taylor Pass Creek with the Taylor River; thence by that river to the nearest point to the south-western corner of Section 44 of Block I, Omaka District; thence to and along the watershed between the Wairau and Awatere Rivers to its intersection with a right line running from Barefell Pass to Trig. Station, Top No. 2 (near Tophouse); thence north-westerly along that line to said Trig. Station, Top No. 2; thence along a right line to Ward’s Pass, and along the summit of the range being the northern watershed of the Wairau River to Slaty Peak at the source of the Pelorus River; thence down the middle of the said Pelorus River to the Heringa River; thence up the middle of the Heringa River to its source at Trig. Station B, Saddle Hill; thence along the summit of the north-western watershed of the Pelorus River to Trig. Station P, the point of commencement: excluding therefrom the Boroughs of Picton and Blenheim.

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

OMAKA RIDING.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Marlborough County bounded on the north-east, east, and south, by the county boundary from the mouth of the Wairau River to a point in line with southern side of the Taylor Pass Road; thence by the southern and western sides of the Taylor Pass Road to its intersection with the road forming the southern boundary of Section 28, Block III, Taylor Pass Survey District; thence across that road and along the southern boundary of Lot 4 of Section 28 and its production to the eastern side of the road forming the eastern boundary of Section 28 aforesaid; thence northerly along that road and across Alabama Road to the western boundary of the Borough of Blenheim; thence along that boundary to the south-eastern corner of Section 7; thence along the southern boundaries of Sections 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 72, 73, 74, 75, and the eastern boundary of Section 89 to the road forming the northern boundary of the said Section 89; thence westerly along that road to the road forming the western boundary of Section 160; thence northerly along that road and its production to the middle of the Opawa River; thence down the middle of that river to a point in line with the road forming the north-western boundary of Section 29; thence along that road and the road forming the north-eastern boundary of said Section 29 to the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section 30, Block XVI, Cloudy Bay Survey District; thence along that road and its production to the left bank of the Wairau River; thence down the left bank of the Wairau River to its mouth, the place of commencement: excluding therefrom the Borough of Blenheim.

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 4th day of March, 1932.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(I.A. 19/86/140.)