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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

Situated in Block VIII, Hapuakohe Survey District. (S.O. plan 18784.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 16/2034, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, under No. 2567, and thereon coloured green.

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 9th day of May, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(L. and S. 16/2034.)

Extending Definition of “Unlawful Weapon” in Arms Act, 1920, to include “Gas Guns” and other similar Weapons.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the Arms Act, 1920, it is enacted that “Unlawful weapon” means an automatic pistol and includes any other weapon or class of weapon, whether a firearm or not, that may be declared by the Governor-General by Proclamation to be an unlawful weapon within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient that the provisions of the said Act relating to unlawful weapons be applied to certain other classes of weapon:

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare every firearm, weapon, and device designed for the purpose of discharging any lachrymatory, deleterious, or toxic gas, smoke, or other stupefying or overpowering thing capable of rendering any person either wholly or partially incapable of resistance, and any part or parts of any such firearm, weapon, or device, and any gas, substance, material, or thing specially intended or adapted for use as part of or in conjunction with any such firearm, weapon, or device, save and except any device or any part or parts of any device, or any gas, substance, material, or thing designed and intended solely for any medical, surgical, veterinary, scientific, agricultural, industrial, or other similar lawful purpose, to be an unlawful weapon within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Act.

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 3rd day of May, 1932.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Altering Boundaries of Ekatahuna and Pahiatua Counties, and including Area in Kaitawa Riding, Pahiatua 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 Pahiatua County Council on the fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, praying for the alteration of the boundaries of the Ekatahuna and Pahiatua Counties in the manner described in the said resolution and in the First Schedule hereto:

And whereas a similar resolution was passed by the Ekatahuna County Council on the twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two:

And whereas it is expedient to make such alteration in accordance with the said resolutions, and that the area to be added to the Pahiatua County should be included in the Kaitawa 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 Ekatahuna County, shall be added to and form part of the Pahiatua County; that the boundaries of the Ekatahuna and Pahiatua 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 Pahiatua County shall be included in the Kaitawa Riding of the said county; and that the boundaries of that riding shall be those set forth in the Third Schedule hereto:

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA EXCLUDED FROM EKETAHUNA COUNTY AND INCLUDED IN PAHIATUA COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-eastern corner of Section 61, Block VIII, Mangaone Survey District; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Sections 61, 62, and 63, and the north-eastern boundary of Sections 64 and 65, all of Block VIII aforesaid, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the south-eastern boundary of said Section 65 and its production across a public road to the middle of the Tiraumea River; thence down the middle of the Tiraumea River to a point in line with the northern boundary of Section 61, Block VIII aforesaid; thence easterly to and along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of said Section 61, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

EKETAHUNA COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded on the north by the Pahiatua County, hereinafter described, from Arawaru Trig. Station to Peg VIII on the summit of the Puketoi Range; thence by traverse-lines to the northernmost corner of Section 23, Block III, Puketoi Survey District; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 23, 9, 10, and 13, Block III aforesaid, the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 2 and 10, Block IV, Puketoi Survey District, and the north-western boundaries of Sections 9 and 8, Block IV aforesaid, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the north-eastern boundary of said Section 8 to the Alfredton-Weber Road; thence along the northern side of that road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 9, Block VIII, Puketoi Survey District; thence to and along that boundary and the south-eastern boundary of the said Section 9 to the north-eastern boundary of Section 13, Block VIII aforesaid; thence along the north-eastern boundary of Section 13 aforesaid, and the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 32 and 33, Block V, Aohanga Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the eastern boundary of Section 33 to the Waihoki Valley Road; thence along the northern side of that road to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Section 2, Block VIII, Puketoi Survey District; thence along the eastern boundary of that section and of Section 20, Block XII, Puketoi Survey District, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the eastern boundaries of Sections 222 and 22 (E.R.), Block XII aforesaid, to the south-eastern corner of the said Section 22 (E.R.); thence along the south-western boundaries of Sections 22 (E.R.), 15, and 14, Block XII, Puketoi Survey District, to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the eastern boundaries of Section 193, Block XII, and Sections 192 and 161 in Block XVI, Puketoi Survey District, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the north-western boundary of Section 822 to Section 824, Block III, Mangapakeha Survey District; thence along the northern boundary of that section to the Taueru River; thence down the middle of that river to a point in line with the northern boundary of Section 225, Block II, Mangapakeha Survey District; thence along the south-western boundary of that section to its south-western corner; thence along the north-western boundaries of Sections 149 and 148, Block II, Mangapakeha Survey District, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along a right line to the easternmost corner of Section 26, Block I, Mangapakeha Survey District; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 26 and 25, Block I aforesaid, to the northernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the north-western boundaries of Sections 25, 24, 23, and 22 to the north-eastern boundary of Section 17; thence along that boundary and the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, and 91 to Barton’s Road; thence along Barton’s Road to the north-eastern boundary of Section 17, Block XV, Mangaone Survey District; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, and 29, Block XV aforesaid, to Baker Road; thence along Baker Road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 26, Block XV; thence along that boundary and the north-western boundaries of said Section 26 and Section 77 to the Mangaoronga Road; thence along that