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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

Districts reconstituted under the Marriage Act, 1908.

[L.S.]

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Marriage Act, 1908, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage districts known as the Carterton, Greytown, Martinborough, and Featherston districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into four marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows :—

CARTERTON DISTRICT.

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 due east along that line to the source of said river; thence down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ruamahanga River; thence down the middle of the Ruamahanga River to its confluence with the Taueru River; thence up the middle of the Taueru River to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 95, Block VI, Otahoua Survey District; thence along the south-western boundaries of Sections 95, 105, 104, 103, and 102 to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along a line running due south to the northern boundary of the Te Kahu Block; thence along the eastern boundary of the Te Kahu Block and the Waioterangi Stream to the north-western corner of Section 69, Block XI, Otahoua Survey District; thence along the north-western boundaries of Sections 69 and 49 to the north-eastern boundary of Section 50, Block XIV, Otahoua Survey District; thence along the north-eastern boundary of said Section 50 to its easternmost corner; thence south-westerly along the north-western boundaries of Sections 65 and 64, Block XIV, Otahoua Survey District, to the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the south-western boundaries of Sections 64 and 74 to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the north-western and south-western boundaries of Section 80, Block XV, Otahoua Survey District, to the Wainuioru River; thence up the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ruamahanga River; thence up the middle of that river to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Section 246, Block VIII, Wainuioru Survey District; thence south-easterly along a right line to the nearest bend of the Kaiwhata River; thence down that river to the sea; thence south-westerly along the sea-coast to the Waihingaia River; thence up that river to the easternmost corner of Section 168, Block VII, Mount Adams Survey District; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 168 and 213, Block VII aforesaid, to the westernmost corner of Section No. 214 of the said Block VII; thence along the south-eastern boundary of Section 232 to its easternmost corner; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 232 and 231, Block VII, Sections 230 and 228, Block VI, Mount Adams Survey District, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of Sections 227 and 222, Block II, Mount Adams Survey District, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the south-eastern boundary of Section 302 and the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Section 301, Block XIV, Wainuioru Survey District, to the Pahaoa River; thence up the middle of the Pahaoa River to a point in line with the eastern boundary of part 1 of Section 293, Block XIV, Wainuioru Survey District; thence along the eastern and northern boundaries of said part 1 of Section 293 to the south-western corner of Section 291, Block X, Wainuioru Survey District; thence along the north-western boundaries of said Section 291 and Section 286A to the road forming the northern boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence northerly and westerly along that road to the north-eastern corner of Section 259, Block X, Wainuioru Survey District; thence north-westerly along the northern boundaries of Sections 259, 258, 257, and 254, Blocks IX and X aforesaid, to the Wainuioru River; thence down the middle of that river to a point in line with the south-western boundary-line of Section 3, Block IX, Wainuioru Survey District; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of that section; thence along the south-western and part of the western boundary of said Section 3 to the southern boundary-line of Section 5, Block XII, Huangarua Survey District, Mahupuku Settlement; thence along the southern boundaries of Sections 5 and 1, Block XII aforesaid, to the Whangaehu Stream; thence up the middle of the Whangaehu Stream to the Whangaehu Road on the eastern boundary of Section 40, Block VII, Huangarua Survey District; thence northerly and westerly along the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of Section 1, Block VII, Huangarua Survey District, to the south-eastern corner of Section 2, Block VII aforesaid; thence along the southern boundary of said Section 2 to Ponatahi Road; thence across that road and southerly along its western side to the south-eastern corner of Section 5, Block III, Huangarua Survey District; thence along the south-western boundaries of the said Section 5 to the Pohaturiki Stream; thence down the middle of that stream to the Waiohine River; thence up the middle of the Waiohine River to its source; thence along a right line to the summit of the Tararua Range and northerly along the summit of the range to the point of commencement.

GREYTOWN DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded on the north generally by the Carterton Registration District hereinbefore described from the summit of the Tararua Range to the sea; thence south-westerly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Pahaoa River; thence up the middle of the Pahaoa River to its confluence with the Kaikaikuri Stream; thence along a right line to the confluence of the Whangaehu Stream with the Huangarua River; thence down the middle of the Huangarua River to its confluence with the Ruamahanga River; thence down the middle of the Ruamahanga River to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 103, Block IX, Huangarua Survey District; thence to and along that boundary and its production to the Hikinui Stream; thence down the middle of the Hikinui Stream to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 17, Block V, Huangarua Survey District; thence to and along that boundary to the northernmost corner of said Section 17; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of Section 8, Tawaha Settlement, Block VIII, Wairarapa Survey District, to its southernmost corner; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of the said Section 8 to and across the Kahautara–Te Maire Road; thence south-westerly along the western side of that road to the southernmost corner of Section 1, Tawaha Settlement, Block VIII aforesaid; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of said Section 1 and its production to the south-eastern boundary of Section 78, Block VIII aforesaid; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of Sections 78 and 76, Block VIII, and the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section 93, Block VII, Wairarapa Survey District, to the Tauherenikau River; thence up the middle of that river to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Section 102, Block VI, Waiohine Survey District; thence along a line running due west to the summit of the Rimutaka Range; thence northerly along the summits of the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges to the place of commencement.

MARTINBOROUGH DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded on the north and north-east generally by the Greytown Registration District hereinbefore described from the Tauherenikau River to the sea; thence south-westerly, westerly, and northerly along the sea-coast to Onoke Lake; thence up the eastern side of the Onoke Lake to the Ruamahanga River; thence up the middle of the Ruamahanga River to Wairarapa Lake; thence up the eastern side of Wairarapa Lake to the mouth of the Tauherenikau River; thence up the middle of the Tauherenikau River to the boundary of the Greytown District hereinbefore described, the place of commencement.

FEATHERSTON DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded on the north and east by the Greytown Registration District hereinbefore described, on the east generally by the Martinborough Registration District hereinbefore described, on the south and south-west by the sea, and on the west by the Rimutaka Range.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.

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 21st day of February, 1935.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

GOD SAVE THE KING !