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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 12

Notice as to Area in Canterbury Land District declared to be a Fire District.

Pursuant to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921-22,
I hereby notify that on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the district the area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared by me to be a fire district, and I do further specify the period from the lst day of November in any year to the 30th day of April in the following year, inclusive, as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said district, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer to set on fire or cause to be set on fire, any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or land-clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable material without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE.

CANTEPBURY LAND DISTRICT.-CANTERBURY FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.

Ashley Fire District.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Ashley and Kowai Counties, containing approximately 14,200 acres, situated in Blocks IX, X, XI, XIII, XIV, and XV, Grey Survey District, and Blocks I, II, and III, Rangiora Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at the southernmost corner of Rural Section 8428, in Block II aforesaid; thence towards the south-east by Mowatt's Road, Cones Road, and the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 32548; towards the south by Sloan and Clark's Roads; towards the east by Rural Sections 12177 and 2885 to Stony Stream and by a right line being the production of the north-eastern boundary of Section 2885 aforesaid, across that stream; towards the south-west by Stony Stream; towards the south-east by Rural Section 8797; towards the north-east by Copples Road to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Rural Section 7944; towards the south-east by a right line to the western corner of Rural Section 7944 and for a distance of 2051·1 links by that section; towards the north-east by a right line bearing 303° 46' 30" to the north-western side of Rural Section 8302; towards the south-east by Rural Sections 8302 and 23002; towards the north-east by Rural Section 23002 and Dowd's Road to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Rural Section 32279; towards the south-east by Rural Section 32279 to and across Ramsay Road; towards the south and south-west by Ramsay Road; towards the south-east by Reserve 1140; towards the east by Rural Section 6125 and a production of the western boundary of that section to Fox's Creek; towards the north by Fox's Creek to a point in line with the western-boundary of Rural Section 31524; towards the south-east by Rural Section 31524 to and across Ashworth Bush Road, by that road and by Rural Sections 23872 and 30560; towards the north by the south branch of the Kowai River; towards the north by the northern boundary of Lot 3, on D.P.'s 1868 and 1869, and by part of Rural Section 3708l to and across a public road; towards the east by that road, the crossing of another road, and by the first-mentioned road to a stream, a total distance of approximately 177 links; towards the north by that stream; towards the west by the Makerikeri River to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 8253; towards the south-east by a right line to the southern corner of that section, and by a public road to and across Carr's Road; and towards the south-west by Carr's Road to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 136/2, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Dated this 12th day of February, 1940.

H. T. ARMSTRONG,
For the Commissioner of State Forests.

Alteration of Boundaries of Tongariro and Karioi Fire Districts.

Whereas by notices published in Gazettes of the 26th day of October, 1922, at page 2873, and the 26th day of January, 1928, at page 225, respectively (hereinafter referred to as "the said notices"), certain areas in the Wellington Land District were declared to be Fire Districts (hereinafter referred to as "the said districts"): And whereas by notice published in Gazette of the 21st day of July, 1932, at page 1717, the said notices were varied:
And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of the said fire districts:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921-22, and section 6 of the Forests Amendment Act, 1925, and on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the Wellington Land District, I do hereby revoke the said notices and the aforementioned notice of variation and do declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a fire district to be known as the Tongariro Fire District, and I do further specify the period from the 1st day of August in any year to the 31st day of March in the following year, inclusive, as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said district, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire any timber, whether standing or not, or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or land-clearing operations, or any grass, or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. - WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.

Tongariro Fire District.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, Kaitieke, Waimarino, Taumarunui, and Taupo Counties, containing approximately 434,000 acres, situated in Hunua, Waimanu, Kaitieke, Tongariro, Pihanga, Manganui, Ruapehu, Kaimanawa, Makotuku, Karioi, and Moawhango Survey Districts, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at the junction of the Whakapapa and Wanganui Rivers; thence towards the north-east and north by the Wanganui River; towards the north and east by the Otamangakau Stream to the Roto Aira Road; towards the north-west and north-east by the Roto Aira Road. aforesaid, and the National Park-Taupo Main Highway to Te One Stream; towards the west by Te One Stream; towards the north and north-west by Lake Roto Aira and the Poutu Stream to the Waikato River; towards the east by the Waikato River to a point 50 chains north-east of the intersection of that river and the eastern side of the Waiouru-Tokaanu Road (Desert Road) and by lines 40 chains distant from and parallel to the eastern side of the said Waiouru-Tokaanu Road to the northern boundary of the land known as the Waiouru Township Reserve; towards the south by the said township reserve, the North Island Main Trunk Railway Reserve, the Waitangi Stream, and the Wangaehu River to the south-eastern corner of Rangiwaea 4r 4B Block; towards the west by Rangiwaea 4F 4B and 4F 4D Blocks and the Tokiahuru Stream; towards the south-west by Rangiwaea 4F 9 Block; towards the north-west by the Wangaehu Valley Road to and across the North Island Main Trunk Railway Reserve; towards the south-west by the said railway reserve; towards the south-east by the crossing of the said railway reserve and Rangiwaea 4F 7 Block; towards the south-west by Rangiwaea 4F 12A and 4F 12B Blocks; towards the north-west by the Waiakaki Stream; towards the south-west by the said railway reserve to the Mangaehuehu Stream; towards the east by the aforementioned Section 4, Block IX, Karioi Survey District; towards south-west by Section 25, Block V, Karioi Survey District; towards the north by the Rangataua Road and the Ohakune-Waiouru Road and the Rangataua Township to and across the aforementioned railway reserve; towards the south-west by the said railway reserve to the Urewera Road; towards the west by the last-mentioned road; towards the south-west by the Ohakune Township, the Mangawhero River, and the aforementioned railway reserve; towards the south-east by Section l, Block VI of Raetihi 4B Block; towards the south-west by a public road and by Lots 6 and 5, Block II, on D.P. 3230, and Lots 4, 3, 2, l, 14, and 13, on D.P. 4518, being subdivisions of part of Raetihi No. 4B Block; towards the north-west by Sections 11, 10, 9, and 8, and Crown land, Block XVI, Manganui Survey District, to a point in line with the north-eastern side of the public road forming the south-western boundary of Horopito West Township; towards the south-west by a right line to the last-mentioned public road and by that road to its junction with Middle Road; towards the south-east by Middle Road; towards the south-west by Section 17, Block XV, Manganui Survey District; towards the south-east by Section 17 aforesaid, and Sections 16 and 15, Block XV aforesaid; towards the south-west by Ridge Road, Section 3, Block XIV, Manganui Survey District, the Mangaturuturu Stream, and Section 15, Block XIV aforesaid; towards the north-west by a public road; towards the south-west by Section 16, Block XIV aforesaid, the crossing of a public road and the Manganui-a-te-Ao River, Sections 19, 16, 15, and 14, Block X, Manganui Survey District, and Section 13, Block IX, Manganui Survey District; towards the north-west by Sections 3, 4, and 5, Block VI, Manganui Survey District, and Section 31, Block VII,