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6. Hawke’s Bay Provincial Patriotic District
   All that area bounded towards the east generally by the sea from the southernmost corner of the East Coast Provincial Patriotic District, hereinbefore described, at Paritu, to the mouth of the Waimata Stream; towards the south-west by the Wellington Land District to the middle of the Manawatu Gorge; towards the north-west by the Wellington Land District, being a right line to Wharite Trig. Station, by the summit of the Ruahine Range to Trig. Station Otupae, and by a right line to the intersection of the 39° parallel of south latitude by 176° 30’ east longitude, being a point on the southern boundary of the Bay of Plenty Provincial Patriotic District hereinbefore described; towards the north, west, and again towards the north by that district to the East Coast Provincial Patriotic District hereinbefore described; towards the north-east by that district, and including all adjacent islands.

7. Taranaki Provincial Patriotic District
   All that area bounded towards the south-west and north-west by the sea from the mouth of the Patea River to the mouth of the Awakino River; towards the north generally by the Waikato Provincial Patriotic District hereinbefore described to the western boundary of the Ohura County; towards the east by the Ohura County to the 39° parallel of south latitude; towards the north by the 39° parallel of south latitude to the Wanganui River; towards the east generally by the Wanganui River to Pipiriki; towards the south-east by the Wellington Land District to the mouth of the Patea River, and including all adjacent islands.

8. Wellington Provincial Patriotic District
   All that area bounded towards the west, north, east, and north-east generally by the Taranaki, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and Hawke’s Bay Provincial Patriotic Districts, all hereinbefore described, from the mouth of the Patea River to the mouth of the Waimata Stream; towards the south-east, south-west, and west by the sea, and including all adjacent islands.

9. Marlborough Provincial Patriotic District
   All that area bounded towards the north-west by the Nelson Land District from the northern corner of Amuri County to the southern side of Elaine Bay; towards the north by the southern shore of Elaine Bay; towards the north-west by Pelorus Sound; towards the north-east and south-east generally by the sea from the entrance of Pelorus Sound to the mouth of the Conway River; towards the south and south-west by the Cheviot and Amuri Counties to Palmer Saddle; towards the south by a right line from Palmer Saddle to the junction of the Acheron and Clarence Rivers; towards the west by the Amuri County, and including all adjacent islands.

10. Nelson Provincial Patriotic District
    All that area bounded towards the south-east by the Marlborough Provincial Patriotic District, hereinbefore described, from the south shore of Elaine Bay to the northern corner of Amuri County, and by the Amuri County; towards the south generally by the Inangahua and Grey Counties; towards the north-west, north-east, and again towards the north-west by the sea; towards the south-east by Pelorus Sound to the southern shore of Elaine Bay, and including all adjacent islands.

11. Westland Provincial Patriotic District
    All that area bounded towards the north generally by the Nelson Provincial Patriotic District, hereinbefore described, from the sea to the north-western boundary of the Amuri County, being the summit of the Spenser Mountains; towards the south-east by the summit of the Spenser Mountains and the Southern Alps to Mount Aspiring; towards the south by a right line from Mount Aspiring to the northern shore of Big Bay; towards the north-west by the sea, and including all adjacent islands.

12. Canterbury Provincial Patriotic District
    All that area bounded towards the north-east by the Marlborough Provincial Patriotic District, hereinbefore described, from the northern corner of Amuri County to the mouth of the Conway River; towards the south-east generally by the sea from the mouth of the Conway River to the mouth of the Waitaki River; towards the south-west by the Waitaki and Ohau Rivers to the outlet of Lake Ohau; towards the south by a right line from the outlet of Lake Ohau to Mount Aspiring; towards the north-west by the Westland and Nelson Provincial Patriotic Districts hereinbefore described, and including the Chatham Islands and all adjacent islands.

13. Otago Provincial Patriotic District
    All that area bounded towards the north generally by the Westland and Canterbury Provincial Patriotic Districts, hereinbefore described, from the northern shore of Big Bay to the mouth of the Waitaki River; towards the south-east by the sea from the mouth of the Waitaki River to the mouth of the Waipati River, being the eastern corner of the Southland County; towards the west by the Southland County; towards the south-west by the Southland and Wallace Counties to Bligh Sound; towards the north-west by the sea from Bligh Sound to the northern shore of Big Bay, and including all adjacent islands.

14. Southland Provincial Patriotic District
    All that area bounded towards the north-east and east by the Otago Provincial Patriotic District, hereinbefore described, from Bligh Sound to the mouth of the Waipati River; towards the south, west, and north-west by the sea, and including Stewart Island and all adjacent islands.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 172/17/37.)

Result of Election of a Member of the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th June, 1948.
The following result of the election of a member of the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926:-
Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board . . A. W. Sinclair.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 76/4/65.)

Registered Medical Practitioner prohibited from dealing in or issuing Prescriptions for Dangerous Drugs
Pursuant to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Regulations 1928, I, Mabel Bowden Howard, Minister of Health, being satisfied that Robert Lanktree Withers, a registered medical practitioner, has committed a breach of the terms of the licence deemed to be held by him under the said regulations, and acting on the recommendation of the Medical Council, do hereby revoke the licence deemed to be held by the said Robert Lanktree Withers under the said regulations, and do hereby prohibit the said Robert Lanktree Withers from issuing prescriptions for the dispensing of dangerous drugs.
Given under my hand at Wellington, this 5th day of June, 1948.
M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.
Notice of Intention to take Additional Land in Block XVI, Mangaoporo Survey District, for a Maori School
NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the additional land described in the Schedule hereto for a Maori school: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Ruatoria and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of the said land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.
SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of additional land required to be taken : 2 acres 3 roods 39·3 perches.
Being part Section 8.
Situated in Block XVI, Mangaoporo Survey District (Gisborne R.D.). (S.O. 4430.)
In the Gisborne Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 126829, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon edged orange.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 14th day of June, 1948.
R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 31/175.)
Notice of Intention to take Land in Block IV, Takapau Survey District, for a Gravel-pit
NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for a gravel-pit: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Takapau and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of the said land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.
SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken : 2 acres 0 roods 0·7 perches.
Being part of Block 120, Ruataniwha Crown Grant District.
Situated in Block IV, Takapau Survey District (Hawke’s Bay R.D.). (S.O. 2266.)
In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 126490, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 16th day of June, 1948.
R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 62/86/5.)