And whereas it is deemed expedient to give effect to the final
scheme and to make provision as hereinafter appearing :
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in him by the Local Government Commission
Act, 1946, section thirty-seven of the Local Legislation Act, 1948,
and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby declare
that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-nine, the areas described in the First Schedule hereto
shall be included in the Hutt River District, and that the boundaries
of the said district as so altered shall be those set forth in the Second
Schedule hereto ; and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby
also declare that as on and from the date aforesaid, the said district
shall be divided into two subdivisions, to be called respectively
the Lower Hutt and Petone Subdivisions, described in the Third
Schedule hereto, and that the Hutt River Board shall consist of
seven members, of whom five shall represent the Lower Hutt
Subdivision, and two shall represent the Petone Subdivision
described in the Third Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE

AREAS INCLUDED IN HUTT RIVER DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, Borough of Petone,
bounded, commencing at the intersection of the western boundary
of the Borough of Petone, as at present constituted, with the mean
high-water mark of Port Nicholson ; thence northerly and easterly
generally along the western and northern boundaries of the Borough
of Petone to a point being the intersection of the southern side of
Wakefield Street with the production of a line parallel with and
distant 151·4 links from the western side of William Street ; thence
southerly along a line parallel with and distant 151·4 links from the
western side of William Street and its production across the Esplanade
to mean high-water mark of Port Nicholson ; and thence westerly
along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement.
Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, Borough
of Petone, being part Section 10, Hutt District, and being the whole
of the land shown on Deposited Plan No. 384, and sometimes referred
to as “Hutt Park Township.”

SECOND SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF HUTT RIVER DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District comprising the
Borough of Petone, portion of the City of Lower Hutt, and portion
of Hutt County, bounded, commencing at the intersection of the
western boundary of the Borough of Petone, as at present con-
stiuted, with the mean high-water mark of Port Nicholson ; thence
northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries
of the Borough of Petone to the western boundary of the City of
Lower Hutt as at present constituted ; thence northerly generally
along the western boundary of the City of Lower Hutt to the
eastern side of the Western Hutt Road near the northernmost
corner of Section 75, Hutt District; thence along a right line to
the intersection of the eastern side of the Wellington-Wairarapa
Railway with the southern boundary of Section 37, Hutt District;
thence northerly along the eastern side of the Wellington-Wairarapa
Railway to a point in line with the south-western boundary of
Section 54, Hutt District ; thence to and along the south-western
and north-western boundaries of Section 54 aforesaid, the north-
western and northern boundaries of Section 187, Hutt District,
to and along the north-western boundary of Sections 179 and 178,
Hutt District, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned
section ; thence easterly along the southern boundary of Section 196,
Hutt District, to the south-eastern corner of this section ; thence
along a right line to the westernmost corner of Section 81, Hutt
District ; thence southerly generally along the south-western
boundary of Section 81 aforesaid, the north-western boundaries
of Sections 204, 205, and 66, Hutt District, the north-eastern and
north-western boundaries of Section 68, Hutt District, the north-
western boundary of Section 69, the north-western and western
boundaries of Section 228, the northern, western, and southern
boundaries of Section 45, the eastern boundary of Section 44, the
south-eastern boundaries of Sections 43, 42, 41, 40, 225, 27, 23,
and 19, all of Hutt District, across White's Line East ; thence
again southerly generally along the northern and eastern boundaries
of Section 238, the eastern boundaries of Sections 239 and 240,
the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 76, the eastern and
southern boundaries of Section 77, all of Hutt District, and the
production of the last-mentioned boundary to the eastern limit of
the Hutt River Estuary Reclamation, as shown on a plan numbered
21064, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington ;
thence northerly along the eastern limit of the said reclamation to
a point due east from a point on the mean high-water mark at the
southernmost point of the boundary of the Borough of Petone ;
thence westerly along a right line to the said point on the mean
high-water mark, and again westerly along the mean high-water
mark to the point of commencement.

THIRD SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF SUBDIVISIONS OF HUTT RIVER DISTRICT

Lower Hutt Subdivision

ALL that area comprising portion of the City of Lower Hutt and
portion of Hutt County, bounded as follows : Commencing at the
westernmost corner of Section 16, Hutt District, being a point on
the common boundary between the City of Lower Hutt and the
Borough of Petone ; thence along the western boundary of the
City of Lower Hutt to the eastern side of the Western Hutt Road
near the northernmost corner of Section 75, Hutt District ; thence
along a right line to the intersection of the eastern side of the
Wellington-Wairarapa Railway with the southern boundary of
Section 37, Hutt District ; thence northerly along the eastern
side of the Wellington-Wairarapa Railway to a point in line with
the south-western boundary of Section 54, Hutt District ; thence
to and along the south-western and north-western boundaries of
Section 54 aforesaid, the north-western boundaries of Sections 57
and 60, Hutt District, the north-western and northern boundaries
of Section 187, Hutt District, to and along the north-western
boundaries of Sections 179 and 178, Hutt District, to the north-
western corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence easterly
along the southern boundary of Section 196, Hutt District, to the
south-eastern corner of that section ; thence along a right line to
the westernmost corner of Section 81, Hutt District ; thence
southerly generally along the south-western boundary of Section 81
aforesaid, the north-western boundaries of Sections 204, 205, and 66,
Hutt District, the north-eastern and north-western boundaries
of Section 68, Hutt District, the north-western boundary of Section
69, the north-western and western boundaries of Section 228, the
northern, western, and southern boundaries of Section 45, the
eastern boundary of Section 44, the south-eastern boundaries of
Sections 43, 42, 41, 40, 225, 27, 23, and 19, all of Hutt District,
across White's Line East ; thence again southerly generally along
the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 238, the eastern
boundaries of Sections 239 and 240, the northern and eastern
boundaries of Section 76, the eastern and southern boundaries of
Section 77, all of Hutt District, and the production of the last-
mentioned boundary to the eastern limit of the Hutt River Estuary
Reclamation, as shown on a plan numbered 21064, lodged in the
office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington ; thence northerly along
the eastern limit of the said reclamation to a point due east from
a point on the mean high-water mark at the southernmost point
of the boundary of the Borough of Petone ; thence westerly along
a right line to the said point on the mean high-water mark at the
southernmost point on the boundary of the Borough of Petone ;
and thence northerly and westerly along the eastern and northern
boundaries of the Borough of Petone to the point of commencement.

Petone Subdivision

All that area comprising the whole of the Borough of Petone
as at present constituted.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 103/27/1.)

Constitution of Rural Fire District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of
March, 1949
Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
PURSUANT to the Forest and Rural Fires Act, 1947, His
Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby constitute
and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a rural
fire district, to be known as the " Maitai-Roding Rural Fire District" ;
and doth hereby specify the trees and other plants on lands owned by
or vested in the Nelson City Council situated in the said area as the
property for the protection of which the district is constituted ; and
doth hereby specify the period between the first day of November
in any one year and the thirtieth day of April in the following
year (both days inclusive) as a closed fire season in the said district ;
and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into
force and that the Maitai-Roding Rural Fire District shall become
a rural fire district on the day following publication of this Order
in Council in the Gazette: and doth hereby constitute the Nelson
City Council as the rural fire committee of the Maitai-Roding Rural
Fire District; and doth hereby prescribe that the said Maitai-
Roding Rural Fire District shall be administered for the purposes
of the said Act by the Nelson City Council.

SCHEDULE

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—NELSON CONSERVANCY
Maitai-Roding Rural Fire District
ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, Waimea County, con-
taining approximately 26,000 acres, situated in Blocks I, II, IV,
V, and VII, Maungatapu Survey District, and Blocks IV, VIII, and
XII, Waimea Survey District, and bounded generally as follows :
Commencing at the north-eastern corner of Section 1 (Waterworks
Reserve), Block II, Maungatapu Survey District; thence in a southerly
direction by the eastern boundary of Section 1 aforesaid ; thence in
a south-westerly direction by the summit of the main range to Trig.
Station H (Rocks), and along the top of a leading spur through
Trig. Station MA to Trig. Station LA ; thence in a north-westerly
direction along a right line to peg IX on the south-eastern boundary
of Section 12, Block XII, Waimea Survey District ; thence in a
south-westerly and north-westerly direction by the southern bound-
ary of Section 12 aforesaid, again in a north-westerly direction by
the south-western boundary of part of Section 9, Block XII afore-
said ; thence in a north-easterly direction by the north-eastern
boundaries, part of Section 9 aforesaid, Section 7, Block VIII, Waimea
Survey District, and the Roding River to a point opposite the south-
western corner of Section 6, Block VIII aforesaid ; thence in a
north-westerly direction by the south-western boundary of Section 6
aforesaid to and across a public road ; thence in an easterly and