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Branch River, and by the east bank of that river and the eastern
and north-eastern banks of the Leatham River to a point in line
with the south boundary of Section 1, Block III, Leatham Survey
District; thence generally easterly across a public road to the
south boundary of Section 1 aforesaid and by that boundary and
the south boundary of Section 2, Block IV, Leatham Survey District,
to the western boundary of Section 13A, Hillersden Settlement, at
Peg LXII, and by a right line to a peg marked III on the eastern
boundary of the said Section 13A; thence generally north-easterly
by the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 13A, 26A, 29, 30, and
32, and by the south-western boundary of Section 35 all of
Hillersden Settlement, to Sweet’s Stream, and across that stream;
thence northerly by the western boundary of Lot 4, D.P. 729, to
Sweet’s Saddle in Block XIV, Mount Olympus Survey District;
thence generally easterly by the southern boundaries of part
Lot 1 and Lot 2, D.P. 732, to Boundary Creek in Block XI,
Avon Survey District; thence north-easterly by the western bank
of Boundary Creek, the western side of a public road, and the north-
western bank of the Marchburn River to the eastern boundary of
Section 9AS, Erina Settlement, in Block VII, Avon Survey District;
thence northerly by the eastern boundary of Erina Settlement to
the point of commencement.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Ag. 64/1/111.)

Constituting the Dunstan Rabbit District.—(Notice No. Ag. 4831)

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of
March, 1950

Present:

THE HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by section thirty of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,
it is enacted that the Governor-General may, by Order in
Council, on petition in that behalf signed by a majority of the
persons qualified to be enrolled on the ratepayers’ list for any
proposed district, constitute and declare any area of land of not less
than one thousand acres a rabbit district under and for the purposes
of Part II of the said Act:

And whereas, in pursuance of the provisions of the said section
thirty of the said Act, a petition has been received praying that
the area of land described in the Schedule hereto be constituted
and declared a rabbit district under and for the purposes of Part II
of the said Act:

And whereas the said petition is signed by a majority of the
persons in the said area of land qualified to be enrolled on the rate-
payers’ list for the said proposed district, and it is deemed expedient
to give effect to the prayer of the petitioners accordingly:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, His Excellency
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council, doth hereby constitute by the specific
name of the “Dunstan Rabbit District” and declare that area of
land defined in the Schedule hereto to be a rabbit district under and
for the purpose of Part II of the said Act: and doth hereby further
declare that the basis on which the Board to be established for the
said district shall first levy its general rate shall be on the basis of
the acreage of the rateable property in the said district.

SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF THE DUNSTAN RABBIT DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Otago Land District and the Maniototo and
Vincent Counties containing 68,600 acres, more or less, being parts
of Cluden, St. Bathans, Lauder, and Blackstone Survey Districts,
and bounded as follows: Commencing at the northernmost corner of
Run 226, St. Bathans Survey District; thence generally southerly
down the centre of the Dunstan Stream to its confluence with the
Manuherikia River; thence south-westerly down the centre of
the main stream of the Manuherikia River to the confluence of the
Lauder Stream; thence north-easterly and north-westerly up the
centre of Lauder Stream to the eastern boundary of Run 223M;
thence north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of Run
223M to its northern corner; thence generally north-easterly
along the north-western boundaries of Runs 226C, 226B, 226A, and
226 to the northern corner of Run 226 the point of commencement.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Ag. 64/1/222.)

Constituting the Pouto Rabbit District.—(Notice No. Ag. 4832)

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of
March, 1950

Present:

THE HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, and to section
twenty-nine of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1947,
His Excellency the Governor-General, at the request of the Minister
of Agriculture, made on the recommendation of the Rabbit Destruc-
tion Council, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, doth hereby constitute and declare the area of

land, the boundaries of which are described in the Schedule hereto,
being an area to which subsection one of section thirty of the Rabbit
Nuisance Act, 1928, applies, a rabbit district, and doth appoint
that the name of the said rabbit district shall be the Pouto Rabbit
District, and doth order that the basis on which the Rabbit Board
to be established for the said district shall first levy its general rate
shall be the acreage of land occupied by the ratepayer.

SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF THE POUTO RABBIT DISTRICT

ALL that area of approximately 70,000 acres in the Hobson County,
bounded by a line commencing at a point on the sea-coast on the
boundary between Block XIII, Tokatoka Survey District, and
Block I, Te Kuri Survey District, and running due east along that
boundary to the south-western boundary of Section 20 of the said
Block I; thence north-westerly along that south-western boundary
to the westernmost corner of Section 20 aforesaid; thence north-
easterly along the south-eastern boundary of part of Allotment
118, Tatarariki Parish, the south-eastern side of a public road
and a right line, being that side produced across another public
road to the south-western boundary of Section 2 of Block XIV,
Tokatoka Survey District; thence south-westerly along the gener-
ally south-eastern side of the public road forming part of the south-
western boundary of the said Section 2, and the north-western
boundaries of Sections 3 and 4 of the said Block XIV, to the western-
most corner of the last-mentioned section; thence south-easterly
generally along the south-western boundaries of the said Section 4,
and Sections 5 and 6 of the said Block XIV, the south-eastern boun-
dary of the said Section 6, and along a right line, being that boundary
produced across a public road to the south-western boundary of
Section 38 of the said Block XIV; thence along that south-western
boundary, and the south-western and southern boundaries of
Section 39 of the said Block XIV to the south-eastern corner of
the last-mentioned section; thence along a right line across a
public road to the westernmost corner of Section 31 of Block II,
Te Kuri Survey District, and along the generally western boundaries
of the said Section 31, and Sections 34 and 38, crossing the inter-
vening public road, to and along the south-eastern boundary of the
last-mentioned section to a point in line with the western boundary
of Lot 1, shown on the plan numbered 16522, deposited in the
office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, being part of
Section 22; thence along a right line across a public road, to and
along the said western boundary, and along the southern boundaries
of the said Lot 1, and Lots 2 and 3 shown on the said plan numbered
16522, being parts of Section 22 aforesaid, to and along the southern
boundaries of another part of Section 22 aforesaid, and Lot 7 shown
plan numbered 15010 deposited as aforesaid, being part of Section 21,
and along the north-western side of the public road intersecting
Section 19, to and along the southern boundary of Section 18, the
aforesaid sections being of the said Block II, and along a right line,
being the last-mentioned boundary produced to the right bank of
the Wairoa River; thence generally south-easterly, westerly, and
north-westerly down the said right bank to and along the western
shores of the Kaipara Harbour and the northern shores of the
Kaipara Entrance to and along the sea-coast to the point of
commencement.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Ag. 64/1/229.)

Constituting Certain Secondary Urban Fire Districts and an Urban
Fire District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 29th day of
March, 1950

Present:

THE HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section eighteen of the Fire Services
Act, 1949, the local authorities mentioned in Part I of the
First Schedule hereto requested that their districts be constituted
secondary urban fire districts:

And whereas, in pursuance of the said section eighteen, the
local authorities mentioned in Part II of the said First Schedule
requested that certain areas within their districts as set out in
Part II of the Second Schedule hereto be constituted secondary
urban fire districts:

And whereas, in pursuance of the said section eighteen, the
local authority mentioned in Part III of the said First Schedule
requested that the secondary urban fire district of Runanga be
constituted an urban fire district:

And whereas, in pursuance of the said section eighteen, the
Fire Service Council has certified that the appropriate standards
for a secondary urban fire district have been complied with in the
case of each of the districts or parts of districts mentioned in Parts I
and II of the said Second Schedule and that the appropriate standards
for an urban fire district have been complied with in the case of the
district mentioned in Part III of the said Second Schedule:

And whereas, in pursuance of the said section eighteen, the
said requests have been referred to the Local Government Com-
mission established under the Local Government Commission Act,
1946:

And whereas, the said Local Government Commission is
satisfied that the fire protection of the urban area commonly known
as Titirangi mentioned in Part III of the said Second Schedule can
be carried out with equal or greater efficiency and at comparable
cost if the area becomes a secondary urban fire district instead of
being incorporated in a united urban fire district: