1 APRIL] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 541

And whereas, pursuant to the Local Government Commission Act 1946, the Local Government Commission has recommended that action be taken pursuant to the Fire Services Act 1949 to give effect to the said applications:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Fire Services Act 1949, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby orders and declares:—

1. That the Dunedin Metropolitan United Urban Fire District, the Port Chalmers Urban Fire District, and the West Harbour Secondary Urban Fire District are hereby abolished.

2. That the area comprising the City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of St. Kilda, Green Island, Mosgiel, Port Chalmers, and West Harbour is hereby constituted a united urban fire district by the name of the Dunedin Metropolitan United Urban Fire District.

3. That the number of members to be elected to represent the Councils of the City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of St. Kilda, Green Island, Mosgiel, Port Chalmers, and West Harbour on the Board of the District hereby constituted shall be four.

4. That, until the next triennial appointment and election of members of fire boards, the members of the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board at the date of the dissolution of that Board shall be the members of the Fire Board of the District hereby constituted.

5. That the amount to be paid to the Fire Board of the District hereby constituted by the uniting local authorities pursuant to section 53 of the said Act shall, as between each of the said uniting local authorities, be in proportion to the capital values of the rateable property in their districts: provided that in the cases of the Port Chalmers and West Harbour Borough Councils the said capital values shall, for the purposes of the said section 53, be deemed to be reduced by 20 per cent during each of the financial years ending on the 31st day of March 1954, the 31st day of March 1955, and the 31st day of March 1956.

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

(I.A. 76/31/22)

Constituting Nelson United Urban Fire District

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of April 1953

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS, pursuant to sections 18 and 21 of the Fire Services Act 1949, the local authorities whose districts or part of whose districts are included in the Nelson Urban Fire District and the Stoke Secondary Urban Fire District made application for the abolition of the said fire districts and for the constitution of the area comprising the said fire districts as a united urban fire district:

And whereas, pursuant to the said section 18, the Fire Service Council has certified that the appropriate standards for a united urban fire district have been complied with:

And whereas, pursuant to section 24 of the Local Government Commission Act 1946, the said application has been referred to the Local Government Commission:

And whereas, pursuant to the Local Government Commission Act 1946, the Local Government Commission has recommended that action be taken under the Fire Services Act 1949, to give effect to the said application:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Fire Services Act 1949, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares:—

1. That the Nelson Urban Fire District and the Stoke Secondary Urban Fire District are hereby abolished.

2. That the areas described in the Schedule hereto are hereby constituted a united urban fire district by the name of the Nelson United Urban Fire District:

3. That the number of members to be elected to represent the Councils of the City of Nelson and the County of Waimea on the Board of the district hereby constituted shall be three, who shall be elected in the following manner:—

(a) Two members by resolution of the Nelson City Council.

(b) One member by resolution of the Waimea County Council.

4. That the amount to be paid to the Fire Board of the district hereby constituted by the uniting local authorities pursuant to section 53 of the said Act shall, as between each of the said uniting local authorities, be in proportion to the capital values of the rateable property in their districts or in such part of their districts as are included in the Nelson United Urban Fire District: provided that until such time as the district valuation rolls for the City of Nelson and the County of Waimea have both been revised by the Valuer-General pursuant to section 9 of the Valuation of Land Act 1951 the capital values of rateable property for the purposes of section 53 of the Fire Services Act 1949 shall be those in force in the said city and the said county on the 1st day of April 1952.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area comprising the City of Nelson as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 56 of the 31st day of August 1950, page 1651.

Also all that area in the Nelson Land District, Waimea County, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the sea-coast at the northernmost corner of Section 85, Block III, Waimea Survey District; thence following the boundary of the City of Nelson in a south-easterly direction to the eastern corner of Section 6, Block IV, Waimea Survey District; thence in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to the eastern corner of Section 6, Block IV, Waimea Survey District; thence in a north-westerly direction to the northern corner of Section 6, Block IV, Waimea Survey District; thence in a south-westerly direction along the south-eastern boundary of Section 42, Block IV, Waimea Survey District, to the southern corner of said Section 42; thence for a distance of 10 chains in a north-westerly direction along the south-western boundary of Section 42, Block IV, Waimea Survey District; thence in a south-westerly direction along a line parallel to the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 44 and 47, Block IV, Waimea Survey District, to the north-eastern boundary of Section 15, Block IV, Waimea Survey District; thence in a south-easterly direction along the north-eastern boundary of Section 15, Block IV, Waimea Survey District, to the eastern corner of said Section 15, Block IV, Waimea Survey District; thence in a south-westerly direction along the south-eastern boundary of Section 15, Block IV, Waimea Survey District, to the southern corner of Section 15, Block IV, Waimea Survey District; thence in a south-easterly direction to the eastern corner of Section 16, Block VII, Waimea Survey District; thence in a south-westerly direction along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 16, 66, 74, Block VII, Waimea Survey District, to the southern corner of Section 74, Block VII, Waimea Survey District; thence in a south-easterly direction along the north-eastern boundary of Section 99, Block VII, Waimea Survey District, to the eastern corner of Section 99, Block VII, Waimea Survey District; thence in a south-westerly direction along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, and 94, Block VII, Waimea Survey District, to the boundary of the Borough of Richmond; thence in a north-westerly direction along the boundary of that borough to the sea-coast; thence along the sea coast in a northerly direction to the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 76/31/19)

Directing the Revision of District Valuation Rolls

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of March 1953

Present:

THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Valuation of Land Act 1951, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby directs that the District Valuation Rolls for the Districts enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be revised by the Valuer-General as at the 31st day of March 1953.

SCHEDULE

Boroughs: Dargaville, Mount Wellington.

City: Auckland.

Counties: Hutt, Makara, Patangata, Rotorua, Waimarino, Waimea.

Road District: Panmure Township.

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

With reference to the authority conferred by the foregoing Order in Council, the Valuer-General intends, pursuant to the discretion conferred on him by subsection (2) of section 9, Valuation of Land Act 1951, that the revision of the District Valuation Roll for Auckland City shall relate only to those properties in the City portion thereof, that the revision of the District Valuation Roll for Makara County shall relate only to those properties in the Porirua Riding which are to be included in the Tawa Flat Town District in terms of a final scheme of the Local Government Commission promulgated on 21 October 1952, and that from the revision of the District Valuation Roll for Waimarino County there shall be excluded those properties in the Karioi Riding which are to be included in the Rangitikei County in terms of a final scheme of the Local Government Commission promulgated on 24 October 1952.

W. R. BEATTIE, Valuer-General.

30 March 1953.