Plant Declared Noxious Weed in the County of Stratford
(Notice No. Ag. 7566)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, and
to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section
9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953, for the purposes
of the said section, the following special order made by the
Stratford County Council on the 19th day of April 1962 is
hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER
THAT, pursuant to the provisions of section 3 (1) of the
Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Stratford County Council
resolves, by way of special order, that barley grass (Hordeum
murinum) shall be deemed to be a noxious weed within the
County of Stratford.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of July 1962.
G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration).
(Ag. 20649)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the County of Waimate
(Notice No. Ag. 7565)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, and
to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section
9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953, for the purposes
of the said section, the following special order made by the
Waimate County Council on the 28th day of May 1962 is
hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER
THAT, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it
by section 87 of the Counties Act 1956, and section 3 of the
Noxious Weeds Act 1950, and all other powers it thereunto
enabling, the Waimate County Council doth hereby resolve
by way of special order that the following noxious weeds,
namely, common broom (Cytisus scoparius) and gorse (Ulex,
any species), be noxious weeds within the whole of the
Waimate County.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of July 1962.
G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration).
(Ag. 20649)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the County of Levels
(Notice No. Ag. 7567)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, and
to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section
9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the purposes
of the said section, the following special order, made by the
Levels County Council on the 6th day of June 1962, is hereby
published.

SPECIAL ORDER
THAT, pursuant to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950,
the Levels County Council hereby resolves, by way of special
order, that the plants named in the Schedule hereto be
declared noxious weeds within the County of Levels.

SCHEDULE
Common broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Gorse (Ulex, any species).

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of July 1962.
G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration).
(Ag. 20649)

Fixing the Number of Members to be Elected for Each Ward
of the Kowai Rabbit District (Notice No. Ag. 7571)

PURSUANT to section 25A of the Rabbits Act 1955, the Kowai
Rabbit Board hereby declares that the number of members to
be elected for each ward of the Kowai Rabbit District, which
was constituted by Order in Council on the 6th day of October
1944,* shall be the number specified in the Schedule hereto
opposite the name of the ward.

SCHEDULE
Name of Ward
North
South
Number of
Members
5
2

Dated at Amberley this 12th day of July 1962.
J. H. PATERSON,
Chairman, Kowai Rabbit Board.
*Gazette, 1944, Vol. II, page 1204

Kowai Rabbit District Divided into Wards (Notice No. Ag.
7570)

PURSUANT to section 14A of the Rabbits Act 1955, the Kowai
Rabbit Board hereby declares the Kowai Rabbit District,
which was constituted by Order in Council on the 6th day of
October 1944,* to be divided into wards having the names
and boundaries specified in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE
BOUNDARIES OF NORTH WARD
ALL that area in the Kowai Rabbit District bounded by a line
commencing at the northernmost corner of Rural Section
34744, Block X, Grey Survey District, and proceeding due
east to the right bank of the south branch of the Kowai
River; thence south-easterly generally along the right banks
of that river and the Kowai River to the sea coast, being a
point on the boundary of the Kowai Rabbit District as de-
scribed in Gazette, 1960, page 1951; thence northerly, westerly,
and southerly generally along that boundary to the point of
commencement.

BOUNDARIES OF SOUTH WARD
ALL that area in the Kowai Rabbit District bounded by a line
commencing at a point on the sea coast in line with the right
bank of the Kowai River, the said point being on the bound-
ary of Kowai Rabbit District as described in Gazette, 1960,
page 1951, and proceeding southerly, westerly, and northerly
generally along the said rabbit district boundary to the
northern-most corner of Rural Section 34744, being a point
on the south-west boundary of North Ward hereinbefore
described; thence south-easterly generally along the said ward
boundary to the point of commencement.

Dated at Amberley this 12th day of July 1962.
J. H. PATERSON,
Chairman, Kowai Rabbit Board.
*Gazette, 1944, Vol. II, page 1204

Special Order Made by the Taupo County Commissioner
Altering Riding Boundaries

PURSUANT to section 88 of the Counties Act 1956, the Secretary
for Internal Affairs hereby publishes the following special
order made by the Taupo County Commissioner.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 1962.
J. V. MEECH, Secretary for Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 103/137/52)

SPECIAL ORDER
IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the
Counties Act 1956, the Taupo County Council, acting through
the Taupo County Commissioner pursuant to the Taupo
County Act 1954, hereby resolves by way of special order as
follows:

1. The present division of the county into seven ridings be
   revoked and in lieu thereof the said county shall be divided
   into seven ridings to be called respectively Mangakino Riding,
   Pouakani Riding, Tatua Riding, Tauhara Riding, Kaingaroa
   Riding, Rangitoto Riding, and Tongariro Riding, which said
   Ridings are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.

2. The alteration of riding boundaries hereby made shall
   take effect from the date of the publication of this special
   order in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE
MANGAKINO RIDING
ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, Taupo
County, bounded by a line commencing at a point in the
middle of the Waikato River (Maraetai Lake), in line with
the western boundary of that portion of Pouakani Block in
Block II, Whakamaru Survey District, shown on S.O. Plan
34312 (Leasehold Estate Taken for Water Power Development,
Gazette, 1949, page 2491), and proceeding southerly along a
right line to and generally southerly and easterly along the
generally western and southern boundaries of the said portion
of Pouakani Block and that last-named boundary produced to
the middle of the aforesaid Waikato River; thence northerly
and westerly generally down the middle of that river to the
point of commencement.

POUAKANI RIDING
All that area in the South Auckland Land District, Taupo
County, bounded by a line commencing at the confluence of
the Waipapa Stream and the Waikato River in Block XVI,
Wharepapa Survey District, and proceeding easterly up the
middle of the said Waikato River and Maraetai Lake, to and
southerly and westerly along the western and southern
boundaries of the Mangakino Riding hereinbefore described,
to and generally easterly up the middle of the said river to a
point in line with the western boundary of part Lot 1, D.P.
21101; thence southerly generally along a right line to and
along that boundary, the western boundary of another part