438
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 17

ORDER

1. That from the 31st day of March 1965 the County of Waimea and the County of Murchison shall be abolished and the councils of the said counties shall be dissolved.

2. That on and from the 1st day of April 1965 the area comprising the districts of the present County of Waimea and the present County of Murchison shall be constituted a county to be known as the County of Waimea, hereinafter referred to as the united county.

3. (a) That the united county shall be divided into 10 ridings to be known as the Wangapeka, Whangamoa, Waimea East, Appleby, Wai-iti, Central, Moutere, Motueka, Murchison North, and Murchison South Ridings.

(b) That the Wangapeka, Whangamoa, Waimea East, Appleby, Wai-iti, Central, Moutere, and Motueka Ridings shall comprise respectively the present Wangapeka, Whangamoa, Waimea East, Appleby, Wai-iti, Central, Moutere, and Motueka Ridings of the present County of Waimea, and the Murchison North and Murchison South Ridings shall comprise respectively the present Hampden North and Hampden South Ridings of the present County of Murchison.

4. That the number of members of the council of the united county shall be 10, to be elected as follows:

For the Wangapeka Riding ..... 1 member
For the Whangamoa Riding ..... 1 member
For the Waimea East Riding ..... 1 member
For the Appleby Riding ..... 1 member
For the Wai-iti Riding ..... 1 member
For the Central Riding ..... 1 member
For the Moutere Riding ..... 1 member
For the Motueka Riding ..... 1 member
For the Murchison North Riding ..... 1 member
For the Murchison South Riding ..... 1 member

Provided that, until the date prescribed by law for the first triennial general election of members of county councils held after the 1st day of April 1968, the council of the united county shall not alter the number of members to be elected by each of the ridings of Wangapeka, Whangamoa, Waimea East, Appleby, Wai-iti, Central, Moutere, and Motueka.

Provided further that, for a period not exceeding 10 years from the constitution of the united county as provided in this Order, the council of the united county shall not alter the number of members to be elected by each of the ridings of Murchison North and Murchison South.

5. That the first election of members of the council of the united county shall be held on the date prescribed by law for the next triennial general elections of members of county councils.

6. That until the members of the Council of the united county elected at the said first election come into office, the said council shall comprise the eight members of the present Council of the County of Waimea and two members of the present Council of the County of Murchison to be chosen by that council to represent the ridings of Murchison North and Murchison South.

7. That, for the purposes hereinafter provided, the united county shall be divided into two divisions as follows:

(1) The Waimea Division comprising the district of the present County of Waimea; and

(2) The Murchison Division comprising the district of the present County of Murchison.

8. That separate accounts shall be kept for each of the said divisions.

9. That the system of rating to be in force in the united county shall be the capital value system.

Provided that, for a period of not more than 10 years from the date of constitution of the united county as provided in this Order, all rates made and levied in the Murchison Division shall be made and levied on the unimproved value system, and for such purpose the provisions of subsections (2) (a) and (b) (3) and (4) of section 424 of the Counties Act 1956 shall, as far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, apply as if that division were a county town within the meaning of Part XXX of that Act.

10. For a period of not less than five years nor more than 10 years the general rate in the united county shall be made and levied separately in each of the said divisions:

Provided that, before any general rate has been made and levied in the united county the council of the united county shall, by special order, resolve for what period, within the limits specified herein, the general rate shall be made and levied separately in each of the said divisions.

11. That Charles Walter Cannington, of Nelson, shall be the County Clerk and Returning Officer of the united county.

12. That all real and personal property and every estate or interest therein vested at the 31st day of March 1965 in the corporations or in the councils of the present County of Waimea and the present County of Murchison is hereby vested from that date in the corporation and the council respectively of the united county.

13. That the corporation of the united county shall in respect to all rights, powers, authorities, claims, obligations, liabilities, contracts, and engagements of the corporations of the present County of Waimea and the present County of Murchison and for all purposes whatsoever, be deemed to be the same corporation as those which existed in the said counties at the 31st day of March 1965.

14. That the valuation rolls of the present County of Waimea and the present County of Murchison in force at the 31st day of March 1965 shall together be deemed to be the valuation roll of the united county.

15. That all acts of authority by the councils of the present County of Waimea and the present County of Murchison under any Act which are subsisting or in force at the 31st day of March 1965 shall enure for all purposes as acts of the council of the united county.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 104/86)

Invercargill United Urban Fire District Constituted

BERNARD FERGUSSON, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 29th day of March 1965

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. KEITH HOLYOAKE, C.H., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

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 makes the following order.

ORDER

1. As from the date of this order the area comprising the City of Invercargill, the Borough of Bluff, and that part of the County of Southland described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby constituted a united urban fire district by the name of the Invercargill United Urban Fire District.

2. The number of members to be elected to represent the councils of the City of Invercargill, the Borough of Bluff, and the County of Southland on the board of the district hereby constituted shall be four, who shall be elected in the following manner:

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

(b) One member by resolution of the Bluff Borough Council.

(c) One member by resolution of the Southland County Council.

3. The amount to be paid to the Fire Board of the District hereby constituted by the councils of the City of Invercargill, the Borough of Bluff and the County of Southland pursuant to section 53 of the said Act shall be in proportion to the respective populations of the said city and the said borough and that part of the said county included in the said fire district, as assessed by the Government Statistician at the 31st day of March in each year.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land situated in the Southland Land District, Southland County, and described as follows:

Commencing at the north-western corner of part Section 8, Block I, New River Hundred; thence easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern boundaries of the said part Section 8, Block I, to and across the Tuatapere Branch Railway Reserve to the southern side thereof; thence south-easterly along the southern side of the Makarewa-Grove Bush Road; thence east along the southern side of the Makarewa-Grove Bush Road to the eastern boundary of Lot 1, on plan numbered 3065, and deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar, at Invercargill; thence south along the eastern boundary of Lot 1, on the said plan numbered 3065, to and across the Tuatapere Branch Railway Reserve to the south-western side thereof; thence south-easterly along the south-western side of the said Railway Reserve, across the Makarewa River and again along the south-western side of the said Railway Reserve, to the southern side of the Makarewa-Branxholme Road; thence east along the southern side of the said Makarewa-Branxholme Road, across State Highway No. 6, and along the northern boundary of part Section 14 (L.T. Plan 15), Block XIII, Invercargill Hundred, and the northern boundary of Part Section 11, Block XIII, aforesaid, to the western side of Minerva Road; thence, south along the western side of the said Minerva Road to and across Pomona Road to the southern side thereof; thence east along the southern side of the said Pomona Road to the western side of Helena Road; thence south along the western side of the said Helena Road to and across Taylor Road to the southern side thereof; thence north-easterly along the southern side of the said Taylor Road to the eastern boundary of part Section 14, Block IX, Invercargill Hundred; thence south along the eastern boundary of part Section 14, Block IX, aforesaid, to and across the Lorne-Rakahouka Road to the southern side thereof; thence easterly along the southern side of the said Lorne-Rakahouka Road, across Mill Road, to the eastern boundary of part Section 52, Block V, Invercargill Hundred; thence south along the eastern boundaries of the said part Section 52, parts Section 51, Sections 50,