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northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries of the aforesaid Section 9, crossing the Willowbank-Waikaka Main Highway to the western side of the Waikaka Branch Railway Reserve; thence northerly along the western side of the said railway reserve to a point where it crosses the western side of the Willowbank-Waikaka Main Highway near Pullar Railway Station; thence north-westerly generally along the said side of the said highway to its junction with the Chatton-Waikaka Main Highway; thence north-easterly generally along the north-western side of the Willowbank-Waikaka Main Highway to the northern side of Lurgan Street, Town of Waikaka; thence easterly generally long the northern side of Lurgan street and Sandy Knowes Road to the western boundary of Glenkennich Survey District; being also the eastern boundary of the Southland County; thence northerly generally along that county boundary to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Run 549, situated in Block III, Whitecomb Survey District; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of Run 549, to and westerly along the southern boundary of former Run 436, now part Run 549, and the last-mentioned boundary produced to the right (west) bank of the Waikai River (east branch); thence generally north-westerly and northerly along the north-eastern boundaries of Run 548 to the northernmost corner of that Run; thence generally south-westerly along the north-western boundaries of Run 548 to its intersection with the north boundary of Block III, Garvie Survey District; thence westerly along the north boundary of Block III, Garvie Survey District, to the south-eastern boundary of Nokomai Survey District; thence generally south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of Nokomai Survey District to East Dome; thence westerly along the southern boundary of Nokomai Survey District, and the last-mentioned boundary produced to the point of commencement.

P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

*Gazette, 1956, No. 5, page 102
†Gazette, 1955, No. 22, page 430
‡Gazette, 1950, No. 68, page 1927

Borough of Ross and County of Westland United Under Name of the County of Westland

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 20th day of March 1972

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Local Government Commission Act 1967, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. This order shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1972.

2. The districts of the County of Westland and the Borough of Ross are hereby united to form one district to be known as the County of Westland (hereinafter called the “said county”).

3. The council of the Borough of Ross is hereby dissolved.

4. For representation purposes only, the said county shall be divided into three ridings, with the following names and boundaries:

(i) Central Riding, comprising the Central Riding of the County of Westland as it existed immediately prior to the union hereby effected, together with the area contained in the district of the former Borough of Ross.

(ii) Northern Riding, comprising the Northern Riding of the County of Westland as it existed immediately prior to the union hereby effected.

(iii) Southern Riding, comprising the Southern Riding of the County of Westland as it existed immediately prior to the union hereby effected.

5. The council of the said county shall consist of nine members, with representation as follows:

Central Riding ...... ...... 3 members
Northern Riding ...... ...... 2 members
Southern Riding ...... ...... 4 members.

6. The first election of the members of the council shall be held on the date prescribed by law for the first triennial general elections of members of county councils to be held after the 1st day of April 1972.

7. Until the members of the council of the said county to be elected at the first triennial general election of councillors after the 1st day of April 1972 shall come into office, the council of the said county shall consist of 10 members as follows:

(a) The nine members of the Westland County Council holding office immediately prior to the union hereby effected, and

(b) One member of the former Ross Borough Council to be chosen by that council to represent the Central Riding; and for the purpose of making that choice, and for no other purpose, the said borough council shall, if necessary, continue in office after the 31st day of March 1972.

8. Upon the commencement of this order the system of rating in the said county shall be the unimproved value system: Provided that, in that part of the Central Riding of the said county which comprises the district of the former Borough of Ross, all rates shall be made and levied on the capital value system for a period, as determined by the council of the said county, not exceeding 5 years from the 1st day of April 1972, and during that period the rate made and levied on all rateable property in that part shall be calculated to produce the total amount that would have been produced from that rateable property if the rate had been made and levied on the unimproved value system.

9. Notwithstanding that under the provisions hereof a system of rating is in force in that part of the Central Riding comprising the former district of the Borough of Ross, which differs from that in force in the said county, the number of votes to which the occupier of any rateable property in that part of the said riding is entitled under section 51 of the Counties Act 1956 shall be determined, having regard to the rateable value of the property as appearing on the valuation roll of the said county, as if the system of rating in force in the said county were also in force in that part of the riding comprising the former Borough of Ross.

10. (a) All the valuation rolls, electors’ lists, electors’ rolls, and rate books in force in the Borough of Ross on the 30th day of March 1972 shall continue in force and be deemed to be the valuation rolls, electors’ lists, electors’ rolls, and rate books in force in that part of the Central Riding as constituted by this order which was formerly the district of the Borough of Ross, until new valuation rolls, electors’ lists, electors’ rolls, and rate books are made for the Central Riding as constituted by this order.

(b) All the valuation rolls, electors’ lists, electors’ rolls, and rate books in force in the County of Westland on the 30th day of March 1972 shall continue in force and be deemed to be the valuation rolls, electors’ lists, electors’ rolls, and rate books in force in the Northern Riding, the Southern Riding, and that part of the Central Riding which was the Central Riding of the former County of Westland until new valuation rolls, electors’ lists, electors’ rolls, and rate books are made for the Northern, the Southern, and the Central Ridings as constituted by this order.

11. Except as otherwise provided herein, or in the Local Government Commission Act 1967, the provisions of the Counties Act 1956 shall, with the necessary modifications and so far as they are applicable, apply to the union hereby effected as if the Borough of Ross were a town district to which section 28 of the Counties Act 1956 applies.

12. So far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, the provisions of section 99A of the Land Transfer Act 1952 shall apply to the union hereby effected.

P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 103/5/275)

Authorising the Taranaki Agricultural and Pastoral Society to Sell Crown-Derived Land (Notice No. 223 Ag. 1024A)

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 6th day of March 1972

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.