26 MARCH

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

south-westerly along the north-western side of that road to
an angle marked by I.T. XVII on S.O. Plan 574; thence
south-westerly along a right line to a road angle on the
southern side of Little Valley Road marked by peg 11,
S.O. Plan 16808; thence generally south-westerly along the
generally north-western side of that road to a point 13.96
metres south-easterly from the westernmost corner of Little
Valley Road; thence south-westerly along a bearing of 238°
43' for a distance of 274.65 metres; thence north-westerly
along a bearing of 328° 43' for a distance of 60.35 metres,
then along a right line to the south-eastern corner of Lot 2,
D.P. 6793; thence generally northerly along the eastern boundary
of that lot to Graveyard Gully Road; thence generally
south-westerly along the north-western boundary of the said
Lot 2, along bearings of 254° 41' for a distance of 42.77
metres, 212° 06' for a distance of 73.99 metres, and 258° 51'
to the south-eastern boundary of Road to be Closed as shown
more particularly coloured green on S.O. Plan 12820; thence
generally north-easterly and north-westerly along the south-
eastern and north-eastern boundaries of that Road to be
Closed and the south-western side of Graveyard Gully Road,
to the left bank of the Manuherikia River; thence north-
westerly along a right line to the intersection of the south-
western side of Kerry Street and the right bank of the
said river; thence generally north-easterly along the right
bank of that river to the north-eastern boundary of the Town
of Alexandra; thence north-westerly along that boundary
to the point of commencement.

Thirdly, all that area in the Otago Land District, Vincent
County, containing 352 hectares, more or less, bounded by
a line commencing at the easternmost corner of Lot 1, D.P.
6740, Block VII, Leaning Rock Survey District, and proceeding
south-westerly along the north-western boundary of the Town
of Alexandra to the western side of No. 8 State Highway;
then north-westerly along a right line to the junction of
the south-western side of No. 8 State Highway and the north-
western side of Boundary Road; thence south-westerly along
the north-western side of Boundary Road to the north-eastern
boundary of Part Section 84, Block VII, Leaning Rock
Survey District; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern
boundary of that section to the easternmost corner of Part
Section 84, aforesaid; thence south-westerly along the south-
eastern boundary of that section and its production to the
middle of the Clutha River; thence generally north-westerly
and north-easterly along the middle of that river to a point
in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 21, D.P. 3194;
then north-easterly to and along that boundary and its
production to the south-western side of Dunstan Road; thence
south-easterly along the south-western side of that road to
a point in line with the south-eastern side of Hillview Road;
thence north-easterly to and along the south-western side of
that road to the northernmost corner of Lot 8, D.P. 6740;
then south-easterly along the north-eastern boundaries of
that lot and Lots 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 of that D.P. 6740
to the point of commencement.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT—VINCENT COUNTY

FOURTHLY, Lots 1 and 2, D.P. 8697, and Lot 1, D.P. 15079,
being Part Section 57, Block I, Fraser Survey District: area,
3152 square metres.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 103/5/300)

Constitution of the Borough of Tokoroa

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 24th day of
March 1975

Present:

THE HON. R. J. TIZARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Local Government Act 1974 and the
Local Government Commission Act 1967 (to the extent
that it continues in force in relation to this Order), 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 effect on 1 April 1975.

2. The area described in the Schedule to this scheme
   is hereby constituted a borough under the name of Tokoroa
   Borough (hereinafter referred to as "the borough").

3. The council of the borough shall comprise the mayor
   and 11 councillors.

4. The first election of the council of the borough shall
   be held on the date of the next triennial general election
   of members of local authorities following the constitution
   of the borough.

5. Until the council so elected takes office the council
   of the borough shall be an interim council and shall comprise 12 members being the persons who are members
   of the Tokoroa County Borough Committee immediately
   prior to the date of coming into force of the provisions
   of this scheme and the mayor of the borough shall be
   the person who immediately prior to that date held office
   as mayor under the provisions of the Tokoroa Town
   Empowering Act 1966.

6. Any vacancy occurring in the interim council shall
   be deemed to be an extraordinary vacancy and the provisions of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1966 as to
   the filling of extraordinary vacancies in a borough council
   shall apply.

7. The county clerk of the County of Matamata shall be
   the officer responsible for calling the first meeting of the
   interim council.

8. For a period of not less than 5 nor more than 10 years
   from the date of constitution of the borough, as determined
   by special order of the council of the borough, the system
   of rating in that part of the borough formerly comprising
   the Tokoroa County Town of Matamata County as described
   by special order of the Matamata County Council passed
   at an ordinary meeting of the council held on 18 January
   1973 and confirmed at a meeting of the council on 15
   February 1973, shall be the land value system, and for
   the remainder of the borough shall be the capital value
   system, and all rates shall be separately made and levied
   in those respective parts according to the system in force.

9. The council may apply, with the necessary modifications, for a period of not less than 5 nor more than 10 years
   from the date of constitution of the borough and within
   such area or areas of the borough as the council may
   from time to time determine by special order, the provisions
   of sections 111A to 1110 of the Counties Act 1956 (which
   relate to differential rating) as if the borough were a
   county.

10. The transfer of any member of the staff of the
    Matamata County Council to the service of the council
    of the borough shall be deemed to be a transfer of a
    permanent employee within the meaning of section 4 of
    the Local Authorities (Employment Protection) Act 1963
    and the provisions of that Act shall, with any necessary
    modifications, apply accordingly.

11. Except as otherwise provided in this Order, the
    borough shall have and may exercise all the powers which
    were previously exercised by the Matamata County Council
    in respect of the area described in the Schedule hereto,
    and the borough shall be subject to the same duties, obligations, and liabilities as were imposed on the Matamata
    County Council, in respect of the aforesaid area, and all
    actions, suits, and proceedings pending by or against the
    County of Matamata in respect of the aforesaid area may
    be carried on and prosecuted by or against the Corporation
    of the borough.

12. For the purposes of section 9 of the Local Authorities
    (Petroleum Tax) Act 1970:

(a) The borough shall be deemed always to have been
the district of a constituent local authority administered by a constituent local authority within the
terms of the Local Authorities (Petroleum Tax) Act 1970;

(b) The rate revenue of the deemed district for the previous
financial year shall be deemed to be the sum of
the rate revenue derived from the former Tokoroa
County Town and the rate revenue derived from
that part of the area of Matamata County within
the said borough which was not formerly within
the former Tokoroa County Town, and the rate
revenue of the balance of that county shall be
reduced by the latter amount.

13. All valuation rolls, electors' lists, electors' rolls, rate
    records, farmland rolls, rate postponement lists, and other
    rolls and lists in force within the area comprising the
    borough on the day immediately preceding the date of
    constitution of the borough shall be deemed to be the
    valuation rolls, electors' lists, electors' rolls, rate records,
    farmland rolls, rate postponement lists, and other rolls and
    lists of the borough until new valuation rolls, electors' lists,
    electors' rolls, rate records, farmland rolls, rate postponement lists, and other rolls and lists are made for the borough.

14. All bylaws in force within that area described in the
    Schedule hereto on the day immediately preceding the date
    of constitution of the borough shall be deemed to be