Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette
of the 4th July, 1868, No. 37.

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington,
the first day of July, 1868.

Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the County of Westland
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council
to constitute and define road districts in the
County of Westland, and such districts from
time to time to alter or abolish; and to pro-
vide for the constitution of Boards for the
management of the business of such districts,
and from time to time to make regulations
for the election of such Boards, and for de-
fining the number of members thereof: And
whereas by an Order in Council bearing date
the eighth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, His Excellency the
Governor, in exercise of the power vested in
him by the said Act, did, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, constitute and define the districts
therein described, and provide for the consti-
tution of Boards for the management of the
business of such districts, and did make the
regulations therein contained for the election
of such Boards and for defining the number
of members thereof.

And whereas it is expedient to alter the
boundaries of the Arahura Road District and
the Totara Road District, and to constitute
and define the Kanieri Road District in
manner hereinafter appearing: Now, there-
fore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise of the power vested in him by the
said Act, doth hereby, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, alter the Arahura Road District and
the Totara Road District, so that the bound-
aries thereof respectively shall be the bound-
aries defined in the Schedule hereto as the
Arahura Road District, the Totara Road District, and
the Kanieri Road District, as if those districts
were named, constituted, and defined in
the said Order in Council.

Council of the eighth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, shall
extend and be applicable to the road districts
defined in the Schedule hereto as the Arahura
Road District, the Totara Road District, and
the Kanieri Road District, as if those districts
were named, constituted, and defined
in the said Order.

SCHEDULE.

Arahura Road District.

Commencing at the mouth of the Tere-
makau River; thence following up that
river to its sources; thence southerly along
the dividing range to the sources of the Ara-
hura River; thence following down the
southern bank of that river to the sea coast;
and northwards along the coast to the com-
mencing point.

Totara Road District.

Bounded on the West by the sea coast;
on the South by the Wangauui River; on
the East by the dividing range; and on the
North by the southern boundary of the
Kanieri District hereinafter defined.

Kanieri Road District.

Commencing at the mouth of the Arahura
River; thence following up that river to its
source; thence southerly along the dividing
range to the source of the Kokatahi; thence
down the southern bank of that river to its
junction with the Hokitika River; thence
southerly up the western bank of the Hokiti-
ka River to line Ho; thence westerly
down line Ho to Mahinapua Lake, and by a
line touching the northern bank of the said
lake to the sea coast; and northerly along
the coast to the commencing point, excepting
the town of Hokitika.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

PUBLIC NOTICE.—On and after Mon-
day, 6th July, 1868, the Deeds
Registry Office and Stamp Office for West-
land will be in Sewell-street, in the building
at the rear of the Supreme Court House and
County Secretary’s Office, and adjoining the
new Resident Magistrate’s Court House.

ROBERT ABBOTT,
Registrar of Deeds, and
Deputy Commissioner of Stamps.
Hokitika, 4th July, 1868.

BY virtue of the powers in me vested, I,
EDWARD CLARKE, Esquire, Judge of
the District Court of the County of West-
land, do hereby appoint
WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN, Esquire,
a deputy to act for the Clerk, at Hokitika, of
the said Court, during the absence of the
said Clerk on leave.

EDWARD CLARKE, J.

Dated at Hokitika, in
the said County, this
sixth day of July,
A.D. 1868.