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Evening Post, Volume XIII, Issue 54, 4 March 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

Jfanaioatu Highway District. jfe PROCLAMATION ; By His Honor William Fitzherbert, Esquire, C.M.G., Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand. WHEREAS by, "The Highways Act, * * 1874," it is, ! among' other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, from time to time, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, to divide any district or districts into two or more new districts, and that no such Proclamation shall be issued or have any force or effect unless the Superintendent shall first have received a petition praying for the issue of "such Proclamation signed by at least two-thirds of the ratepayers, reckoned according 1 to their votes, within the boundaries of the district which such petition prays may be established, and the remaining portion of the original district shall bo immediately thereafter proclaimed a new district by the Superintendent, and shall be and be deemed to be a proclaimed district, and shall be dealt with \n the same manner as a proclaimed district under the provisions of the' said Act : "And whereas" by~a Proclamation bearing even date herewith, after reciting, as therein is l'ecited, a block of land theretofore forming part of the Manawatu Highway District was, from and after the date therein mentioned, proclaimed and declared to be a Highway District by che^name^of the " Manchester Highway District *'? And whereas it is expedient tliati the? remaining portion of the Manawatu Highway District should be proclaimed as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, William Fitzherbert, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare tjhat.fche remaining i pQr J tiojfl / of the said Manawatu Mjgh>vay Ijistric^ the boundaries whereof are" described in the Schedule hereto, shall from and after the sixteenth day of March, 1876, be and be deemed to be a Highway District within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Act, and that such district shall be oalled\ and known by the name of the " Mauawatu Highway District." Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington, at ' ; Wellington, this twenty-fifth day ot -February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.. William Fitzherbert, (Superintendent, Countersigned — Henry Bunny, Provincial Secretary. SCHEDULE. Approximate area, 1,000,000 acres. Bounded on the north and north-west by the southern and south-eastern boundaries of the JRaugitikei Jj&jfaway District ; on theeait bf ftlgsurttajt line of the Tararua and 'Jßuahtotflan^mjm the south by a line bearing about east from the source of the Waikanae River to the top of the Tararua Range and by the Waikanae River ; on the west by the sea coast between the Wakanae and Rangi tikei Rivers. Provided that "The Manchester Highway District," the boundaries of which are defilecl fe'the^Scfieclnle^o^ Proclamation issued f'dn tlie ' twenty-fifth day of February, JB7p, the said fslaj|chef|tei\ District, Ishall not be included in tttv^MatiaWaTltf^Highway District as herein defined.

Sheep Inspector' 8 Report* Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 29th February, 1876. T>JOTICE has been received from the Inspector of Sheep for the RaDgitikei District that he has granted a Clean Certificate to Mr. John Cameron for a mob of sheep,- numbering 960, depasturing on Wakawari Station. Dated ~l7th'instanF. -* --— — - ~~ — Henry Bunny, Provincial Secretary. ~t . f_ .. g I Proclamation. ~sy His Honor William Fitzherbert, Esquire, C.M.G., Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand. [ WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, L 9L 9 C.M.G., Superintendent of tKe< Province of Wellington/ in the Colony of New Zealand, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by "The Local Boards Act, 1873," do, hereby proclaim and appoint that a faceting of persons qualified to vote for " Palmerston North District," under the said; Actsh^H.be beldia't the School-house, Palmerston North, on Monday, the 20th day of March, 1876, at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose* of electing five persons to constitutor the Board of Commissioners for. the said District. ; ; : And further I do hereby appoint Geo. M: Snelson the Returniag^ OffSceV ki such meeting for the election of Commissioners aforesaid. Given uncler my han<i'and%nied under the public seal of tne Province of Wellington, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of ~ ; ' ; k February, one thousand eight ,: ] hundred and seventy-six. William Fitzhekbert, . „ Superintendent. Countersigned — Henry Bunny, Provincial Secretary.