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member of the Leamington Town Board, two members of the Matamata County Council, and a member of the Waipa County Council. The other appointee to the Board was the District Electrical Engineer, Hamilton, representing the State Hydro-electric Department (Gazette, No. 58, 6th October, 1949, page 2408). (9) Commissioner Control : Localities or Porirua and Titahi Bay in Makara County Reference has previously been made to this matter under the heading of " Johnsonville Town District and Certain Areas of the Makara County " (pages 20-26). XVIII. MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION Preliminary factual investigations have been undertaken in connection with the following matters, and fixtures for public inquiries have been made in several instances : (1) A petition praying for the exclusion of an area from the Borough of West Harbour and its inclusion in the Borough of Port Chalmers. This petition may also involve consideration of minor adjustments to the boundaries of the Waikouaiti County. (2) A request for the inclusion in the Borough of Kaiapoi of certain areas in the counties of Eyre and Rangiora. This proposal raises the question as to whether the boundaries of the North Canterbury Electric-power District should be adjusted. (3) A proposal that the Town District of Leamington be merged in the Borough of Cambridge. (4) A petition praying for the exclusion of certain areas from the Borough of Patea and their inclusion in the County of Patea. (5) A petition praying for the inclusion of a small area in the City of Napier and its exclusion from the County of Hawke's Bay. (6) A petition praying for the inclusion of an area in the Borough of Masterton and its exclusion from the County of Masterton. Consideration is also being given to a request of the Masterton Borough and County Councils for a general review of the boundaries of the Borough of Masterton. (7) A petition praying for the inclusion of an area in the Borough of Mount Maunganui and its exclusion from the County of Tauranga. (8) A review of the counties in the Wairarapa. (9) A review of the Kawhia County and adjoining districts. (10) The question of a review of the counties of Weber and Dannevirke, and such other adjoining districts in the locality as may be determined. (11) A request for the inclusion of certain areas in, and the exclusion of certain areas from, the counties of Thames and Coromandel. (12) A request for the exclusion of an area from the County of Taranaki and its inclusion in the County of Inglewood. (13) A petition praying for the exclusion of an area from the County of Levels and its inclusion in the City of Timaru. At the same time as this matter is under consideration, the Commission may review the question of further adjustments of the boundaries of the City of Timaru. (14) A petition praying for the change of status of the Town District of Taradale to that of a borough. (15) A petition praying for the change of status of the Town District of Havelock North to that of a borough. (16) A petition praying for the dissolution of the Hawke's Bay Rivers Board, and the transfer of the powers and functions of that Board to the Hawke's Bay Catchment Board.