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35 Victoriae 1871 No 59 Representation Act Amendment 257 . NEW ZEALAND. TRICESIMO QUINTO VICTORI-LE REGIN-LE. No. LIX. *********************************************************** ANALYSIS. 5. Registration and Returning Officers to remain in Title. office for Districts as re·defined. Preamble. 6. Mode of forming new rolls. 1. Short Title. 7. Publication and effect of llew rolls. 2. Schedule annexed to this Act to be substituted in 8. Each sitting Member for District constituted by " Representation Act 1870" for the Sched ule the said Act to be Members for Districts all thereto annexed. defined in substituted Schedule and bearing 3. Interpretation of "Representation Act 1870." same name. 4. Maps to be prepared. Schedule. AN ACT to correct the Descriptions of the Boundaries of Titltt. the Electoral Districts for the election of Members of the House of Representatives. [14tlz November 187'1.] HEREAS many errors have been discovered in the descriptions Preamble. of the boundaries of the Electoral Districts set forth in the W Schedule to "The Representation Act 1870" hereinafter referred to as "the said Act" and it is expedient to correct the same by amending the said Act in the manner hereinafter provided : BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows :- 1. The Short Title of this Act shall be "The Representation Act Short Title. Amendment Act 1871." 2. The Schedule to this Act annexed is hereby substituted in the Schedule annexed to said Act ,for th~ Schedule thereto annexed. The Schedule to this Act :::t~~t?'~e;:e~:~: annexed IS herem referred to as "the substltuted Schedule." tation Act 1870" for 3. The said Act shall be construed and read as if the substituted !~~e~~~~dule thereto Schedule had been originally annexed to the said Act in lieu of the Interpretation of Schedule thereto annexed Wherever in the said Act the expressions "Re~fesentation Act "the Schedule to this Act" or "the said Schedule" occur the said 1870. Act shall be deemed to refer to the substituted Schedule Wherever in the said Act reference is made to the First Pad of the Schedul~ to the said Act the said Act shall be deemed to refer to the First Part Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 60, of the 20th November, 1871. 35 0 'VICTORllE. No. 59. Representation Act. Amendment. of the substituted Schedule and wherever in the said Act reference is made to the Second Part of the Schedule to the said Act the said Act shall be deemed to refer to the Second Part of the substituted Schedule. Maps to be prepared. 4. The Colonial Secretary shall cause properly authenticated maps of the Electoral Districts as defined in the said substituted Schedule to be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Registt:ttion and 5. Immediately upon the passing of this Act the Registration Ret~~ng ~fficefirs to and Returning Officers appointed to or acting for each of the Electoral rem!Lln In OmCC or •• • Districts as reo DIstrIcts as constItute d b y the sal'd A ct sh a11 b ecome and b e R egIs. t ra- defined. tion Officers for that one of the Electoral Districts as defined in the substituted Schedule which bears the same name as the Electoral District to or for which at the time of the passing of this Act he was appointed or acting and immediately on the passing of this Act such Registration Officers shall respectively prepare new Electoral Rolls for the districts as defined in the said substituted Schedule. Mode offorming new 6. For the purpose of forming such new Electoral Rolls the rolls. name of every elector registered on the roll for the time being in force of any Electoral District as constituted before the passing of this Act shall be placed on the new Electoral Roll of that one of the Electoral Districts as defined in the said substituted Schedule in which the tenements or hereditaments in respect whereof he is so registered are situate. Publica.tionandeffect 7. Upon such new Electoral Rolls being so formed by each 1lfnewrolls. officer as aforesaid the same shall forthwith be transmitted by such officer to the Colonial Secretary and shall be published in such con­ venient manner as the Governor shall direct and from the day of such publication the Electoral Roll so formed for each District as defined in the substituted Schedule shall be the Electoral Roll to be used for such District for all purposes until a revised Electoral Roll for the same shall be in force under the provisions of the law for the time being for the registration of electors. Each sitting Member 8. Each person who at the time of the passing of this Act is a fortuted District by the consti- said Act "l....In.em b er 0 f the H ouse 0 f R epresent a t·.l'Ives 1.or any Elec tID·ora IS t rIC. t to be Members for constituted by the said Act shall upon the passing of this Act be inDistricts substituted as defined (1 eeme d t 0 b e and b e a M em b er 0 f the sal·d H ouse 1.or.f' tha t one 0 f Schedule and bearing Electoral Districts as defined in the substituted Schedule which bears .arne name. the same name as the Electoral District for which he at the time of the passing of this Act is such Member. Schedule. SCHEDULE. IPART I.-UNALTERED DISTRICTS. City of Auckland Ea8t, One Member. THrs District is bounded towards the North by Auckland Harbour; towards the West by the centre of Queen Street; towards the South by the centre of Karangahape Road; and towards the South-east by the centre of Symonds Street, the southern boundary of Clty Section 34 and its production east and west, the centres of Grafton Road and Stanley Street, the southern boundary of City Section 11 and its production west, the east~n boundary of that section and the Mill Stream to Mechanics' Bay. Oity of Aucklana West, Two Members. This District is bounded towards the North by Auckland Harbour; towards the East by the City of Auckland East District; towards the South by the centres of Karangahape and Ponsonby Roads; and towards the North-west by the centre of Franklin Street. 35 0 VICTORL{E. 259 --------------~--------------~~~-------- Representation Act Amendment. Parnell, One J1Iembe1·. This District is bounded towards the North by Auckland Harbour; towards the East by Remuera. Creek and by the eastern boundary of Suburban Section 14 and its production south; towards the South by the centres of Tamaki, Kyber Pass, and Scoria Quarry Roads; and towards the West by the centre of Cemetery Road and the City of Auckland East District. Newton, One Member. This District is bounded towards the North by Auckland Harbour and by the City of Auckland West and East Districts; towards the East by the City of Auckland West and Parnell Districts; towards the South by the centres of Cabbage Tree Swamp and Karangahape Roads; and towards the West by the :Meola Creek. Town of Onekunga, One Membm·. This District is bounded towards the North by Mount Smart Road; towards the East by Section 17 of the Suburbs of Auckland; towards the South by Manukau Harbour; and towards the West by Section 13 of the Suburbs of Auckland. Napier, One Member. This District is bounded towards the North by the northern boundary of the Province of Hawke's Bay; towards the East by the sea; towards the South by the N garuroro River; and towards the West by the western boundary of the Province of Hawke's Bay; together with the adjacent Islands. Olive, One Jllembel'. This District is bounded towards the North by the Napier District; towards the East by the sea; towards the South by a right line from the mouth of the Waimata Stream to the Manawatu Gorge; and towards the "'tV est by the western boundary of the Province of Hawke's Bay; together with the adjacent Islands. Town of New Plymouth, One J1{ember. This District comprises the Town of New Plymouth and Town Belt as laid out by the New Zealand Company. Oity of Wellington, Two Members. This District comprises the City of Wellington and Town Belt as laid out by the New Zealand Company. Hutt, One Member. This District is bounded towards the North by a right line being the production eastward of the southern boundary of the Manawatu District hereinafter defined; towards the South-east by right lines from peak to peak along the Rimutaka Range to Taoura­ kira Head; towards the South-west by the sea and Port Nicholson; and towards the North-west by the Korokoro Stream to its source, and by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of the watershed between Porirua Harbour and Port Nicholson to the south-eastern corner of the Manawatu District; together with Somes and Ward Islands. Wairarapa, Two Members. This District is bounded towards the North by the Clive District; towards the South-east and South by the sea; towards the North-west and again towards the South by the lIutt District; and again towards the North-west by right lines from peak to peak along the Tararua Range to the Manawatu Gorge. Wanganui, One Member. This District is bounded towards the North by the northern boundary of the Province of Wellington; towards the East by a right line due south to the main source of the Wangaehu River; thence towards the South-east by that river to the sea; .
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