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Crossman swam out to him with lifebuoy and line, and
willing hands then drew all three to the shore. Awarded a
certificate of merit.

Case 388.—SAMUEL CROSSMAN, saddler, Napier, New Zea-
land (aged thirty-three years), saved the life of John F. C.
Cooke on the 19th December, 1884, at the sea-beach, Napier.
(The circumstances of the courage displayed by Crossman
detailed in Case 387.) Awarded a certificate of merit.

Case 393.—THOMAS LEEMAN, master mariner, New Zea-
land Steam Shipping Company (aged thirty-two years), saved
the lives of Thomas Wilde and Alexander Stuart, Napier
Harbour, on the 10th January, 1885. Captain Leeman,
finding Stuart, the third officer of the N.Z.S.S. "Waitangi,"
could not swim, after the boat they were in had capsized,
jumped in to save him, and, having pushed him an oar for
his support, swam to Thomas Wilde, the steward, who also
could not swim, and supported him until rescued by the
pilot's boat. Awarded a bronze medal.

Case 411.—ALFRED BUCKLEY, builder, Christchurch, New
Zealand (aged thirty-six years), saved Mortimer Godfrey
(aged eighteen years) from drowning, at the River Avon, on
the 3rd April, 1885, by jumping into the river and rescuing
Godfrey, who had been upset from an outrigger, and could
not swim. Godfrey clung desperately to Buckley, and it was
only after a severe struggle he managed to push him to the
bank. The struggle, and the weeds getting round Buckley's
legs, completely exhausted him. Awarded a bronze medal.

Case 416.—FINNIM A. DUGDALE, carpenter, of Waitara,
Taranaki, New Zealand (aged twenty-eight years), saved the
life of Joseph P. Skinner, at Mokau, New Zealand, on the
22nd March, 1884. A boat with a party of surveyors, six in
all, was swamped by a heavy sea on the Mokau Bar. Owing
to the beach being steep the back-wash was so great that
some were carried out again into the surf. Dugdale, who
was amongst the first who landed, immediately stripped and
plunged into the surf again, and seeing Skinner, who was
very exhausted, caught hold of him and brought him ashore
in safety. Awarded a bronze medal.

Cases 416A, 416B, 416C.—WETERE TE RERENGA, a Native
Maori Chief and a Native Magistrate, KARENA and NIWHA,
his men, all of the Mokau Hapu Tribe, saved the lives of Mr.
Thomas Perham, surveyor, and his assistant, Mr. Hursthouse,
from drowning at the Mokau Bar on the 22nd March, 1884.
After the boat had swamped, as described in the preceding
case, Messrs. Perham and Hursthouse were struggling in the
surf, greatly exhausted. The Maori chief and his men im-
mediately went off in their canoe (a small one), got to Messrs.
Perham and Hursthouse, who managed to hold on to the
gunwale of the canoe, and in this position the Maoris very
cleverly ran them through the surf, and safely landed them
on the beach. Each awarded a bronze medal.

Special Order made by Hobson County Council.—Tokatoka
Road District and Matakohe Road District amended.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Hobson
County Council, is published in accordance with "The
Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

At a meeting of the Hobson County Council, held at Toka-
toka on the 26th day of May, 1885, a special order was
made, That whereas it appears that the clauses of "The
Road Boards Act, 1882," relating to the formation of a new
road district, have been complied with, and the boundaries
as under having been certified to by the Assistant Surveyor-
General, a special order is therefore hereby made consti-
tuting a portion of the Matakohe Highway District a new
road district, to be called "The Tokatoka Highway Dis-
trict," within the following boundaries, viz.:—

All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland,
bounded towards the North-west by the Okahu Road Dis-
trict (as described in Gazette No. 42, of the 18th May, 1883,
page 645), from the Wairoa River to the Manganui River;
towards the North-east and East generally by a line along
the middle of those rivers to a point in the latter river, being
the termination of a right line produced in continuance of
the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 87 of the Parish
of Matakohe; towards the South-east generally by the right
line aforesaid to the easternmost angle of that section, and
thence continuing south-westerly along the parish boundary
of Omaru to the southernmost angle of Section No. 1 of that
parish; thence by a right line produced in continuance of the
south-eastern boundary of Section No. 1 aforesaid to the
Awaroa River, and by a line along the middle of the Awaroa
River to the Wairoa River aforesaid to the point of commencement.

Amended Boundaries of the Matakohe Road Board (former
boundaries, Gazette No. 42, of the 18th May, 1883, page
645).

All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland,
bounded towards the North by a line along the middle of
the Manganui River from its confluence with the Omaru
River to a point on the former river, being the termination
of a right line produced in continuance of the eastern boun-
dary of the Parish of Matakohe; towards the East by the
Parishes of Mareretu and Paparoa to the Arapaoa River;
thence towards the South by the last-mentioned river, the
Unuwhao Block No. 160 (in red), and the Wairoa River to
the middle of the Awaroa River; and towards the North-
west and West generally by the south-eastern and eastern
boundaries of the Tokatoka Road District, hereinbefore
described, to the commencing point.

FREDK. W. MATTHEWS,
Chairman.

Council Office, Te Kopuru, 26th June, 1885.

I hereby beg to certify that, at a meeting of the Hobson
County Council, held at Tokatoka upon Tuesday, the 26th
day of May, 1885, a special order was duly made, consti-
tuting a new highway district under the name of the Toka-
toka Highway District.

FREDK. L. BEART,
Clerk, Hobson County Council.

Special Order made by Selwyn County Council.—Ridings
altered.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Selwyn County
Council, is published in accordance with "The Counties
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Special Order altering the Boundaries of the Avon, Heath-
cote, and Lincoln Ridings.

WHEREAS by section 26 of "The Counties Act 1876 Amend-
ment Act, 1882," it is provided that if the boundaries of any
road district or subdivision be altered, thus causing any one
or more of the ridings to be not in conformity with the pro-
visions of section 23 of the said Act, then and in such case
the Council shall, within three months from the happening
of such event, pass a special order altering the ridings
accordingly: And whereas, in consequence of alterations in
the boundaries of the Road Districts of Spreydon, Lincoln,
and Templeton, the Ridings of Avon, Heathcote, and Lincoln
are not now in conformity with the provisions of section 23
of the said Act: Now, therefore, the Council of the County
of Selwyn, in pursuance and exercise of the power given to
it by the said Act, doth hereby ordain and declare that the
boundaries of the said ridings shall henceforth be those
respectively set forth in the Schedule hereto.

Schedule.

The Avon Riding shall comprise all that area known as
the Road Districts of Avon and Riccarton, as described in
the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, 30th April, 1883, and the
Templeton Road District, as described in a special order in
the New Zealand Gazette No. 40, 25th June, 1885.

The Heathcote Riding shall comprise all that area known
as the Road District of Heathcote, as described in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 36, 30th April, 1883; the Road District
of Spreydon, as described in a special order in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 31, 14th May, 1885; the Road District
of Halswell, as described in a special order in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 31, 14th May, 1885; the Road District
of Taitapu, as described in a special order in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 88, 1st August, 1884; the Town District
of Woolston, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No.
69, 17th August, 1882; the Town District of Linwood, as
described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 83, 5th October,
1882; and the Town District of Sumner, as described in the
New Zealand Gazette No. 16, 15th February, 1883.

The Lincoln Riding shall comprise all that area known as
the Road District of Lincoln, as described in a special order
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 40, 25th June, 1885; and
the Road District of Springs, as described in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 36, 30th April, 1883.

Made by the Council of the County of Selwyn, at the
chambers of the said Council, in the City of Christchurch,
this 28th day of July, 1885.

H. J. MATHIAS, Chairman.
W. JAMESON, Clerk.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a
special order which was duly made at a meeting of the
Council of the County of Selwyn, held on the 28th day of
July, 1885.

W. JAMESON,
Clerk of the Council,