Numb. 17. 339

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1888.

Seadown Water-races, County of Geraldine.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

I
N exercise and pursuance of the powers and authority
vested in me by the two hundred and sixty-seventh
section of "The Counties Act, 1886," and, at the request of
the Geraldine County Council, I, William Francis Drum-
mond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare the lands described in the
Schedule hereto to be water-races, as defined by the two
hundred and sixty-sixth section of the said Act, to be known
by the name of the Seadown Water-races; and, further, that
the River Opihi, in the County of Geraldine, shall be a
stream which may be taken for the purpose of supplying the
said water-races.

SCHEDULE.

SEADOWN WATER-RACES.

Race No. 1.

All that area, 12½ links in width, situate in the Pareora and
Arowhenua Survey Districts, County of Geraldine, com-
mencing at a point on the right bank of the Opihi River in
Rural Section No. 21122, and proceeding generally in an
easterly direction, intersecting Rural Sections Nos. 21122,
10454, 12448, 9854, and 9855, to the road forming the eastern
boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence across that
road, and intersecting Rural Sections Nos. 8853, 19100, 10728,
10895, 10331, and 10306, to the road forming the eastern
boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence across that
road, and intersecting Rural Sections Nos. 10716, 11234, and
4828, across the road forming the southern boundary of the
last-mentioned section to the northern boundary of Section
No. 15607, intersecting that section to the road forming its
eastern boundary; thence across that road, and proceeding
along the southern side of the road forming the northern
boundary of Section No. 15606, crossing that road, and again
intersecting the said Section No. 4828 and Section No. 4829
to the road forming the eastern boundary of the last-men-
tioned section; thence across that road, and intersecting
Sections Nos. 4816, 5345, and 5638, across the road forming
the southern boundary of the last-mentioned section, inter-
secting Sections Nos. 9833, 4514, 4226, 4129, and 4225, to the
sea.

Race No. 2.

All that area, 12½ links in width, situate in the Arowhenua
Survey District, County of Geraldine, commencing at the
south-western corner of Rural Section No. 10331, and pro-
ceeding in a northerly direction, intersecting said Section No.
10331, to the southern boundary of Section No. 9943.

Race No. 3.

All that area, 12½ links in width, situate in the Arowhenua
Survey District, County of Geraldine, commencing at the
north-western corner of Rural Section No. 5351, and proceed-
ing in an easterly direction, intersecting Rural Sections Nos.
5351, 15658, 5350, and 10196, to the road forming the eastern
boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence across that
road, and intersecting Sections Nos. 5349 and 9833, to Race
No. 1 aforesaid.

Race No. 4.

All that area, 12½ links in width, situate in the Arowhenua
Survey District, County of Geraldine, commencing at the
north-eastern corner of Rural Section No. 9833, and proceed-
ing generally in an easterly direction, intersecting Section
No. 4514, to the road forming the south-eastern boundary of
that section; thence across that road, and intersecting Sec-
tions Nos. 4942, 10110, 8037, 7763, 9894, 6355, and 6448, to the
road forming the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned
section; thence intersecting that road along its western side
to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of Section
No. 10686; thence to the north-western corner of that sec-
tion, and intersecting Sections Nos. 10686, 9984, and 12860,
across the railway reserve, and intersecting Section No.
16647, to the road forming the eastern boundary of the last-
mentioned section; thence across that road, and intersecting
Sections Nos. 3963, and 4225, and again intersecting said
Section No. 3963 and Section No. 3899, to the sea.

Race No. 5.

All that area, 12½ links in width, situate in the Arowhenua
Survey District, County of Geraldine, commencing at a point
on Race No. 4 aforesaid, in Rural Section No. 3963, and
proceeding in an easterly direction, intersecting that section
and Section No. 3900, again intersecting said Section No.
3963 and Section No. 12286, to the sea.

Race No. 6.

All that area, 12½ links in width, situate in the Pareora
and Arowhenua Survey Districts, County of Geraldine, com-
mencing at the south-western corner of Rural Section No.
19100, and proceeding generally in an easterly direction

ERRATUM.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 15, of 8th March, 1888, page 321, in notice of sitting of the Native Land
Court at Hastings to determine interests under section 42 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1886," for "7th day of
April" read "24th day of April."