Numb. 51.
1019

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1890.

Ashburton-Rakaia Water-races, County of Ashburton.

(L.S.)
ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

I
N exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the two hundred and sixty-seventh
section of "The Counties Act, 1886," and at the request of
the Ashburton County Council, I, William Hillier, Earl of
Onslow, 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 Ashburton-Rakaia Water-races; and,
further, that the River Ashburton, in the County of Ash-
burton, with its tributaries and affluents, and also the creek
known as Chapman's Creek, in the said county, shall be
streams which may be taken for the purpose of supplying
the said water-races.

SCHEDULE.

ARTERIAL RACE E (E).

ALL that area, 50 links in width, situated in the Survey Dis-
trict of Spaxton, County of Ashburton, commencing at a
point on the left bank of the Pudding Hill Stream, in
Section 30916, and proceeding in a south-easterly direction
generally, intersecting that section, Reserve 2571, a road,
and Sections 30818 and 30179, to the creek forming the
south-western boundary of Section 25109; thence intersect-
ing Sections 25109, 25216, 24445, and the Alford Forest Road
to Section 25153. Also, all that area, 50 links in width,
situated in the Survey District of Spaxton, County of Ash-
burton, commencing in Section 17233, at its western bound-
ary-line, and proceeding in a south-easterly direction,
intersecting the said Section 17233, a road, and Section
17231, to a point at or near the western boundary of Section
17232.

RACE E.

All that area, 25 links in width, situated in the Spaxton,
Corwar, Ashburton, Rakaia, and South Rakaia Survey Dis-
tricts, County of Ashburton, commencing at a point on
Arterial Race E (E), hereinbefore described, about 27 chains
south of the north-east corner of Section 17231 of the said
Spaxton Survey District, and proceeding in an easterly and
south-easterly direction, and intersecting the said Section
17231 and Sections 17232 and 17229, a road, Section 17924, a
road, Sections 17925 and 20919, a road, Sections 26751, 26752,
and 26753, a road, Sections 20681, 20682, and 18913, a road,
Sections 18915, 17920, 18916, 20676, 20679, 26718, 25895, and
17919, a road, Sections 17919 (aforesaid), 25892, 17916, 7248,
15581, 7244, 7247, 15578, 25891, 7246, 34126, 15558, 34126,
16659, 15339, 7329, 14737, 14738, and 15340, a road, Sections
7328 and 7324, a road, Section 34125, a road, Sections 26602,
26603, 14575, 30540, 35081, and 7325, a road, Sections 7325
(aforesaid), 14739, 14576, 7326, 16989, 34123, and 16658, a road,
Sections 27329, 17451, 17450, 15548, 15522, 18985, and 18984,
a road, Sections 23749, 17969, and Reserve 1392, a road,
Sections 15597 and 7309, a road, Sections 23211 and 15327, a
road, Sections 15596, 15400, and 15399, a road, Sections 15496
and 16141, a road, Section 16143, a road, the Methven Rail-
way-line, Sections 16142, 22827, and 23157, a road, Sections
15847 and 16203, a road, the Southern Trunk Railway-line,
Section 16331, the Main South Road, Sections 16124, 15840,
15839, 24213, 24212, 24296, 26175, 24691, 24692, 24835, a road,
Sections 25163 and 25272, a road, Sections 25283 and 25284,
a road, Sections 28303, 23165, 25379, and 25713, a road,
Sections 25373, 25043, 27236, and 27235, a road, Sections
26785, 26784, and 24663, a road, Sections 24619, 25131,
24664, 25410, 24988, 25322, and 25329, a road, Section 24328,
a road, Section 24327, a road, Sections 24329, 26935, South
Rakaia Survey District, and a road, to the sea.

RACE E (1).

All that area, 25 links in width, situated in the Corwar,
Ashburton, and Rakaia Survey Districts, County of Ashbur-
ton, commencing at Race E, hereinbefore described, in Sec-
tion 7325, Corwar Survey District, and proceeding in a south-
easterly direction, intersecting the said Section 7325, a road,
Sections 26852, 14808, 7314, 7315, 7316, 14807, 7305, 15521,
and 7318, a road, Sections 26918 and 7301, a road, Sections
23211, 15707, 13701, and 15327, a road, Reserve 1112, Section
5821, a road, Section 7129, a road, Section 15645, a road,
Section 30718, the Methven Railway-line, Sections 15646
and 16223, a road, the Main Trunk Railway-line, Section
16222, Reserve 1466, the Great South Road, Sections 16124
and 15842, a road, Sections 15841 and 15843, a road, Section
15846, a road, Sections 15852 and 15849, a road, Sections
15868 and 24543, a road, Section 15850, a road, Sections
15855 and 16215, a road, Section 24542, a road, Section 16332,
a road, Sections 16332, 15969, 15562, and 15563, a road, Sec-
tion 15570, a road, Section 28394, a road, Reserve 2223, a
road, Section 26781, a road, Sections 18259 and 18260, a
road, and Sections 27273 and 27084, a road, Sections 18260
and 18334, a road, Sections 18423 and 18434, a road, Section
18424, a road, Sections 26746, 27466, 27468, 26745, 27634,
and 33562, Rakaia Survey District, and a road, to the sea.

RACE E (2).

All that area, 25 links in width, situated in the Rakaia
Survey District, County of Ashburton, commencing at Race
E (1), hereinbefore described, in Section 16222, and proceed-
ing in a south-easterly direction, intersecting that section,
the Great South Road, Sections 7131, 7132, 17886, 15647,
15844, 15845, 17386, 7131, and 7132 aforesaid, Reserve 1113,
Sections 18446, 18307, and 23308, a road, Sections 19240,
19241, and 19242, Reserve 1115, a road, Sections 14601,
30416, and 14522, a road, Section 11057, Reserve 1114, Sec-
tions 25745, 26743, and 26430, a road, Section 26431, a
road, Section 23945, a road, Section 26544, a road, Sections