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tions Nos. 1561 and 1626 to the north-eastern corner of the
last-mentioned section; thence by High Street to Sale’s
Road; thence by Sale’s Road and Powle’s Road to the north-
western corner of Rural Section No. 7285; thence by the
northern boundary-line of Rural Section No. 7285 to the
north-eastern corner thereof; thence by a straight line to
the south-western corner of Rural Section No. 8261; thence
by the north-western and northern boundaries of Rural Sec-
tion No. 8261 to the south-west corner of Rural Section No.
11307; thence by the western boundary-line of Rural Section
No. 11307 to German Road; thence by the north side of
German Road to the westernmost corner of Reserve No.
2272; thence by the north-western boundary-line of Reserve
No. 2272, the north-western boundary-line of Rural Sections
Nos. 31897 and 31901, and the western boundary-line of
Rural Section No. 24488 to the River Ashley; thence
towards the north by the River Ashley to the south-eastern
boundary-line of the Oxford Road District, as described in
the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, 30th April, 1883; thence
towards the south-east by part of the eastern boundary-line
of the said Oxford Road District to Rural Section No. 24241;
thence towards the north-east by a road to the northern
corner of Rural Section No. 8147; thence again towards the
south-east generally by the eastern boundary-line of Rural
Section No. 8115; thence by the southern boundary-line of
the said Section No. 8115 to the north-eastern corner of
Rural Section No. 13619; thence by the eastern and southern
boundary-line of Rural Section No. 13619 to the road at the
eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 32061; thence by the
eastern boundary-lines of Rural Section No. 32061, Reserve
No. 2256, and Rural Section No. 23352; thence by the south-
western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section and by
the south-eastern boundary-line of the Oxford Road Board
District aforesaid to the north-western corner of Rural Sec-
tion No. 13684; thence again towards the north by the
northern boundary-lines of Rural Sections Nos. 13684, 10578,
4466, 4214, 7332, 4215, 15466, and 5897; thence towards the
east by the road at the eastern boundary of Rural Section
No. 5897 to the Oxford and Rangiora Railway-line; thence
again towards the north by the said Oxford and Rangiora
Railway-line to the road forming the boundary between the
Cust Road District and the Mandeville and Rangiora Road
District, as the same are described in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 36, 30th April, 1883; thence towards the west by
the said road to the south-eastern corner of Rural Section No.
4207; thence towards the south by the southern boundary-
lines of Rural Sections Nos. 4207, 4218, and 6949; thence by
the road fronting Rural Sections Nos. 7809, 5515, and 5526;
thence by the continuation of the said road to the north-
eastern corner of Rural Section No. 7580; thence again
towards the east by the road fronting Rural Sections Nos.
7580, 7581, and 8499; thence again towards the south gene-
rally by the road fronting Rural Sections Nos. 8499 and
15136 and Reserve No. 1379; thence by the road fronting
Rural Section No. 15952; thence by the road fronting Rural
Section No. 18403 to the south-eastern corner of Rural Sec-
tion No. 22943; thence by the southern boundary-lines of
Rural Section No. 22943 and Reserve No. 1024; thence again
towards the west generally by the road fronting Reserve No.
1024 and Rural Sections Nos. 22943, 18444, and 15396 to the
south-eastern corner of Rural Section No. 7127; thence by
the road fronting Rural Sections Nos. 7127, 18886, 7126, and
part of Reserve No. 712 to a point about 10 chains north of the
boundary-line between Section No. 7126 and Reserve No.
712 aforesaid; thence again towards the north generally by
a direct line to the westernmost corner of Rural Section No.
7572; thence by the north-western boundary-lines of Rural
Sections Nos. 7572 and 8086; thence by the north-eastern
boundary-line of Rural Section No. 8086 and part of the
north-eastern boundary-line of Rural Section No. 7746 to
the road intersecting Rural Section No. 7762; thence by the
north side of that road and the road forming the northern
boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 7321, 7675, 7674, 7673,
and 7095 to the south-western corner of Rural Section No.
7728; thence by the western boundary-line of Rural Section
No. 7728 to the road forming the northern boundaries of
Rural Sections Nos. 7728 and 7734; thence by that road
to the south-western corner of Rural Section No. 8852;
thence by the western boundary-line of Rural Section No.
8852 for about 10 chains; thence by a straight line to
the north-western corner of Rural Section No. 8290;
thence by the northern boundary-line of Rural Section
No. 8290 to the road at its north-eastern boundary;
thence by the northern side of that road to the westernmost
corner of Rural Section No. 16263; thence by the northern
boundary-line of Rural Section No. 16263; thence by the
eastern boundary-line of Rural Section No. 16263 to
Rural Section No. 8291; thence by the northern boundary-
line of Rural Sections Nos. 8291 and 8488 to the western
boundary of the Mandeville and Rangiora Road District
aforesaid; thence again towards the west by part of the
western boundary-line of the Mandeville and Rangiora Road
District to the River Ashley; thence again towards the

north by the River Ashley to the north-eastern corner of
Rural Section No. 22536; thence again towards the east by
the eastern boundary-line of that section and of Section
No. 3072 to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned
section; thence again towards the south by the southern
boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 3072, 3677, and 4413 to
the western corner of Rural Section No. 4413; thence again
towards the south-east by a road to the southern corner of
Reserve No. 142; thence again towards the east by the
eastern boundary-line of Rural Section No. 544 to the south-
eastern corner thereof; thence again towards the south by a
road to the south-western corner of Rural Section No. 435;
thence again towards the west by a road to the south-western
corner of Rural Section No. 1197; thence again towards the
south by the southern boundaries of Rural Section No. 1179,
Reserve No. 124, and Rural Sections Nos. 1178 and 1301 to
the road at the south-eastern corner of Rural Section No.
1486; thence again towards the east by the eastern boun-
dary-line of Rural Section No. 969; thence by a line across
the Oxford and Rangiora Railway Reserve and Road; thence
by the eastern boundary-line of Rural Section No. 505 to the
south-eastern corner thereof; thence again towards the south
by Southbrook Road to the south-eastern corner of Rural
Section No. 1539; thence again towards the east by a road
to the south-eastern corner of Rural Section No. 6491;
thence again towards the south by the southern boundary-
line of that section westerly to its south-western corner;
thence again towards the west by the eastern boundary of the
Drain Reserve to the south-eastern corner of Rural Section
No. 10658; thence again towards the south by Rural Section
No. 5225 to the eastern side of the Rangiora Swamp Road;
thence again towards the west by the said road to the south-
western corner of Rural Section No. 4729; thence again
towards the south by a road to Rural Section No. 8220
(crossing meanwhile the West Eyreton Road); thence again
towards the south-east by the western side of the same road
to where it joins the Oxford and Kaiapoi Road at the northern
boundary-line of the Eyreton Road District, as described in
the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, 30th April, 1883; thence
again towards the north-east by part of the north-eastern
boundary-line of the said Eyreton Road District to Barker’s
Road at the eastern corner of Rural Section No. 7117; thence
again towards the east generally by Barker’s Road to its
junction with McRoberts’s Road at the north-eastern corner
of Rural Section No. 7465; thence by McRoberts’s Road to
its junction with Paterson’s Road at the north-western
corner of Rural Section No. 3979; thence by the south-western
boundary-line of Rural Section No. 3979; thence again
towards the north by the southern boundary-line of the
last-mentioned section to the western corner of Rural Sec-
tion No. 3980; thence again towards the north-east generally
by Rural Section No. 3980 to Bradley’s Road; thence by
Bradley’s Road to the south-western corner of Rural Section
No. 3662; thence by Rural Section No. 3662 to White’s
Road; thence by the eastern side of White’s Road to the
south-western corner of Rural Section No. 6184; thence by
Rural Sections Nos. 6184, 8348, and 7114 to the Eyre Re-
serve; thence by the said Eyre Reserve to Chilton’s Road;
thence by the southern side of Chilton’s Road to the western-
most corner of Rural Section No. 3871; thence by Rural
Sections Nos. 3871 and 9953 to Lord’s Road; thence by the
north-western boundary-line of Rural Section No. 1707;
thence by the southern boundary-line of Rural Section No.
1707 to Dixon’s Road; thence by Dixon’s Road to South
Eyre Road; thence again towards the south by South Eyre
Road westerly to its junction with Harr’s Road; thence
again towards the east by Harr’s Road to Driscol’s Road;
thence again towards the north-east by Driscol’s Road to
the River Waimakariri; thence again towards the south and
south-west by the River Waimakariri to a point in line with
the north-western boundary-line of Lot No. 51 of Reserve
No. 2331; and thence by a right line to the place of com-
mencement: excluding from the above-described area Rural
Section No. 4483, Mairaki Survey District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of
Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley,
of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow,
of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West
Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley,
of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of
February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-two.

P. A. BUCKLEY,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!