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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 106

that such election shall take place at a meeting of the
Council of the said county at half-past ten o'clock in the
forenoon of Wednesday, the eighth day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and two, at the Waipawa County
Council Office, Waipawa.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering Boundaries of Mauriceville, Castlepoint, Wairarapa South, and Masterton Counties.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eleventh
day of December, 1901.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in exercise of the powers conferred by
section three of “The Counties Act 1886 Amend-
ment Act, 1895” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), the
Councils of the Counties of Mauriceville, Castlepoint, Wai-
rarapa South, and Masterton respectively did formally agree
that the boundaries of the said counties should be altered to
the extent shown on a plan deposited in the Colonial Secre-
tary’s Office, Wellington, and also set forth in the Schedule
hereto: And whereas it is expedient that such alteration
of boundaries be approved by the Governor in Council, and
that such altered boundaries be defined in terms of the said
Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and autho-
rity conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby order and declare that, on and after the
publication of these presents in the New Zealand Gazette,
the boundaries of the Counties of Mauriceville, Castlepoint,
Wairarapa South, and Masterton respectively shall be those
set forth under their respective headings in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

MAURICEVILLE COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded
towards the north generally by the Ekatahuna County as
described in the Schedule to “The Ekatahuna County Act,
1898,” from the summit of the Tararua Range to the western-
most corner of Section No. 30 (E.R.), Block XV., Mangaone
Survey District; thence by that section and Sections Nos.
10, 11, 12, 13, and 16 of the said Block XV. to Barton’s
Road-line; thence by the said Barton’s Line to a point
opposite the westernmost corner of Section No. 86, Block
XVI., Mangaone Survey District; thence by a right line to
and by that section and Section No. 87 of the said Block
XVI., and by Sections Nos. 88 and 16, Block IV., Kopua-
ranga Survey District, to the southernmost corner of the
last-mentioned section: thence towards the south-east gene-
rally by Section No. 22, Block I., Mangapakeha Survey Dis-
trict, Sections Nos. 21, 20, and 19, Block IV., Kopuaranga
Survey District, Sections Nos. 140 and 141, Block VIII., to
the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned section:
thence towards the south generally by Section No. 211,
Block VIII. aforesaid, to Mangarei Road; thence across that
road and by Sections Nos. 111 and 112, Block VII., Kopua-
ranga Survey District, to Cleland’s Road; thence across
that road and by Lot No. 3 of Section No. 118, Block
VII. aforesaid, to the north-eastern boundary-line of Sec-
tion No. 210: thence towards the south generally by Sections
Nos. 210, 114, and 113 of the said Block VII. to the Wa-
gaehu Valley Road; thence by that road to the northern
boundary-line of Section No. 52, Block VI., Kopuaranga
Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 52 and 42 of the
said Block VI. to Stuckey Road; thence by that road to the
northern boundary-line of Section No. 44, Block II.; thence
by the last-mentioned section and Section No. 43, Block VI.,
and by Sections Nos. 99, 98, 97, and 51, Block V., and the
northern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section pro-
duced to the middle of the Kopuaranga River; thence by a
line along the middle of the said Kopuaranga River to a
point in line with the northern boundary-line of Section
No. 70 of the said Block V.; thence by a right line to and
by that boundary-line, a public road, and Sections Nos. 27
and 69 of the said Block V., Kopuaranga Survey District:
thence towards the south-west generally by Sections Nos. 32
and 71, Block VIII., Mikimiki Survey District, and the
north-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section
produced to the middle of the Ruamahanga River; thence
by a line along the middle of the said Ruamahanga River to
a point in line with the north-west boundary-line of Sec-
tion No. 9, Block IV., Mikimiki Survey District; thence by
a right line to the westernmost corner of that section
thence by the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 9
aforesaid to the summit of the Tawera Range; thence by
the summit of that range to Tawera Trig. Station; thence
by a right line bearing north 63° west to the summit of the
Tararua Range, being the eastern boundary of the Horo-
whenua County: and thence towards the west generally by
the summit of the said Tararua Range to the place of com-
mencement.

CASTLEPOINT COUNTY.

All that area in the Wellington Land District contained
within the following boundaries—that is to say: Commenc-
ing at the north-west corner of Section No. 19, Block XII.,
Puketoi Survey District, and bounded thence towards the
north by a public road to the boundary of the Akitio County,
as described in the Schedule to “The Akitio County Act,
1898”: thence towards the north-east generally by the said
Akitio County to the sea: thence towards the south-east by
the sea to the mouth of the Whareama River: thence to-
wards the south-west generally by that river to its confluence
with the Otamariki Stream at the western boundary-line of
Section No. 288, Block III., Rewa Survey District; thence by
the western boundary-line of that section, and by the right
bank of the said Whareama River to a point in line with the
north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 9, Block III.,
Rewa Survey District (Langdale Settlement); thence by a
right line to and by that boundary-line to Langdale Road;
thence across that road and by Section No. 5, Block III.
aforesaid, and by Sections Nos. 2 and 1, Block II., Rewa
Survey District (Langdale Settlement), to the westernmost
corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by right lines
bearing north 43° 52′ west 2123 links, bearing north 44° 40′
west 4370 links, bearing north 46° 17′ west 1930 links, bear-
ing north 22° 18′ east 660·5 links, bearing north 29° 16′ east
639 links, bearing north 57° 33′ east 211 links, bearing north
24° 43′ east 221 links, bearing north 16° 46′ west 1150 links,
to the Masterton-Tinui Road; thence across that road, and
by part of the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 617,
Block II., Rewa Survey District, to the Mangapakeha
Stream; thence by that stream to the eastern boundary-
line of Section No. 616; thence by the eastern and part of
the south-western boundary-lines of Section No. 616 and the
southern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 519 and 518, all in
Block XIII., Mangapakeha Survey District: thence towards
the north-west generally by part of the north-western bound-
ary-line of the said Section No. 518, the western and part of
the northern boundary-line of Section No. 867, in Block
XIII., Mangapakeha Survey District, by the western,
northern, and part of the eastern boundary-lines of Part 2 of
Section No. 874, in Block X., Mangapakeha Survey District,
by Parts 1 and 2 of Section No. 876, Block X. aforesaid, to a
point on the north-western boundary-line of Part 1 of Sec-
tion No. 865, Block XIV., distant 1506·2 links from the
north-western corner of the said Part 1 of Section No. 865;
thence by right lines bearing south 63° 27′ east 6304 links,
bearing north 21° 59′ east 420·5 links, bearing north 21° 7′
east 575·2 links, bearing north 18° 3′ east 459·1 links, bearing
north 17° 37′ east 491·1 links, bearing north 13° 43′ east 425·5
links, bearing north 29° 20′ east 773·2 links, bearing north
61° 47′ east 499·8 links, to the southern boundary-line of
Section No. 878, Block X., Mangapakeha Survey District;
thence by the said Section No. 878, Section No. 879, Block X.
aforesaid, and Section No. 881, Block XI., to a point on the
north-western boundary-line of Section No. 403 distant
2018·3 links from its north-western corner; thence by lines
bearing north 76° 12′ west 656·2 links, bearing north 76° 19′
west 212·1 links, bearing north 75° 35′ west 598 links,
bearing south 86° 2′ west 1144·1 links, bearing north 59° 27′
west 413·3 links, bearing north 19° 30′ west 267·2 links,
bearing north 80° 36′ west 327·8 links, bearing south
69° west 477·1 links, bearing north 22° 59′ west 443·2
links, bearing north 79° 36′ west 981·5 links, bearing
north 72° 43′ west 693·3 links, bearing south 47° 38′ west
853·7 links, bearing north 68° 42′ west 4951·3 links, to the
eastern boundary-line of Section No. 877, Block X. aforesaid;
thence by that boundary-line to the south-eastern corner of
Allotment No. 2 of the said Section No. 877; thence by the
southern boundary-line of the said Allotment No. 2, to the
south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 875, Block X.,
Mangapakeha Survey District; thence by said Section
No. 875, and Section No. 872, Block X. aforesaid, by
Sections Nos. 293, 292, 789, 788, 787, and 150, all in
Block VI., Mangapakeha Survey District, and Sections
Nos. 151, 152, 147, 146, 145, and 157, all in Block II.,
Mangapakeha Survey District; thence by the northern
boundary-line of the said Section No. 157 and its production
to the middle of the Tauaru River; thence by the middle
of that river to a point where it is cut by the production
of the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 175,
Block XV., Puketoi Survey District; thence by the said
production and by the said boundary-line, by the north-
western boundary-line of Section No. 174, Block XI.,