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Puketoi Survey District, to the Waitawhiti Stream: thence again towards the north generally by the Waitawhiti Stream to the western boundary of Section No. 193, Block XII., Puketoi Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 193 and by Sections Nos. 14, 15, and 22, Block XII. aforesaid, to the place of commencement.

WAIRARAPA SOUTH COUNTY.

All that area in the Land District of Wellington bounded towards the north by a right line from a point on the summit of the Tararua Range due west of the northernmost source of the Waingawa River to the source of that river: thence towards the north-east generally by a line along the middle of the said Waingawa River to its confluence with the Ruamahanga River; thence by a line along the middle of the said Ruamahanga River to its confluence with the Tauaru River; thence by a line along the middle of the said Tauaru River to a point opposite the southern boundary-line of Subdivision No. 3 of the Pukemukimuki Block; thence by a right line to that boundary-line; thence by Subdivisions Nos. 3, 2, and 1 of the said Pukemukimuki Block, and by Subdivisions Nos. 3 and 2 of the Patukawa Block, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned subdivision; thence by the Pohatu Stream, 1530 links; thence by right lines bearing south 77° 59' 30" east 372·4 links, bearing south 43° 46' east 306·5 links, bearing south 21° 25' east 389·3 links, bearing south 43° 40' east 534·8 links, bearing south 56° east 662·5 links, bearing south 55° 57' 30" east 1701·2 links, bearing south 35° 57' east 916·4 links, and bearing south 35° 47' east 1255·1 links, to the eastern boundary of Te Kahu Block; thence by the eastern boundary of that block to Section No. 69, Block XI., Otahoua Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 69 and the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 49, Block XIV., to a point 110 chains 25 links distant from Ngatukoko Trig. Station; thence by lines bearing south 9° 23' east 8240 links, bearing south 13° 34' west 2625 links, bearing south 25° 40' west 3735 links, bearing south 5° 14' west 1950 links, and bearing south 16° 17' west to the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 52, Block XIV., Otahoua Survey District; thence by the south-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 52 and 63, Block XIV. aforesaid, by the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 75, Block XV., and the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 76, Block XIV. aforesaid, to its southernmost corner; thence by a line due south to the middle of the Wainuioru River; thence by a line along the middle of that river to its confluence with the Kuamahanga Stream; thence by a line along the middle of the said Kuamahanga Stream to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 130, Block IV., Wainuioru Survey District; thence by a right line to and by the said south-eastern boundary-line and by the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 131, Block IV. aforesaid, to its north-eastern corner; thence by the southern boundary-line of Small Grazing-run No. 49 to the Kaiwhata River; thence by a line to and along the middle of that river to a point opposite the northern boundary of Section No. 9, Block IV., Kaiwhata Survey District; thence by a line to and by that boundary-line, by the eastern boundary-line of the said Section No. 9, and by the eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 7 and 5, Block IV. aforesaid, to the Kaiwhata River; thence by a line to and along the middle of that river to the ocean: thence towards the south-east by the ocean to the mouth of the Wairu Stream: thence towards the south-west generally by the Featherston County, as described in the Schedule to “The Featherston County Act, 1901,” by the Borough of Greytown, and again by the said Featherston County to the summit of the Tararua Range: and thence towards the north-west generally by the summit of the said Tararua Range to the place of commencement: excepting from the above-described area the Borough of Carterton, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 77, 15th December, 1887.

MASTERTON COUNTY.

All that area in the Land District of Wellington bounded towards the north-west by the Pahiatua County, as described in the Schedule to “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1888,” from the eastern boundary of the Eketahuna County to the western boundary of the Akitio County; thence towards the east generally by the Akitio County, as described in the Schedule to “The Akitio County Act, 1898,” and the Castlepoint County hereinbefore described to the mouth of the Whareama River, and thence by the ocean to the mouth of the Kaiwhata River; thence towards the south-west generally by the Wairarapa South County hereinbefore described to the summit of the Tararua Range; thence towards the west by the summit of that range to the southern boundary of the Mauriceville County; thence towards the north generally by the Mauriceville County hereinbefore described; and again towards the west generally by the said Mauriceville County and by the Eketahuna County, as described in the Schedule to “The Eketahuna County Act, 1898,” to the place of commencement: excepting from the above-described area the Borough of Masterton, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 59, 5th July, 1877.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for holding Election of Chairman of Piako County Council.

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.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section three hundred and twenty-two of “The Counties Act, 1886,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time appointed for holding the election of the Chairman of the Piako County Council from Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and one, to Friday, the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering the Boundaries of the Land Districts of Nelson and Westland.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of December, 1901.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twenty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” certain land districts are defined, but it is provided that the Governor, by Order in Council, if he shall deem it necessary, may from time to time alter the boundaries of any land district as he shall think fit:

And whereas it is desirable to alter the boundaries of the Nelson and Westland Land Districts:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby direct and declare that, from and after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two, the boundaries of the said Land Districts of Nelson and Westland shall be such as are described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Colony of New Zealand bounded towards the north-east and north-west generally by the ocean from Cape Farewell to Pelorus Sound; thence towards the south-east generally by the waters of Pelorus Sound to Elaine Bay; thence by the leading spur and the summit of the range over Elliot Peak, Castor Peaks, and Mount Duppā, to the source of the Heringa River near Saddle Hill; thence by a line along the middle of that river to its confluence with the Pelorus River; thence by a line along the middle of the Pelorus River to its source at Red Hills; thence by the summit of the range over Mount Rintoul to Ward's Pass; thence by a right line to Top House; thence by a right line running in the direction of Barefell Pass to the summit of Raglan Range; thence by the summit of that range and the northern boundary of Tarndale Run to a right line running from Top House to Barefell Pass; thence by that line to the boundary between the Tarndale and St. Helen's Runs; thence by the boundary-line between St. Helen's and Tarndale Runs to the Clarence River; thence by a line along the middle of that river to Lake Tennyson; thence by the eastern shore of that lake and by St. James's Run to the summit of the Spenser Mountains; thence by the summit of the Spenser Mountains over Mount Humboldt and Mount Una and by the summit of the main watershed over Travers Peak to the watershed between the Grey River and the Maruia River: thence towards the south-west generally by that watershed to Mount Haast: thence westerly by a right line to the nearest point of the Grey River and by a line along the middle of that river to its confluence with the Otututu