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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the herein-before-recited powers and authorities, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby alter the boundaries of the Avon Road District, in the County of Selwyn, and of the Eyreton Road District, in the County of Ashley, by including in the said Eyreton Road District that portion of the said Avon Road District described in the First Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that the boundaries of the said Avon and Eyreton Road Districts shall be those described in the Second and Third Schedules hereto respectively; and doth hereby alter the boundaries of the Counties of Selwyn and Ashley, and of the Avon Riding in the County of Selwyn, and of the Eyreton Riding in the County of Ashley, by including in the County of Ashley and in the Eyreton Riding thereof the area described in the First Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that the boundaries of the said counties and ridings shall be those described in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Schedules hereto respectively. And, with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency doth hereby declare that the alterations of boundaries hereby made shall take effect on and from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Avon Road District, County of Selwyn, containing about 510 acres, and comprising Rural Sections 16274, 669, 7886, 4899, 362A, 4900, and part of 368, and Reserves 1283 and 1360; the whole of the said area being bounded by the south branch of the Waimakariri River and Stewart’s Gully, and comprising the whole of the land described in the Second Schedule to “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1899.”

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

AVON ROAD DISTRICT.

(Amended Boundaries.)

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-west and north generally by a line along the middle of the Waimakariri River from a point at which a line along the middle of Treleaven’s Road produced intersects the said line, to Stewart’s Gully; thence by a line along the middle of the said Stewart’s Gully and the Waimakariri River to the ocean: thence towards the east generally by the ocean to the Borough of New Brighton; thence by the said Borough of New Brighton to the Avon River: thence towards the south generally by the said Avon River to the City of Christchurch; thence by the said City of Christchurch to the Borough of St. Albans; and thence by the said Borough of St. Albans to its westernmost corner: thence towards the west generally by a right line across Norman’s Road to the southernmost corner of Rural Section No. 135; thence by the south-western boundary-line of that section to Bligh’s Road; thence by a line across the said Bligh’s Road and by the south-western and north-western boundary-lines of Rural Section No. 151 to the westernmost corner of Reserve No. 64; thence by the north-western boundary-line of that reserve to the Harewood Road by Papanui; thence by a line along the middle of that road to the Great North Road; thence by a line along the middle of the said Great North Road to Treleaven’s Road aforesaid; and thence by a line along the middle of the said Treleaven’s Road and that line produced to the middle of the Waimakariri River, the place of commencement.

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

EYRETON ROAD DISTRICT.

(Amended Boundaries.)

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-east generally by a line along the middle of the Oxford and Rangiora Road from a point due north of Trig. Station C30, Rolleston Survey District, situated south of the Waimakariri River, to the Oxford and Kaiapoi Road; thence by a line along the middle of the said Oxford and Kaiapoi Road and the Main Drain and Road Reserve to the north branch of the Waimakariri River; thence by the left bank of the said north branch of the Waimakariri River to the Borough of Kaiapoi; thence by the said Borough of Kaiapoi to the Waimakariri River; thence by a line along the middle of the said Waimakariri River to its confluence with Stewart’s Gully branch: thence towards the south-east and south generally by a line along the middle of Stewart’s Gully and the Waimakariri River to a point due north of Trig. Station C30, Rolleston Survey District aforesaid: and thence towards the west by a right line running due north to the place of commencement.

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FOURTH SCHEDULE.

SELWYN COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-east, east, and north generally by Ashley County, hereinafter described, from the summit of the Southern Alps to the ocean: thence towards the east generally by the ocean to the Borough of New Brighton; thence by the said Borough of New Brighton and the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers to the Borough of Woolston; thence by the said Borough of Woolston, the Borough of Linwood, the City of Christchurch, the Borough of St. Albans, again by the City of Christchurch, by the Borough of Sydenham, and again by the Boroughs of Linwood and Woolston, to the estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers; thence by that estuary to the Borough of Sumner; thence by the Boroughs of Sumner and Lyttelton to the north-western boundary of the said Borough of Lyttelton; thence by the County of Akaroa, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 116, 24th October, 1884, to the ocean at Tau-mutu; thence by the ocean to the mouth of the Rakaia River: thence towards the south-west generally by a line along the middle of the said Rakaia River to its source near Whitcombe Pass; thence by a right line due west to the summit of the Southern Alps: and thence towards the north-west by the summit of the said Southern Alps to the County of Ashley, the place of commencement.

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FIFTH SCHEDULE.

ASHLEY COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Amuri and Cheviot Counties, as described in the First Schedule to “The Counties Act, 1876,” from Hurunui Pass to the ocean: thence towards the south-east and east generally by the ocean to the mouth of the Waimakariri River: thence towards the south and south-west generally by a line along the middle of the said Waimakariri River to Stewart’s Gully; thence by a line along the middle of Stewart’s Gully and the Waimakariri River to a point due west of Trig. Station S, Upper Ashley Survey District: thence again towards the north by a right line to the said Trig. Station S: thence towards the north-west generally by the summit of the Puketirake Range and the watershed between the Waimakariri and Ashley Rivers to Ashley Head: thence again towards the south-west generally by the watershed between the Waimakariri and Hurunui Rivers to the summit of the Southern Alps; and thence by the summit of the Southern Alps to Hurunui Pass, the place of commencement: exclusive of the Boroughs of Kaiapoi and Rangiora.

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SIXTH SCHEDULE.

AVON RIDING.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-west and north generally by a line along the middle of the Waimakariri River from a point at which a line along the middle of Treleaven’s Road produced intersects the said line, to Stewart’s Gully; thence by a line along the middle of the said Stewart’s Gully and the Waimakariri River to the ocean: thence towards the east generally by the ocean to the Borough of New Brighton; thence by the said Borough of New Brighton to the Avon River: thence towards the south generally by the said Avon River to the City of Christchurch; thence by the said City of Christchurch to the Borough of St. Albans; and thence by the said Borough of St. Albans to its westernmost corner: thence towards the west generally by a right line across Norman’s Road to the southernmost corner of Rural Section No. 135; thence by the south-western boundary-line of that section to Bligh’s Road; thence by a line across the said Bligh’s Road, and by the south-western and north-western boundary-lines of Rural Section No. 151, to the westernmost corner of Reserve No. 64; thence by the north-western boundary-line of that reserve to the Harewood Road by Papanui; thence by a line along the middle of that road to the Great North Road; thence by a line along the middle of the said Great North Road to Treleaven’s Road aforesaid; and thence by a line along the middle of the said Treleaven’s Road and that line produced to the middle of the Waimakariri River, the place of commencement.