Hund. 74.

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909.

New County of Ohura divided into Ridings, &c.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Counties Act, 1908,” and “The Ohura County Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby divide the new County of Ohura, as constituted by the said Acts, into seven ridings, to be called the Waitewhena Riding, the Otangawai Riding, the Tongaporutu Riding, the Matire Riding, the Mangaroa Riding, the Kururau Riding, and the Tatu Riding, and declare that the boundaries thereof shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto.

And I do hereby declare that one member shall be elected for each of the aforesaid ridings. And I do further declare that Monday, the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nine, shall be the day upon which the election of the first Council of the said County of Ohura shall take place, and that Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nine, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, shall be the time, and the Mangaroa Hall at Ohura shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Council shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

WAITEWHENA RIDING.

ALL that area in the Ohura County bounded towards the north generally by Waitomo County from the Mokau River to Paro Road, at the north-western corner of Section No. 5, Block VI, Aria Survey District: thence towards the east generally by Sections Nos. 5 and 9, Block VI aforesaid, Section No. 3, Block X, Sections Nos. 26 and 2, Block XV, Sections Nos. 24 and 20, Block XIV, Aria Survey District; and Sections Nos. 20 and 19, Block II, Ohura Survey District, to Prentice Road; thence by Prentice Road to the easternmost corner of Section No. 18, Block II aforesaid; thence by Sections Nos. 7, 10, and 11, said Block II, to the Ohura River; thence by that river to the northern boundary of Section No. 2B, Native land; thence by the said northern boundary to Ohura Road; thence by that road to its junction with Waiora Road: thence towards the south generally by the said Ohura Road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Taurangi No. 4 Block; thence by a right line to and by the north-eastern boundary of that block to its north-ernmost corner: thence towards the west generally by Section No. 5, Block I, Ohura Survey District, the southern and western boundaries of Section No. 1, Block I aforesaid, and the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 4, 3, and 2, Block XIII, Aria Survey District, to the northern boundary of that block: thence again towards the south by the said Block XIII, and Blocks X and IX, Mokau Survey District, to the county boundary: and thence again towards the west generally by Clifton and Awakino Counties to the place of commencement.

OTANGAWAI RIDING.

All that area in the Ohura County bounded towards the north by the Waitomo County from Paro Road, at the north-western corner of Section No. 5, Block VI, Aria Survey District, to the Ongarue River: thence towards the east by that river to the northern boundary of Block XII, Tangitu Survey District: thence towards the south generally by Blocks XII and XI, Tangitu Survey District, and Block XVI, Aria Survey District, to the eastern boundary of Section No. 15, Block XII, Aria Survey District; thence by part of the eastern boundary of that section and the eastern boundary of Section No. 9, Block XVI aforesaid, to its south-eastern corner; thence by the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 9 and 8, the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 5, Block XVI aforesaid, and the south-eastern boundary of Mangakahikatea No. 2A Block, to Mokau Road; thence by Mokau and Whenuakura Roads to the road intersecting Section No. 2, Block XV, Aria Survey District; thence by that road and the northern boundary of the said Section No. 2 to Ratatomokia Trig. Station: and thence towards the west generally by the Waitewhena Riding, hereinbefore described, to the place of commencement.

TONGAPORUTU RIDING.

All that area in the Ohura County bounded towards the north by the Waitewhena Riding, hereinbefore described, from the county boundary to the western boundary of Section No. 2, Block XIII, Aria Survey District: thence towards the east generally by the said Waitewhena Riding to the northernmost corner of Taurangi No. 4 Block; thence by that block to the Mangakara Stream; thence by that stream and across the road to the north-western corner of Section No. 3, Block V, Ohura Survey District; thence by that section to the Mangaparare Road; thence across that road, and by Sections Nos. 9, 6, and 5, Block V aforesaid, Sections Nos. 7, 6, and 1, Block IX, Ohura Survey District, and Section No. 1, Block XII, Waro Survey District, to Tatu Trig. Station: thence towards the south by Block XVI, Waro Survey District, to the county boundary: and thence towards the west generally by Clifton County to the place of commencement.

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