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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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generally by Ashley and Tawera Counties to the summit
of the Southern Alps; and thence towards the west by
the summit of the Southern Alps to the place of com-
mencement.

WAITOHI RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north-west by the Hurunui Riding, herein-
before described, from the northern boundary of Ashley
County to where the Christchurch-Waikari Railway line
crosses the Waitohi River; thence towards the east
generally by the railway-line to the Horsley Downs Road,
thence by that road to Clifton Road, thence by Clifton
Road to Fairweather’s Road, thence by that road to the
western corner of Rural Section No. 12425, thence by the
south-western boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 12425
and 12424 to Old Pass Road, thence by that road and the
north-western and south-western boundaries of Rural Sec-
tion No. 35168, the western boundary of Rural Section
No. 30170, and part of the south-western boundary of Rural
Section No. 18299 to the road forming the north-western
boundary of Rural Section No. 27562, thence by that road
to the Waipara River; and thence towards the south and
south-west by Ashley County to the place of commence-
ment.

WAIKARI RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north generally by the Hurunui Riding, here-
before described, from where the railway-line crosses the
Waitohi River to the confluence of that river with the
Hurunui River, thence by the Amuri and Cheviot Counties
to the confluence of the Hurunui and Waikari Rivers;
thence towards the south-east by the right bank of the
latter river to the crossing of the Waikari Valley Road
south of Rural Section No. 29646; thence towards the
south generally by the Waikari Valley Road to Sealey’s
Direct Road, thence by that road to the Great North
Road, thence across that road and by the railway-line to
the northern boundary of Reserve No. 1144, thence by
that reserve and Reserve No. 1145 to the junction of
Horsley Downs and Clifton Roads; and thence towards
the west by Waitohi Riding, hereinbefore described, to the
place of commencement.

WAIPARA RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north generally by the Waikari Riding, here-
before described, from the north-eastern corner of Rural
Section No. 6295 to the confluence of the Hurunui and
Waikari Rivers, thence by Cheviot County to where the
Cheviot Road crosses the Hurunui River; thence towards
the south-east generally by the said Cheviot Road to the
northern boundary of Education Reserve No. 1151, thence
by that reserve to its south-eastern corner, thence by
Rural Sections Nos. 32161 and 27708 to Reece’s Road,
thence by Reece’s Road to Cheviot Road, thence by that
road to the Omihi River, thence by the eastern and
northern boundaries of Glenmark Estate to the south-
eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 21128, thence by
the south-eastern boundary of that section, the south-
eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 34065, and the
stream forming the south-western boundary of the last-
mentioned section to the Great North Road; thence to-
wards the west generally by that road to Rural Section
No. 8198, and thence by that section and Rural Section
No. 6295 to the place of commencement.

TEVIOTDALE RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north generally by Waitohi, Waikari, and
Waipara Ridings, hereinbefore described, from the junction
of Fairweather’s and Clifton Roads to Reece’s Road at
the southern boundary of Rural Section No. 27708, thence
by the last-mentioned road to the junction of roads at the
north-eastern corner of Rural Section No. 30349; thence
towards the north-east generally by the road intersecting
that section, forming part of the north-eastern boundary
of Rural Section No. 30349, and intersecting Rural Sec-
tions Nos. 27748 and 27752 to the westernmost corner of
Rural Section No. 32460, thence by that section and Rural
Sections Nos. 32343 and 31193 and across a road to the
sea; thence towards the south-east by the sea to the mouth
of the Waipara River; thence towards the south-west by
Ashley County; and towards the west generally by the
Waitohi Riding, hereinbefore described, to the place of
commencement.

STONYHURST RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north generally by Cheviot County from
where the Cheviot Road crosses the Hurunui River to the
sea; thence towards the south-east by the sea; towards
the west generally on the Teviotdale and Waipara Ridings
hereinbefore described; and towards the north-west by the
said Waipara Riding to the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight
Commander of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its
Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the
said Dominion, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this fifth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
ten.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

New County of Wairewa 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 Wairewa County Act, 1909,” I, William Lee, Baron
Plunket, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do
hereby divide the new County of Wairewa, as constituted
by the said Acts, into three ridings, to be called the Kaituna Riding, the Little River Riding, and the Kinloch Riding, and declare that the boundaries thereof shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto.

And I do hereby declare that two members shall be
elected for the said Kaituna Riding, three members for
the said Little River Riding, and two members for the
said Kinloch Riding. And I do further declare that
Thursday, the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and ten, shall be the day upon which the election
of the first Council of the said County of Wairewa shall
take place; and that Monday, the eighteenth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and ten, at eleven o’clock in
the forenoon, shall be the time, and the Road Board Office,
Ataahua, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of
the said Council shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

KAITUNA RIDING.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north by the Mount Herbert County, from the
south-western corner of that county to the road intersecting
Rural Section No. 35572 and forming part of the eastern
boundary of Rural Section No. 35515; thence towards
the south-east generally by that road, the road forming the
south-eastern boundary of Reserve No. 3002, and its con-
tinuation to the northern boundary of Rural Section
No. 34813; thence by the Kaituna Spur Road to the
northernmost corner of Rural Section No. 35320; thence
by Rural Section No. 18746, Education Reserve No. 1231,
Rural Sections Nos. 5009, 2263, 1254, 2578, and 2577 to the
road at the northern corner of Rural Section No. 11450;
thence by the road forming the north-western boundaries
of Rural Sections Nos. 11450, 11559, 11451, 11456, 6663,
and the road forming the north-western boundary of Sec-
tion No. 4, Block VII, Ellesmere Survey District, and
forming the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 2 and 1
(Reserve No. 680); thence across a road, the railway-line,
and another road to the north-eastern corner of Section
No. 5, Block VII aforesaid; thence by that section and
Section No. 11 to its north-western corner; thence towards
the west by the road forming the western boundary of
Section No. 12, Block VII aforesaid, to Lake Ellesmere;
thence towards the south-west by Lake Ellesmere to the
mouth of the Halswell River; and thence towards the west
generally by Selwyn County to the place of commencement.

LITTLE RIVER RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north-east by Mount Herbert and Akaroa
Counties, from the north-eastern corner of Kaituna Riding,
hereinbefore described, to Wainui Pass Road; thence
towards the south generally by the said Wainui Pass Road
and the road forming the southern boundary of Rural
Section No. 31001 to the northern boundary of Rural Sec-
tion No. 35687; thence by Rural Sections Nos. 35687,
29328, 21118, and part of the road forming the eastern
boundary of Rural Section No. 18850 to the Okute Valley
Road; thence by that road to the junction of roads in
Education Reserve No. 157; thence by the road running
south-easterly to the Okute River; thence by that river