Street; thence towards the south generally by a line
along the middle of Langdown Street to Rogers Street;
thence along the middle of Rogers Street to Huxley
Street; thence along the middle of Huxley Street to
Croydon Street; thence along the middle of Croydon
Street to Southampton Street; thence along the middle
of Southampton Street to Montrose Street; thence along
the middle of Montrose Street to Huxley Street; thence
along the middle of Huxley Street to Colombo Street;
and thence towards the west by a line along the middle
of Colombo Street to its junction with Salisbury Street,
the place of commencement.

CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH.

This district is bounded towards the north by the
Christchurch North Electoral District, hereinbefore de-
scribed, from the western boundary of Hagley Park to
Cathedral Square; thence towards the east generally by
the Christchurch East Electoral District, hereinbefore de-
scribed, to the Heathcote River at the south-eastern end
of Langdown Street; thence towards the south-east and
south generally by the Heathcote River to Barrington
Road; thence by a line along the middle of Barrington
Road to Conway Street; thence along the middle of
Conway Street to Lyttelton Street; thence towards the
south-west and west generally by a line along the middle
of Lyttelton Street and Hellewell Street to Lincoln Road;
thence along the middle of Lincoln Road to Moorhouse
Avenue; thence along Moorhouse Avenue westward to
the western boundary of Hagley Park; and thence by
the western boundary of Hagley Park to the place of
commencement.

RICCARTON.

This district is bounded towards the north generally by
the Kaiapoi Electoral District, hereinbefore described,
commencing at a point in the middle of the Waimakariri
River, at the Railway Bridge at Bexley, to the western
boundary of the said Kaiapoi Electoral District; thence
towards the east by the said Kaiapoi, Christchurch North,
and Christchurch South Electoral Districts, hereinbefore
described, to the junction of Hellewell Street and Lower
Lincoln Road; thence towards the south-east generally by
the last-mentioned road to Lincoln and Riccarton Junc-
tion Road; thence by the last-mentioned road to Middle
Lincoln Road; thence by the last-mentioned road to
Halswell Junction Road; thence by the last-mentioned
road to the Great South Road; thence by the Great
South Road to the Southern Trunk Railway line at Section
No. 4878; thence by the Southern Trunk Railway line to
the middle of the Selwyn River; thence towards the
south-west generally by a line along the middle of the
said Selwyn River to its confluence with the Hawkins
River; thence by a line along the middle of the said
Hawkins River to the Christchurch-Whitecliffs Railway
line; thence by the last-mentioned railway-line to the
Christchurch-Cass Railway line; thence by the last men-
tioned railway-line to the Sheffield-Oxford West Railway
line; and thence by the last-mentioned railway-line to
the middle of the Waimakariri River at Bexley, the place
of commencement.

AVON.

This district is bounded towards the north generally by
the Kaiapoi Electoral District, hereinbefore described,
from the junction of Green's Road and Shirley Road to
Pegasus Bay; thence towards the east by the said Pegasus
Bay to the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers;
thence towards the south-west and south-east by the said
estuary to the south-western side of the Canal Reserve;
thence again towards the south-west by the south-western
side of the Canal Reserve (being the north-eastern
boundary of the Borough of Woolston) to a point in line
with the middle of Aldwin's Road; thence by a line
along the middle of Aldwin's Road to Ashbourne Street;
thence by Ashbourne Street to the Christchurch East Elec-
toral district, hereinbefore described; and thence by the
said Christchurch East and Christchurch North Electoral
Districts, hereinbefore described, to the junction of Shirley
and Green's Roads, the place of commencement.

LYTTELTON.

This district is bounded towards the north-west and
north-east generally by the Christchurch East and Avon
Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, from a point
on the Heathcote River, being the production of a line
along the middle of Langdown Street to the estuary of the
Heathcote and Avon Rivers; thence by the said estuary
to Pegasus Bay; thence by the said Pegasus Bay and the
ocean to a point in line with the middle of Waikerakikari
Road at Waikerakikari Bay; thence towards the south and
south-west generally by a right line to the middle of the
said Waikerakikari Road; thence by a line along the
middle of the last-mentioned road to Summit Road;
thence by Summit Road to its intersection with the
Akaroa-Pigeon Bay Road; thence by Purau Road to

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Mount Herbert Peak Road; thence by Mount Herbert
Peak Road to a point in line with a right line drawn
between Mount Herbert and Herbert Peak; thence by a
right line to Mount Herbert; thence by a right line to
the south-eastern corner of Section No. 35602; thence by
the south-western boundary-lines of the last-mentioned
section to the road forming the south-western boundary
of Section No. 6260 of Blocks VII and XI, Halswell Sur-
vey District, and the road forming the south-western and
south-eastern boundaries of Section No. 4190, Block VII,
and the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of
Section No. 1383 of the said Block VII to the south-
eastern boundary-line of Section No. 1387, Blocks VII
and XI, Halswell Survey District; thence by the south-
eastern and south-western boundaries of that section to
its south-west corner; thence towards the west gen-
erally by the western boundary-line of the said Section
No. 1387, and Sections Nos. 1378, 1357, 1338, 1356,
1379, 1410, 28012, 35273, 21719, 34958, 22306, 20961,
34229, 696, 35511, 3044, 1130, 22939, and 36015 to the
southern corner of Section No. 452, Block III, Halswell
Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 452 to a
point in line with the middle of the road intersecting
Section No. 493 by a right line to the middle of the last-
mentioned road; thence by the road intersecting the said
Section No. 493 and Section No. 10210 and the road form-
ing the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 2231,
31363, the abutment of a road, 31362, and 2063, Block III,
Halswell Survey District, and Section No. 1325,
Block XV, Christchurch Survey District, to Hoon Hay
Road; thence by the last-mentioned road to the northern
boundary of the plantation and road reserve separating
Sections Nos. 382 and 383, Block XV, of the said Christ-
church Survey District; thence by the northern boundary
of the said plantation and road reserve to the Heathcote
River; thence by the said Heathcote River to Rose Street;
thence by Rose Street to Lyttelton Street; and thence by
Lyttelton Street to the Christchurch South Electoral Dis-
trict, hereinbefore described, and by the said Christchurch
South Electoral District to the place of commencement.

ELLESMERE.

This district is bounded towards the north-west from
the middle of the Rakaia River, by the Great South Road,
to the Southern Trunk Railway line; thence by the
Southern Trunk Railway line to the middle of the Selwyn
River; thence by the Riccarton, Christchurch South, and
Lyttelton Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, to
the ocean at Waikerakikari Bay; thence towards the south
generally by the ocean to a point in line with the middle
of the Rakaia River; and thence by a line along the
middle of the said Rakaia River to the place of commence-
ment.

SELWYN.

This district is bounded towards the north-east generally
by the Hurunui, Riccarton, and Ellesmere Electoral Dis-
tricts, hereinbefore described, from Mount Griffiths, on
the Southern Alps, to a point in the middle of the Rakaia
River at the ocean; thence towards the south-east by the
ocean to a point in the middle of the Ashburton River;
thence towards the south-west generally by a line along
the middle of the said Ashburton River to a point in line
with the road forming the north-western boundary of Sec-
tion No. 6607, Block XIII, Ashburton Survey District;
thence by a right line to the last-mentioned road; thence
by the Hampstead Town District to the Borough of Ash-
burton; thence by the Borough of Ashburton to the Southern
Trunk Railway line; thence by the last-mentioned railway-
line to Tinwald Town District; thence by the said Tin-
wald Town District to the Southern Trunk Railway line;
thence again towards the south-east by the said Southern
Trunk Railway line to the Hinds River; thence by the
last-mentioned river to the Rangitata Bridge, to May-
field, and Mount Somers Road; thence towards the south-
east by the last-mentioned road to Studholme's Road;
thence by Studholme's Road to the middle of the Rangi-
tata River; thence by the said Rangitata River to its
confluence with Forest Stream; thence by the said Forest
Stream to its source near Mount Musgrave, on the Two
Thumb Range; thence by a right line to Mount Mus-
grave; thence by the summit of the Two Thumb Range
over Mount Hope and the Thumbs to the Southern Alps
near Sealy Pass; thence towards the north-west by the
Southern Alps to Mount Griffiths, the place of commence-
ment.

ASHBURTON.

This district is bounded towards the north generally by
the Selwyn Electoral District, hereinbefore described,
commencing at Mount Musgrave, on the Thumb Moun-
tains, to a point in the middle of the Ashburton River at
the ocean; thence towards the south-east by the ocean
to the mouth of the Orari River; thence by a line along
the middle of the said Orari River to a point in line
with the south-eastern boundary-line of Allotment No. 6,
Reserve No. 2645, Block XI, Geraldine Survey Dis-
trict; thence by a line to the north-eastern corner of the