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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

New County of Oxford divided into Ridings, &c.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Counties Act, 1908, and the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby divide the new County of Oxford, as constituted by the said Acts, into two ridings, to be called the North Riding and the South Riding, and declare that the boundaries thereof shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto :

And I do hereby declare that four members shall be elected for the North Riding, and three members for the South Riding. And I do further declare that Saturday, the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, shall be the day upon which the election of the first Council of the said County of Oxford shall take place, and that Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at half past ten o’clock in the forenoon, shall be the time, and the Oxford Road Board Office, East Oxford, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Council shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH RIDING.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north, north-west, north-east, and east generally by the northern, north-western, north-eastern, and eastern boundaries of the Oxford County as described in the Third Schedule of the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911, from a point in the middle of the Waimakariri River due west of Trig. Station S, Upper Ashley Survey District, to the right bank of the Eyre River; towards the south-west by the right bank of the said Eyre River to the north-eastern boundary-line of Reserve No. 1134, Block V, Oxford Survey District; thence by that boundary-line to the south-eastern corner of Run No. 149; and thence by the said run to the place of commencement.

SOUTH RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-east by the North Riding hereinbefore described, and towards the south-east, south-west, and west by the south-eastern, south-western, and western boundaries of the Oxford County as described in the Third Schedule of the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor 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 eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

New County of Kowai divided into Ridings, &c.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Counties Act, 1908, and the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby divide the new County of Kowai, as constituted by the said Acts, into two ridings, to be called the North Riding and the South Riding, and declare that the boundaries thereof shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto :

And I do hereby declare that three members shall be elected for each of the aforesaid ridings. And I do further declare that Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, shall be the day upon which the election of the first Council of the said County of Kowai shall take place, and that Saturday, the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, shall be the time, and the Kowai Road Board Office, Balcairn, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Council shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH RIDING.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north and east by the northern and eastern boundaries of the County of Kowai as described in the Fourth Schedule of the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911, from a point in the middle of the Waipara River in line with the western boundary-line of Rural Section No. 29653, Block XIII, Waipara Survey District, to the right bank of the Kowai River; towards the south-west generally by the right bank of the said Kowai River and its south branch to a point due east of the road on the county boundary at the northernmost corner of Section No. 34744, and by a right line to the said road; thence towards the west by the western boundary of the said Kowai County to the place of commencement.

SOUTH RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-east by the North Riding hereinbefore described, and towards the south-east, south, and west generally by the south-eastern, southern, and western boundaries of the Kowai County as described in the Fourth Schedule of the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor 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 eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

New County of Awatere divided into Ridings, &c.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Counties Act, 1908, and the Awatere County Act, 1911, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby divide the new County of Awatere, as constituted by the said Acts, into three ridings, to be called the Flaxbourne Riding, the Lower Awatere Riding, and the Upper Awatere 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 each of the aforesaid ridings. And I do further declare that Tuesday, the twenty-third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, shall be the day upon which the election of the first Council of the said County of Awatere shall take place, and that Tuesday, the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at one o’clock in the afternoon, shall be the time, and the Awatere Road Board office, Seddon, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Council shall be held.

SCHEDULE

FLAXBOURNE RIDING.

COMMENCING at a point in the middle of the Clarence River due south of the confluence of the Elliott Stream with that river, and being bounded thence towards the north-west generally by a right line to and by the said stream to the south-eastern watershed of the Awatere River; thence by that watershed to the Medway Saddle; thence by Run No. 154 and Sections Nos. 2 of Block II and 1 and 3 of Block III, Whernside Survey District, to the Ure River; thence by that river and the crossing of