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same to the southern boundary of Small Grazing-run No. 182; thence by the western boundary of that run and Small Grazing-runs Nos. 181 and 166 to the Flaxbourne River; thence by that river to Small Grazing-run No. 165; thence by the western and northern boundaries of the last-mentioned run to the south-western corner of Small Grazing-run No. 169; thence by the western boundaries of that run and Sections Nos. 3, 11, and 1, Block II, Cape Campbell Survey District, to the main North Road; thence by that road to a creek forming the north-western boundary of Section No. 16, Block II, Cape Campbell Survey District; thence by that creek to Lake Grassmere and by the western and northern shores of the said lake to the north-east boundary of the County of Awatere as described in the First Schedule of the Awatere County Act, 1911; thence towards the north-east and south-east generally by the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of the said Awatere County to the place of commencement.

LOWER AWATERE RIDING.

Bounded towards the north-west, north, and east by the north-western, northern, and eastern boundaries of the County of Awatere as described in the First Schedule of the Awatere County Act, 1911, from a point on the southern bank of the Awatere River in line with the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 30, Clifford Bay Survey District, to the Flaxbourne Riding hereinbefore described; thence towards the south-east generally by that riding to the north-east corner of Section No. 3, Block III, Whernside Survey District; thence towards the west generally by the Ure River, by a tributary of same to its source, by a right line to Blue Mountain, by a right line to and by a tributary of the Medway River boundary, Sections Nos. 74, 73, and 72, Block XIII, Blue Mountain Survey District, and following another tributary of the same river to its source near Monument Hill and by a right line to that hill; thence by a right line to the source of the Flaxbourne River, and by that river to a tributary of same at the southern boundary of Section No. 62, Block VII, Blue Mountain Survey District, by that tributary to its source, by a right line to the source of Upton Brook, and by the said Upton Brook to the Awatere River; and thence again towards the north-west by that river to the place of commencement.

UPPER AWATERE RIDING.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by the north-western boundary of the Awatere County as described in the First Schedule of the Awatere County Act, 1911, from the confluence of the Acheron River with the River Clarence to the Lower Awatere Riding hereinbefore described; thence towards the south-east generally by that riding and the Flaxbourne Riding, hereinbefore described, to the south-eastern boundary of the said Awatere County; and thence again towards the south-east and towards the south by the south-eastern and southern boundaries of the Awatere County aforesaid to the place of commencement.

(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!

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New County of Eyre 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 Eyre, as constituted by the said Acts, into two ridings, to be called the West Eyreton Riding and the Eyreton 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 West Eyreton Riding, and four members for the Eyreton Riding. 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 Eyre shall take place, and that Monday, the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, shall be the time, and the Eyreton Road Board Office, Ohaka, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Council shall be held.

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SCHEDULE.

WEST EYRETON RIDING.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of the Eyre County as described in the Second Schedule of the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911; from the easternmost corner of Section No. 4643 to the intersection of the northern side of Boundary Road produced with the south-eastern side of Richmond Road; thence towards the east generally by the eastern side of Chapman Boundary Road; by the northern side of Ohoka Road; by the eastern side of the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 4987, Block XII, Mairaki Survey District; by the northern side of Boys Tram Road; by the eastern side of the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 14384 and 4676 to the North Eyre Road; by the northern side of the latter road to a point in line with the eastern side of Brown Road; by a right line to and by the eastern side of Brown Road to the road forming the south-west boundary of Sections Nos. 33096 and 33094, Block IV, Rolleston Survey District; by the northern side of that road and its continuation to the south-eastern side of the Waimakariri and Rangiora Road; by the said side of the last-mentioned road and its production to the north bank of the Waimakariri River, and by a right line thence due south to the southern boundary of the Eyre County aforesaid; and thence towards the south and north-west by the southern and north-western boundaries of the said Eyre County to the place of commencement.

EYRETON RIDING.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north, north-east, south-east, and south by the northern, north-eastern, south-eastern, and southern boundaries of the Eyre County, as described in the Second Schedule of the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911, from the intersection of the northern side of Boundary Road produced with the eastern side of Richmond Road to the West Eyreton Riding hereinbefore described; and towards the west generally by that riding to the place of commencement.

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 nineteenth 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!

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Additional Land at Taupiri taken for the Purposes of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway to take further land in Taupiri, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.