FEB. 6.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Altering the Boundaries of Clutha and Southland Counties.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of February, 1913.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor in Council.
WHEREAS, in exercise of the powers conferred by section sixteen of the Counties Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), the Clutha County Council and the Southland County Council respectively did, by an instrument bearing date the seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, formally agree that the boundaries of the said counties should be altered to the extent set forth in the said instrument and also in the Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient that such alteration of boundaries be approved by the Governor in Council, and that such altered boundaries be defined in terms of the said Act:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that, on and after the publication of these presents in the New Zealand Gazette, the boundaries of the Counties of Clutha and Southland respectively shall be those set forth under their respective headings in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
CLUTHA COUNTY.
BOUNDED towards the north by a right line running due east from a point in the middle of Back Creek in Block V, Rankleburn Survey District, due west from Trig. Station D., said survey district, to the middle of the Clutha River; thence towards the east and north-east by a line along the middle of the said Clutha River and the Koau Branch thereof to the ocean: thence towards the south-east generally by the ocean to the middle of the Waipati River; thence towards the south-west generally by a line along the middle of that river to a point due east of Trig. Station V (Black Horn), Waikawa Survey District, and by a right line to the said Trig. Station V; thence towards the west generally by a line running due north to the northern boundary-line of Waikawa Survey District, by that boundary-line to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 5, Block XIV, Mokoreta Survey District, by the eastern boundary-line of that section and its production to the northern side of the road forming the northern boundary of the said Section No. 5, by the said side of that road and the northern side of the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 3 and 2, Block XIV aforesaid, to a point due south of Trig. Station EE, by a right line to the said Trig. Station EE, by the watershed over Bleak Hill to Catlin's Cone, Rimu Survey District, by a right line thence in the direction of the source of the Waipahi River till it meets the south-western boundary-line of Run No. 258; thence again towards the south - west by the last - mentioned boundary to the Wyndham or Mokoreta River, by that river to a point in line with the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 5, Block VII, Slopedown Survey District, by a right line to and by the last-mentioned boundary-line and its production to the south-east boundary of Run No. 251 in the said Block VII; thence again towards the west generally by the last-mentioned run, by Section No. 2, Block VI, Slopedown Survey District, and the production of its eastern boundary-line to the centre of the road forming its northern boundary, by a line along the centre of the last-mentioned road and the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 12, 13, 7, 6, 4, and 1 of Block II, Slopedown Survey District, across the main South Road, by the centre of the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 23 and 24, Block XII, Waipahi Survey District, to a line bearing N.E. 66° 47', by that line for a distance of 50·2 links to the angle on the eastern side of the last-mentioned road where it strikes the western boundary-line of Section No. 28, Block V, Waipahi Survey District, by that boundary-line and its production to the centre of the Waipahi River, by the centre of the Waipahi River to a point due east from the north side of a road intersecting Section No. 4, Block XI, Waipahi Survey District, by a right line to and by the northern side of that road to the eastern boundary-line of the Waikaka Survey District, by that district to the eastern boundary-line of the Chatton Survey District, by that boundary-line and its production to the middle of the Leithen River; thence again towards the north-east by a line along the middle of that river and the middle of the Pomahaka River to its confluence with the Waipahi River; and thence towards the north-west by the continuation of the line along the middle of the Pomahaka River and Back Creek to the place of commencement: excepting that portion of the Borough of Balclutha which comes within the above-described area.
SOUTHLAND COUNTY.
Bounded towards the north generally by Lake County and Vincent County respectively, as described in the First Schedule to the Counties Act, 1876; thence towards the east generally by Tuapeka County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 111, of the 30th December, 1882, and Clutha County hereinbefore described to the ocean; thence towards the south generally by the ocean to the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream; thence towards the west generally by a line along the middle of the Waimatuku Stream to the road which forms the southern boundary of Section No. 25, Oreti Hundred; thence by a line along the middle of that road to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 69; thence by a line along the middle of that road and along the middle of the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 166 and forming the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 94, 91, 90, 89, 86, 80, 43, and 44, Oreti Hundred, to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of the said Section No. 44; thence by the northern boundary-line of that section and the northern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 107 and 108 to the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 51; thence by a line along the middle of that road, and along the middle of the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 50, 49, and 48; thence by a line along the middle of the road intersecting Section No. 62 and a line along the middle of the road forming part of the north-western boundary of Section No. 60 to the Winton and Wrey's Bush Road; thence by a line along the middle of that road and by a line along the middle of the road forming the northern boundary of Sections Nos. 63 and 71, Oreti Hundred aforesaid, to a point in line with the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 238, Taringatura Survey District; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of that section; thence by Sections Nos. 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, and 119, Taringatura Survey District, and by a right line being the continuation of the eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section due north to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section No. 188; thence by a right line to that boundary; thence by the western boundary of Sections Nos. 188 and 162c to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to Trig. Station B, and by the summit of the range to the south-western corner of Section No. 162A; thence by the western boundary-line of that section to its north-western corner; thence by the northern boundary-line of that section, by Sections Nos. 186, 261, and 79; and by the southern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced through Section No. 123 to its eastern boundary-line; thence by Sections Nos. 126, 17, 66, 10, and 18, Taringatura Survey District, and by the southern boundary-line of the said Section No. 18 produced to the middle of the Oreti River; thence by a line along the middle of the Oreti River to a point due west of Hummock Peak; and thence by a right line to Hummock Peak on the southern boundary of Lake County, the place of commencement: excepting the Boroughs of Invercargill, South Invercargill, Winton, Gore, Mataura, Campbelltown, and the Town District of Wyndham.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Declaring Portion of the Opotiki to Motu Road, in the Opotiki County, to be a County Road.
LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of February, 1913.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor in Council.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a county road.