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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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boundary of Section No. 47 of Opaheke Parish, across a road, by the said creek forming the western and southern boundary-lines of Section No. 88, Opaheke Parish, to the north-westernmost corner of Section No. 253; thence by the western and southern boundary-lines of said Section No. 253, part of western boundary-line of Section No. 47, Opaheke Parish, western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 50 and 51, Opaheke Parish, and southern boundary-line of said Section No. 51, and that boundary-line produced to the middle of the Great South Road; thence by the middle of the said Great South Road to the right bank of the Maungatawhiri River; thence by the said right bank of the Maungatawhiri River to the southernmost corner of Section No. 55, Maungatawhiri Parish; thence by a line due south to the left bank of the Waikato River; thence towards the south generally by the said left bank of the Waikato River to a point due south of the westernmost corner of Section No. 108, Tuakau Parish; thence towards the west generally by a right line to the said corner; thence by the south-eastern boundary-lines of Section No. 109, Tuakau Parish, Section No. 43, Pukekohe Parish, Sections Nos. 7 and 6, Tuakau Parish; thence across a road; thence by southern boundary-line of Section No. 11A, Tuakau Parish, south-eastern and north-eastern boundary-lines of Section No. 11, Tuakau Parish, eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 10 and 13 of Tuakau Parish to the North Island Main Trunk Railway line; thence by the said railway-line to the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 24, Pukekohe Parish; thence by the Borough of Pukekohe as described on page 1135 of the New Zealand Gazette of 1916 to the southern boundary-line of Section No. 14, Pukekohe Parish; thence by the southern and eastern boundary-lines of said Section No. 14, eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 13 and 3 of the Parish of Pukekohe, to the place of commencement.

6. Pukekohe West Riding.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west generally by the Mauku Riding, hereinbefore described, from the northernmost corner of Section No. 2, Puni Parish, to the south-easternmost corner of Section No. 82, Karaka Parish; thence towards the east generally by the Pukekohe East Riding, hereinbefore described, to a point on the left bank of the Waikato River due south of the westernmost corner of Section No. 108, Tuakau Parish; thence towards the south and south-east generally by the said left bank of the Waikato River to a point on said left bank produced by a right line from the south-western boundary-line of Purapura Native Reserve; thence towards the west generally by the Waiuku Riding, hereinbefore described, to the place of commencement, excluding therefrom the Borough of Pukekohe as described on page 1135 of the New Zealand Gazette of 1916.

7. Drury Riding.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Papakura Town District as described in the New Zealand Gazette of 1882, page 1106, and by the Manukau County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 70, of 1915, page 1989, from the Puhurehure Estuary to the southernmost corner of Section No. 171, Hunua Parish; thence towards the north-east and south by the Parish of Hunua to Hay’s Creek; thence towards the east generally by that creek, by the western and south-western boundary-lines of the parts of Section No. 52, Opaheke Parish, owned by W. Bate and P. Holt (in the year 1899), to the north-western corner of Section No. 81, Hunua Parish, and thence by Hunua Parish to the south-western corner of Section No. 199 of that parish; thence again towards the north generally by the said Hunua Parish to a point on the Maungawheau Stream in line with the middle of the road abutting on the said stream at the north-easternmost corner of Section No. 125, Opaheke Parish; thence from that point again towards the east generally by the middle of the said road forming the western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 96, 126, 203, 205 (E.R.), 209, and 90, Opaheke Parish, to a point in line with the southern boundary-line of Section No. 90, Opaheke Parish; thence again towards the north by the southern boundary-line of said Section No. 90 produced to a point in the middle of the public road forming the eastern boundary-line of said Section No. 90; thence again towards the east generally by the middle of the said public road forming the western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 133, 135, and 136, Opaheke Parish, to a point in line with the southernmost corner of said Section No. 136; thence again towards the south generally by the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 135, Maungatawhiri Parish, by a right line produced from the southernmost corner of said Section No. 135, and passing through Section No. 239, Maungatawhiri Parish, to the easternmost corner of Section No. 238, Maungatawhiri Parish, by the northern, north-western, and part of the western boundary-lines of said Section No. 239, Maungatawhiri Parish, to the northernmost corner of Section No. 240, Maungatawhiri Parish; thence by the north-western boundary-line of said Section No. 240 produced to the middle of a public road, thence by the middle of a public road to a point opposite the northernmost corner of Section No. 227, Maungatawhiri Parish; thence by part of the western boundary-line of said Section No. 227 and northern boundary-line of Section No. 104, Maungatawhiri Parish, to the road at the north-western corner of said Section No. 104; thence by the eastern side of the road to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of Section No. 171, Maungatawhiri Parish; thence across that road and by Section No. 171 aforesaid to the road forming its north-western boundary; thence by the eastern side of that road to the south-western corner of Section No. 169, Maungatawhiri Parish; thence across that road, Sections Nos. 168 and 156, Maungatawhiri Parish, to the road at the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence across that road and by its western side to the road forming the north-western boundary of Section No. 147, Maungatawhiri Parish; thence by the southern side of that road to the north-western corner of Section No. 146, Maungatawhiri Parish; thence by the western boundary-line of said Section No. 146 to the north-eastern corner of Allotment No. 21 of Suburban Section 2, Maungatawhiri Parish; thence by the northern boundary-line of said Allotment No. 21, across a public road, and by the northern boundary-line of Allotment No. 11 of said Suburban Section 2, Maungatawhiri Parish produced, to the middle of the Great South Road; thence towards the west generally by the Pukekohe and Mauku Ridings, hereinbefore described, to the Pahurehure Estuary; and thence again towards the north-west by the said Pahurehure Estuary to the place of commencement.

8. Mercer Riding.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the west and north generally by the Pukekohe Riding, hereinbefore described, from a point on the left bank of the Waikato River due south of the southernmost corner of Section No. 55, Maungatawhiri Parish, and by the Drury Riding, also hereinbefore described, to the middle of the road opposite the southernmost corner of Section No. 136, Opaheke Parish; thence towards the north-west generally by the middle of the said public road forming the eastern boundary-line of said Section No. 136, and part of the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 134, Opaheke Parish, to a point opposite the south-western corner of Section No. 13, Otai Parish; thence by the southern and eastern boundary-lines of said Section No. 13, eastern boundary-line of Section No. 12, Otai Parish, southern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 81A and 108, Otai Parish, eastern boundary-lines of said Section No. 108, Sections Nos. 61, 59, 58, 57, 55, 103, and 102, Otai Parish, to the Manukau County boundary at the north-eastern corner of said Section No. 102; thence towards the north by the Manukau County as described on page 1989 of the New Zealand Gazette of 1915 to the Hauraki Gulf; thence towards the east by the said Hauraki Gulf to the Pukorokoro Creek; thence towards the south by a right line across the said creek to the north-easternmost corner of Section No. 82, Kohereoa Parish; thence by that section and by the Pokeno-Miranda Road to the middle of the Mangatangi Stream; thence by the middle of that stream to the Maramarua River, and by the middle of the Maramarua River to its confluence with the Whangamarino River; thence towards the south by the middle of the Whangamarino River to the left bank of the Waikato River; thence by the left bank of the Waikato River to the place of commencement.

9. Hunua Riding.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Manukau County as described on page 1989 of the New Zealand Gazette of 1915, from the southernmost corner of Section No. 171, Hunua Parish, to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 102, Otai Parish; thence towards the east generally by the Mercer Riding, hereinbefore described, to the middle of the public road opposite the southernmost corner of Section No. 136, Opaheke Parish; thence towards the west, south, and north generally by the Drury Riding, hereinbefore described, to the place of commencement.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Franklin was hereunto affixed this 3rd day of May, 1917, in the presence of—

JOSEPH FLANAGAN, County Chairman.
R. LYONS, Councillor.
ALAN P. DAY, County Clerk.

I, Joseph Flanagan, Chairman of the Franklin County Council, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a special order duly made and passed at a