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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 124

Special Order made by the Patangata County Council redividing Ridings and fixing Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th September, 1918.

THE following special order, made by the Patangata County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

PATANGATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Patangata County Council resolves by way of special order as follows :—

1. The present division of the County of Patangata into five ridings is revoked, and in lieu thereof the said county shall be divided into seven ridings to be called respectively Eparaima Riding, Mangatarata Riding, Oero Riding, Patangata Riding, Porangahau Riding, Pouverere Riding, and Tamumu Riding, which ridings are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.

2. The said Patangata County Council shall consist of ten members, who shall be elected as follows :—

(a.) The electors of the Eparaima Riding, the Oero Riding, and the Porangahau Riding shall each elect two Councillors.

(b.) The electors of the Mangatarata Riding, the Patangata Riding, the Pouverere Riding, and the Tamumu Riding shall each elect one Councillor.

3. The alteration hereby made shall take effect on and after the 1st day of October, 1918.

F. BASHAM, Clerk to the Council.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

F. BASHAM, County Clerk.

3rd September, 1918.

SCHEDULE.

Oero Riding.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay bounded towards the west by the middle of the Tukituki River from the mouth of the Mangarara Stream to the mouth of the Hawea Stream; thence towards the north-east by the Hawke’s Bay County to the ocean; thence towards the south-east by the ocean to the north-eastern corner of Block 40 in Block IV, Pouverere Survey District; thence towards the south by the northern and eastern boundaries generally of Blocks 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 24, and 25 in Blocks III and IV, Pouverere Survey District, and Blocks 26, 27, 28, and 29 in Block XV, Oero Survey District, to the Mangarara Stream; thence towards the south-west by that stream to the point of commencement.

Patangata Riding.

All that area of land in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay bounded by a line commencing at a point where the Te Aute Road crosses the southern boundary of the Hawke’s Bay County; thence along that boundary as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 73, 1st September, 1904, page 2113, to the Tukituki River; thence up the middle of that river to its confluence with the Mangatarata Stream; thence up the middle of the said Tukituki River and up the middle of the old Waipawa River bed to the Waipawa-Tamumu Road; thence north-westerly along the middle of that road to the Waipawa-Patangata Road; thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of Block 14 in Block XI, Waipukurau Survey District; thence along the north-eastern boundary of said Block 14 to the Te Aute Road; thence north-easterly along the middle of said road to the Otane Town District; thence along the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of said town district as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 65, 16th December, 1886, page 1584, and again along the middle of the Te Aute Road to the point of commencement.

Tamumu Riding.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay bounded towards the north-east by the Mangarara Stream from its mouth to the north-western corner of Block 29 in Block XV, Oero Survey District; thence in a southerly direction along the western boundary of the land shown in deposited plan No. 2256 to the Omakere Stream at the southernmost corner of Block 46 in Block II, Pouverere Survey District; thence down the Omakere Stream to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Lot 1 on deposited plan No. 1777; thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the said Lot 1 on the said deposited plan to the southernmost point thereof; thence in a north-westerly direction by the south-western boundary of the said Lot 1 on said deposited plan No. 1777 to the road intersecting the land in the said plan; thence across the said road to the Waiwhero Stream; thence down that stream to its junction with the Mangarauhi Stream; thence down that stream to its junction with the Mangamahaki Stream; thence down that stream to the north-east corner of Block 12 in Block XIII, Oero Survey District; thence north-westerly in a straight line to Trig. Q; thence north-westerly in a straight line to the northernmost corner of Block 22 on the Mangatarata Stream, Block XVI, Waipukurau Survey District; thence down the Mangatarata Stream to the Tukituki River; thence down the middle of that river to the point of commencement.

Mangatarata Riding.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay bounded by a line commencing at the south-western corner of Block 87 on the Tangatupura Stream, Block VII, Motuotaria Survey District; thence proceeding down that stream to its junction with the Mangatarata Stream; thence down that stream to the northernmost corner of Block 22, Block XVI, Waipukurau Survey District; thence generally towards the north-east by the Tamumu Riding hereinbefore described to the road intersecting the land in deposited plan No. 1777; thence by the south-western boundary of the land in the said deposited plan No. 1777 to its point of intersection with the Waiwero Stream on the eastern boundary of Block 29 in Block V, Pouverere Survey District; thence up that stream and along the south-eastern boundaries of Blocks 29 and 47 to the northernmost corner of Block 30 in Block XIII, Pouverere Survey District; thence north-westerly along the north-east boundary of Lot 2, Motuotaria Estate, to a public road; thence westerly along that road to the south-western boundary of Block 55, Block XII, Motuotaria Survey District; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundaries of said block and Blocks 48, 67, 86, and 87 to the point of commencement.

Pouverere Riding.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Block 30 in Block XIII, Pouverere Survey District; thence proceeding generally in a north-easterly direction along the eastern boundaries of the Mangatarata and Tamumu Ridings hereinbefore described to the north-western corner of Block 29 in Block XV, Oero Survey District; thence easterly by the southern boundary of the Oero Riding hereinbefore described to the sea; thence southerly along the sea-coast to Blackhead; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundaries of Blocks 3, 2A, 2, 25, 26, 9, and 28 to the point of commencement.

Eparaima Riding.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay bounded by a line commencing at a point where the production of the north boundaries of Lots 20 and 9, Arlington Estate, intersect the south-west boundaries of Blocks 87 and 86 in Block VII, Motuotaria Survey District; thence generally towards the west and south-west by the Patangata County boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 154, 11th October, 1917, at page 3849, to its point of intersection with the Tangaruhe Stream; thence down that stream and the Mangaorapa Stream to the Porangahau River; thence by that river to a point on its right bank in line with the north-western boundary-line of Suburban Section 79, Porangahau Survey District; thence by a right line across the Porangahau River aforesaid to the north-western corner of Section 79 aforesaid; thence by the north-western and north-eastern boundary-lines of Section 79 aforesaid and the north-eastern boundary-line of Section 78, Porangahau Survey District aforesaid, to the north-western boundary-line of Block 76; thence by the north-western and north-eastern boundary-lines of that block to the north-western boundary-line of Suburban Section 61, Porangahau Survey District aforesaid; thence by the north-western boundary-line of Section 61 aforesaid and of Section 65, and the north-eastern boundary-lines of Sections 65 aforesaid, 64, 63, 62, 8, and 25, Porangahau Survey District aforesaid, to the Porangahau River aforesaid; thence across that river and by its right bank to its mouth; thence towards the east by the ocean to Blackhead; thence towards the north-east by the south-western boundaries of the Pouverere and Mangatarata Ridings hereinbefore described to the point of commencement.

Porangahau Riding.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay bounded by a line commencing at a point where the Tangaruhe Stream intersects the Patangata County boundary as