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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the northern boundary of that town district to Section 49, Block VIII, Purua Survey District; thence by the south-eastern boundary of that section to the southernmost corner of Parakiore No. 1 Block; thence by the eastern and northern boundaries of that block, the south-eastern boundary of Maketawa Block, to a public road; thence by the middle of that road to its intersection with Section 18, Block VII, Purua Survey District; thence by the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of that section to the southern boundary of Section 6, Block IV aforesaid; thence by the south-western and western boundaries of that section to the south-eastern boundary of Papakuri Block No. 196A; thence by that block in a south-westerly direction to the middle of a stream; thence by that stream to its confluence with the Wairua River; thence by the middle of that river to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 19, Block III, Purua Survey District; thence to and by that boundary, and the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 17 and 16, Block III aforesaid, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by the south-western boundaries of Sections 16 and 15, Block III, Purua Survey District, the southern boundary of Section 22 of Block XIII, Motatau Survey District, the eastern and northern boundaries of Section 14, and the south-western boundaries of Sections 15A, 15, 9, 13, of Block XIII aforesaid to the place of commencement.

OTONGA RIDING, WHANGAREI COUNTY.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west generally by the Bay of Islands County, as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1918, page 1686, from the intersection of the Whangarei-Otiria Railway with the Waiotu River, being the westernmost corner of Section 18, Block X, Hukerenui Survey District, to the ocean; thence towards the north-east generally by the ocean to the mouth of the Whananaki Inlet; thence towards the south generally by the middle of that inlet to a public road forming the northern boundary of Section 12, Block VIII, Opuawhanga Survey District; thence by the middle of that road to the north-western boundary of Opuawhanga Kauri-gum Reserve in Block VII, Opuawhanga Survey District; thence by the western boundary of that kauri-gum reserve, and part of the northern boundary of Section 27, Block VII aforesaid, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Section 28 of Block VII; thence by the western boundary of that section, the northern boundaries of Sections 5, 6, and 7, Block XI, Opuawhanga Survey District, part of the eastern, the north-western, and western boundaries of Section 3 of Block XVI, Hukerenui Survey District, the south-eastern and part of the south-western boundaries of Section 9, the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section S.E. 38 of Block XVI aforesaid, to the main road; thence towards the south-west generally by the main road to its crossing with the Whangarei-Otiria Railway line at the southern boundary of Section 2, Block XI, Hukerenui Survey District; thence by that railway-line to the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor-General 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 twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Declaring certain Areas added to the County of Hobson to be included in certain Ridings thereof.

[L.S.]
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by Proclamation under section one hundred and ten of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1917, dated the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and published in a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, the boundaries of the Counties of Hokianga, Whangarei, and Hobson were altered by the exclusion of the areas described in the First Schedule hereto from the Counties of Hokianga and Whangarei and the inclusion of such areas in the County of Hobson: And whereas it is desirable that the areas so added to the County of Hobson should be included in the Omana, Tangowahine, Tangiteroria, and Awakino Ridings of that county:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section twenty-two of the Counties Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby declare that the areas included as aforesaid in the County of Hobson shall on and from the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, be included in the aforesaid ridings of the said county, and that the boundaries of those ridings shall be those set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE INCLUDED IN OMANA RIDING, HOBSON COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west by the north-western boundaries of Sections 47, 46, 45, and 44, from the Pukewahine Stream to the Hobson County boundary; thence towards the east and south-east by the Hobson County boundary aforesaid to the Pukewahine Stream; and thence towards the west generally by that stream to the place of commencement.

AREA TO BE INCLUDED IN TANGOWAHINE RIDING, HOBSON COUNTY.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the northern boundary of the Hobson County as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1918, page 1687, from the north-eastern corner of Section 5, Block X, Tutamoe Survey District, to a right line running between Trig. Station 18, Tarai o Rahiri, and Tutamoe Trig. Station; thence towards the south-east by that line to the south-eastern corner of Section 12, Block XV, Tutamoe Survey District; thence towards the south generally by the southern boundary of that section to the western boundary of Block XV aforesaid; thence towards the west by the western boundaries of Blocks XV and XI, Tutamoe Survey District, to the place of commencement.

AREAS TO BE INCLUDED IN TANGITERORIA RIDING, HOBSON COUNTY.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-east and east by the eastern boundary of Hobson County from Trig. Station Horokaka to the northern boundary of Section 44, Block VII, Tangihua Survey District; thence towards the south-east by Sections 44, 45, 46, and part of 47 to the Pukewahine Stream; thence towards the west generally by that stream to its source; thence by a right line to Trig. Station Horokaka, the place of commencement.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the northern boundary of Hobson County as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1918, page 1687, from the north-western corner of Section 1, Block IV, Maungaru Survey District, to the north-western corner of Section 5, Block IV, aforesaid; thence towards the east by Section 5 aforesaid to the Waiotama River; thence towards the south generally by that river to its confluence with the Wairoa River; thence towards the west generally by the Wairoa River aforesaid to the place of commencement.

AREA TO BE INCLUDED IN AWAKINO RIDING, HOBSON COUNTY.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally, commencing at the northernmost corner of Opanake 1B Block, Block XIII, Tutamoe Survey District, by the south-western and southern boundaries of Section 9, Block IX, the southern boundary of Block X, Tutamoe Survey District, to its south-eastern corner; thence by the western and southern boundaries of Section 12, Forest Reserve, Block XV, Tutamoe Survey District, to a right line running between Trig. Station 18, Te Tarahi o Rahiri, situated in Block V, Mangakahia Survey District, and Tutamoe Trig. Station: thence towards the south generally by that line to Tutamoe Trig. Station; thence by a right line running in the direction of Maunganui Trig. Station to the middle of Kaihu River; thence by the middle of that river to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Opanake No. 1B Block; thence to and by the north-western boundary of that block to the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

OMANA RIDING, HOBSON COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north by the Wairoa River and the Tangiteroria Riding, hereinbefore described, from the confluence of the Mangonui River with the Wairoa River to the Hobson County boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette 1918, page 1687; thence towards the east by the county boundary aforesaid to the Tauraroa River; thence towards the south