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junction with Dawson's Road; thence by Dawson's Road
southerly direction by the eastern boundary of the said
to and along the road forming the north-western boundaries county to its junction with the aforesaid Thames Electoral
of Lots 9, 8, 7, and 16, and northern boundary of Lot 1 and District; thence in a westerly direction by that electoral
eastern boundaries of Lot 9, Sections 151, 150, 149, and 148 district to the Raglan Electoral District, hereinbefore de-
of the aforesaid Freshfield Estate to and along the road on scribed, at the Mangawara Stream; thence towards the west
the northern boundary of Section 223, Block VI, Komakorau generally by the said Raglan Electoral District to the place
Survey District, and forming the northern boundary of Part of commencement, including Cuvier Island, Great Mercury
Lot 2, as shown on Land Transfer Plan No. 4488A; thence Island, Slipper Island, and adjacent islands.
in a southerly direction by the eastern boundary of the said
Lot Part 2 to and along the road intersecting Lot Part 2B and
forming the eastern boundary of Lot 3 as shown on Land
Transfer Plan No. 7126 to and along the road forming the
western boundaries of Lot North Part 22 as shown on Land
Transfer Plan No. 5379A and Lots 1, 2, and 3 as shown on
Land Transfer Plan No. 9969 to the Hamilton - Te Aroha
Railway-line; thence in a north-easterly direction generally
by the said railway-line to the south-western corner of Lot
Part 26 as shown on Land Transfer Plan No. 6754; thence
by the western boundaries of the said Lot Part 26 as shown
on Land Transfer Plans Nos. 6754 and 3792A to and along
the road forming the north-eastern boundary of the said
Lot Part 26 to the aforesaid railway-line; thence by that
railway-line to the Raglan Electoral District, as described in
New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September, 1911;
then ce towards the cast by that electoral district to its
junction with the south-eastern corner of the Tamahere
Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917);
thence in a westerly direction generally by the southern
boundary of the said riding to the Kirikiriioa Riding (as
existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by that
riding to the Waikato River; thence in a westerly direction
generally by that river to its junction with the eastern
boundary of the Borough of Hamilton (as existing on the
10th day of September, 1917); then ce by the north-eastern
boundary of the said borough to the said Raglan Electoral
District and by that electoral district to its junction with
the eastern boundary of the Newcastle Riding of Waipa
County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917);
then ce by the eastern and southern boundaries of the
said riding to the Waipa River; then ce in a southerly
direction by the Waipa River to the Mangapiko River ; then ce
in an easterly direction by that river to the eastern boundary
of the Town of Pirongia (as existing on the 10th day of
September, 1917); then ce in a southerly direction by the
eastern boundary of the said town to the Waipa River;
then ce by the said river to its junction with the Puniu River,
and then ce by the said Puniu River to the eastern boundary of
Waitomo County (as existing on the 10th day of September,
1917); thence by the eastern boundary of the said county to its
junction with the southern boundary of Te Rauamo a Riding
(as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence in a
westerly direction by the southern boundary of the said riding
to the westernmost corner of Turoto C No. 2 Block; thence
by a right line to the northernmost corner of Orahiri No. 2
Block, Section 1; thence by the last-mentioned block to the
road which intersects its north-western boundary; thence by
that road to the Tapuae Road and by that road to the southern
boundary of Otorohanga Riding (as existing on the 10th day
of September, 1917); then ce in a westerly direction by the
southern boundary of the said riding to its junction with the
eastern boundary of Kawhia County (as existing on the
10th day of September, 1917); then ce by the eastern and
southern boundaries of the said county to the ocean at the
mouth of the Marakopa River; thence towards the west by
the ocean to the place of commencement.
THAMES
This district is bounded towards the north and west generally
by the Franklin Electoral District, hereinbefore described,
the Firth of Thames, and the Hauraki Gulf from the Waikato
River at the eastern boundary of Pukekohe Riding to Cape
Colville; thence towards the north-east and east generally
by the ocean to the Thames Electoral District, as described
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September,
1911) at the mouth of the Otahu River; thence towards the
south generally by the said Thames Electoral District to the
north-eastern corner of Waikaka B Block, Block X, Waihou
Survey District; then ce by the north-western boundary of
the said Waikaka B Block to and along the southern boundary
of Block IX of the said survey district to the drainage reserve ;
then ce by the drainage reserve to the road forming the
northern boundaries of Sections 54, 53, 52, 21, 20, and 19,
Block XIII, of the aforesaid survey district to its junction
with the Waitakaruru-Morrisville Road; thence in a north-
westerly direction by that road to its junction with the
Torehapa Road in the Ngarua No. 5A Block; then ce in a
south-westerly direction by that road and the Torehapa
Stream to the eastern boundary of Waikato County (as
existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence in a
WAITOMO.
This district is bounded towards the north by the Raglan
Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the ocean at
the mouth of the Marakopa River to the eastern boundary
of Waitomo County (as existing on the 10th day of Septem-
ber, 1917); thence towards the east generally by the western
boundary of the Rotorua Electoral District, hereinafter de-
scribed, to the south-eastern corner of Waitomo County (as
existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards
the south generally by the southern boundary of the said
county to its junction with the north-eastern corner of Ohura
County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence
in a southerly direction by the eastern boundary of the said
county to its junction with the south-eastern corner of Matiere
Riding (as existing on the 1st day of November, 1917); thence
in a westerly direction by the southern boundary of the said
riding to its junction with the eastern boundary of the Nihoniho
Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence
in a southerly direction by the eastern boundary of the said
riding to its junction with the north-eastern boundary of the
Turoto Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917);
then ce in a southerly direction generally by the eastern boundary
of the said riding to the south-eastern corner of Section 10, Block
XI, Ohura Survey District; thence in a westerly direction generally
by the southern boundary of the said section to its junction with
the Kakahi Road; thence by that road to the TurotoRoad; then ce
by that road to the Ohura River, and by that river to the western
boundary of the said Turoto Riding; thence in a southerly and
easterly direction by the western and southern boundaries of the
aforesaid Turoto Riding to the Wanganui River and by the said
river to the southernmost point of the said Ohura County at the
Wanganui River; thence in a southerly and westerly direction
by the eastern and southern boundaries of the aforesaid Ohura
County to the eastern boundary of Clifton County (as existing
on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence in a westerly
direction generally by the south-eastern boundary of the said
county to the north-eastern corner of the Ngatimaru Riding (as
existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the
northerly and westerly boundaries of the said riding to the
Taumarunui Electoral District (as described in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September, 1911); thence in a
westerly direction generally by the southern boundary of the
said electoral district to the south-western boundary of the said
Clifton County; then ce in a north-westerly direction by the
south-western boundary of the aforesaid Clifton County to the
southern boundary of the Borough of Waitara (as existing on the
10th day of September, 1917); thence by the southern, western,
and northern boundaries of the said borough to the Waitara
River; then ce by that river to the ocean; thence towards the
west generally by the ocean to the place of commencement.
OHINEMURI.
This district is bounded towards the north generally by the
Raglan and Thames Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described,
from the Mangawara Stream, at its confluence with the stream
forming the northern boundary of Section 77, Block IV, Newcastle
Survey District, to the mouth of the Otahu River; thence towards
the east generally by the ocean to the Ohinemuri Electoral District,
as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September,
1911, at the Katikati entrance of Tauranga Harbour; thence by
that electoral district to the south-eastern corner of Section Part
20 as shown on Land Transfer Plan 4936A; then ce towards the
west by the southern boundary of the said section and southern
boundaries of Sections 9 and 10 of Block VII, Wairere Survey
District, to the western boundary of Te Aroha Riding, as existing
on the 10th day of September, 1917; thence in a north-westerly
direction by the western boundary of the said riding to its junction
with the southern boundary of the Borough of Te Aroha (as
existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the
southern, eastern, northern, and western boundaries of the said
borough to the Morrinsville - Te Aroha Railway-line; thence in a
south-westerly direction by that railway-line to its intersection
with the Piraunui Stream; thence in a south-easterly direction
by that stream to the southern boundary of Waihou Riding (as
existing on the 10th day
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