8 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 1

General of the Dominion of New Zealand, praying that the
lands comprised in the said areas be included in the Elstow
Drainage District as constituted under the provisions of the
said Act :

And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of such
drainage district in manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority contained in section three of the Land Drainage
Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby alter the boundaries of the said Elstow Drainage
District by including in such district the areas of land
described in the said petitions and in the First Schedule
hereto ; and doth hereby declare that the boundaries of the
said drainage district, with such additions as herein provided
for, shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREAS ADDED TO ELSTOW DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded to-
wards the north by the Elstow Drainage District as described
in New Zealand Gazette, 1917, page 4233, from Taylor’s Road
to the Waihou River ; thence towards the east generally by
that river to Woods Road ; thence by that road to its junc-
tion with Stanley Road, and by Stanley Road to the south-
eastern corner of the northern portion of Section 4, Block I,
Wairere Survey District ; thence towards the south generally
by the southern boundary of part Section 4 aforesaid and
that boundary produced to the eastern boundary of Section 3,
Block I aforesaid ; thence by the eastern boundary of Sec-
tion 3 to and across a public road, by the southern boundary
of Section 19B, Block XI, Aroha Survey District, across a
road to the south-eastern corner of Section 17, Block XI ;
thence towards the west generally by a right line to the north-
western corner of Section 17 aforesaid ; thence to and by the
middle of the road forming the south-western boundaries of
Sections 15, 13, and 9, Block XI, Aroha Survey District,
to Taylor’s Road ; thence by Taylor’s Road to the place of
commencement.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded to-
wards the north generally by the north-western boundaries
of Makumaku 3B, 5E, 5F, the western boundary of Section 6,
Block VII, Waihou Survey District, to the Hauraki Drainage
District, as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1916, page 3347 ;
thence by the Hauraki Drainage District to the western
boundary of Te Arawhakapekapeka Block ; thence towards
the east generally by that boundary, part of the northern
and south-western boundary of Section 2, Block VII, Waitoa
Survey District, to a public road forming the south-eastern
boundary of Section 7 ; thence to and by the eastern side of
that road to the northern boundary of Te Awai ti 2c No. 4
Block ; thence by the northern and south-eastern boundaries
of that block, the drain reserve forming the south-western
boundaries of Sections 29, 30, and 32, Block XI, Waihou
Survey District, and Sections 1 and 3, Block XV, to a point
in line with the southernmost corner of Section 3 aforesaid ;
thence to and by the south-eastern boundary of Section 3,
the abutment of a road, the south-eastern boundary of Sec-
tion 7, the western boundary of Waihou West No. 4 Block,
the south-eastern boundary of Te Awai ti 1J 2B 1B Block to
the road forming the western boundary of Te Awai ti 1J 2B 2
(eastern portion) ; thence by the western side of that road,
across a public road to and by the western boundary of Te
Awai ti 1B 2B 1 Block to its southernmost corner ; thence by
a right line to the westernmost corner of Te Awai ti 1H 2B
Block ; thence by the south-western and south-
eastern boundaries of that block to the Thames River ; thence
by that river to the south-eastern side of a public road
forming the south-eastern boundary of Te Awai ti 1H 2D
Block ; thence by the said south-eastern side of that road to
the south-eastern boundary of Te Awai ti 1E 2 Block ; thence
by that boundary to the southernmost corner of 1E 2 Block
aforesaid ; thence towards the west generally by the south-
western boundaries of Te Awai ti 1E 2 and 1E 1, part of
the north-western boundary of 1E 1 aforesaid, and again by
the south-western boundary of 1E 1 Block, the south-western
boundaries of Te Awai ti 1H Block to the westernmost corner
of 1H 2A 3 Block ; thence by a right line to the southern-
most corner of Te Awai ti 1B Block ; thence by the south-
western boundaries of Te Awai ti 1B and 1J Blocks to the
westernmost corner of Section 2 of 1J Block ; thence by the
north-western boundary of Section 2 aforesaid to its northern-
most corner ; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner
of Te Awai ti 1D Block ; thence by the south-western and
north-western boundaries of 1D Block aforesaid to the south-
western boundary of Te Awai ti 2C Block ; thence by the
south-western boundary of 2C Block aforesaid to the Te Awai ti
Stream ; thence by that stream to the place of
commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ELSTOW DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded to-
wards the north generally by the north-western boundaries
of Makumaku 3B, 5E, 5F, the western boundary of Section 6,
Block VII, Waihou Survey District, to the Hauraki Drainage
District, as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1916, page
3347 ; thence by the Hauraki Drainage District to the western
boundary of Te Arawhakapekapeka Block ; thence towards
the east generally by that boundary, part of the northern
and south-western boundary of Section 2, Block VII, Waitoa
Survey District, to a public road forming the south-eastern
boundary of Section 7 ; thence to and by the eastern side of
that road to the northern boundary of Te Awai ti 2C No. 4
Block ; thence by the northern and south-eastern boundaries
of that block, the drain reserve forming the south-western
boundaries of Sections 29, 30, and 32, Block XI, Waihou
Survey District, and Sections 1 and 3, Block XV, to a point
in line with the southernmost corner of Section 3 aforesaid ;
thence to and by the south-eastern boundary of Section 3,
the abutment of a road, the south-eastern boundary of Section 7,
the western boundary of Waihou West No. 4 Block, the south-eastern boundary of Te Awai ti 1J 2B 1B
Block to the road forming the western boundary of Te
Awai ti 1J 2B 2 (eastern portion) ; thence by the western
side of that road, across a public road to and by the western
boundary of Te Awai ti 1B 2B 1 Block to its southernmost
corner ; thence by a right line to the westernmost corner
of Te Awai ti 1H 2B Block ; thence by the south-western
and south-eastern boundaries of that block to the Thames
or Waihou River at the crossing of the Paeroa-Tahuna Road ;
thence along the left bank of that river to a point in line
with the north-western boundary of Section 111 in Block IX,
Te Aroha Survey District ; thence to and along the north-
western boundary of that section and Section 115 to Stanley
Road ; along the south-western side of that road to the road
from Te Aroha to Waihou immediately south-east of the
railway ; along the north-western side of that road to the
south-western boundary of the Borough of Te Aroha, as
described in the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd May, 1917,
page 1868 ; thence along the southern boundary of that
borough to the Waihou River, along the left bank of that
river to Woods Road ; thence by that road to its junction
with Stanley Road, and by Stanley Road to the south-eastern
corner of the northern portion of Section 4, Block I, Wairere
Survey District ; thence towards the south generally by the
southern boundary of part Section 4 aforesaid, and that
boundary produced to the eastern boundary of Section 3,
Block I aforesaid ; thence by the eastern boundary of Sec-
tion 3 to and across a public road by the southern boundary
of Section 19B, Block XI, Aroha Survey District ; across a
road to the south-eastern corner of Section 17, Block XI ;
thence towards the west generally by a right line to the north-
western corner of Section 17 aforesaid ; thence to and
by the middle of the road forming the south-western bound-
aries of Sections 15, 13, and 9, Block XI, Aroha Survey
District, to Taylor’s Road ; thence by Taylor’s Road to Hall
Road, along Hall Road to the Thames-Waikato Road ; along
that road to and along the road forming the south-eastern
boundaries of Sections 98, 10, and 9, Suburbs of Waihou,
in Block XVI, Waitoa Survey District, to the southernmost
corner of Section 9 aforesaid ; along the eastern side of the
road forming the western boundaries of Sections 9 and 8,
across the railway, and along the north-eastern side of the
road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 18, 24,
and 25 to the north-eastern boundary of the Hungahunga
Drainage District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette
of the 12th December, 1912, page 3451 ; and along the north-
eastern and north-western boundaries of that drainage district
to the Waitoa River ; along the right bank of that river to the
southern side of Paeroa-Tahuna Road ; thence to the south-
eastern boundary of Te Awai ti No. 1E 2 Block ; thence by
that boundary to the southernmost corner of 1E 2 Block
aforesaid ; thence towards the west generally by the south-
western boundaries of Te Awai ti No. 1E 2 and 1E 1, part of
the north-western boundary of 1E 1 aforesaid, and again by
the south-western boundary of 1E 1 Block, the south-western
boundaries of Te Awai ti 1H Block to the westernmost corner
of No. 1H 2A 3 Block ; thence by a right line to the southern-
most corner of Te Awai ti 1B Block ; thence by the south-
western boundaries of Te Awai ti 1B and 1J Blocks to the
westernmost corner of Section 2 of 1J Block ; thence by the
north-western boundary of Section 2 aforesaid to its northern-
most corner ; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner
of Te Awai ti 1D Block ; thence by the south-western and
north-western boundaries of 1D Block aforesaid to the south-
western boundary of Te Awai ti No. 2C Block ; thence by the
south-western boundary of 2C Block aforesaid to the Te Awai ti
Stream ; thence by that stream to the place of commencement.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.