SEPT. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2757

That the present Mahurangi Riding be abolished by transferring certain sections within the outlying portion of the riding, and the whole of the area comprised within the legal subdivision of the Warkworth Road District known as the South Ward, to the Kourawhero Riding ; and by transferring certain sections within the outlying portion of the riding, the whole of the area comprised within the legal subdivision of the Warkworth Road District known as the North Ward, and the whole of the area comprised within the Eastern Mahurangi Road District to the Matakana Riding.

That the present Matakana Riding be altered, first, by excluding certain sections, which sections are to be transferred to the Omaha Riding ; second, by including certain sections lying within the outlying portion of the present Hoteo Riding ; third, by including certain sections lying within the outlying portion of the present Mahurangi Riding ; fourth, by including the whole of the area comprised within the legal subdivision of the Warkworth Road District known as the North Ward ; fifth, by including the whole of the area comprised in the Eastern Mahurangi Road District ; sixth, by including certain sections, which sections are to be excluded from the Omaha Riding.

That the present Omaha Riding be altered, first, by excluding certain sections which are to be transferred to the Hoteo Riding ; second, by excluding certain sections, which sections are to be transferred to the Matakana Riding ; third, by including certain areas and sections in Blocks III, V, and VI, Pakiri Survey District, which areas and sections are to be excluded from the Hoteo Riding ; fourth, by including certain sections, which sections are to be excluded from the present Matakana Riding.

That the Puhoi Riding shall be unaltered, comprising solely the area comprised in the Puhoi Road District.

That the Tauhoa Riding be altered by excluding therefrom certain sections, which sections are to be transferred to the Albert Riding.

That the boundaries of the ridings hereinbefore mentioned shall be as follows :—

Albert Riding.

Commencing at the most easterly corner of Allotment 104, Oruawharo Parish, and bounded towards the south-east generally by Allotment 81, Arai Parish, by Section 5, Block VIII, Pakiri Survey District, to a public road, by said road to the northern boundary of Section 1, Block XII, Otamatea Survey District, by said section to the crossing of a public road, by the Wayby Kauri-gum Reserve to the northernmost corner of Section 25, Block XVI, Otamatea Survey District, by the northern boundary of said section and that boundary produced to the centre of a public road, by the centre of the said public road fronting the said Section 25 and Sections 26, 31, 30, and 29, all in the same block, to a point at its intersection with another public road forming the northern boundary of Section 21, Block XVI aforesaid, by the centre of the last-mentioned public road to its junction with another public road which intersects Section 13, Block XVI aforesaid, by a right line to the northern boundary of a closed road, by said northern boundary of the closed road and its continuation to the centre of a public road forming part of the southern boundary of Section 2, Block XVI aforesaid, by the centre of the said road, and a right line to the parish boundary at the northern corner of Section 2A, Block XVI aforesaid, by the parish boundary to the northernmost corner of Allotment 77 in the same parish, by that allotment to a closed road, by said closed road to a point which would intersect the production of the south-western boundary of Allotment 78 in the parish aforesaid, by a right line across the aforementioned closed road, by Allotments 78, 120A, 127, 123, 123A, and 126 of the aforesaid parish, to the eastern boundary of Allotment 131, Tauhoa Parish ; thence towards the south-west generally by the last-named allotment to a road intersection at its northernmost corner, by a right line across the said intersection to the north-eastern corner of Allotment 134, Tauhoa Parish, by the last-mentioned allotment and Allotment 137 to the junction of two public roads near Trig. Station 29 (Puketaratar), by a right line to the centre of the said road junction, and by the centre of a public road to a point which would intersect the production of the north-eastern boundary of Allotment 83, Tauhoa Parish, by a right line across the said road, by said Allotment 83 to a stream, by said stream to the easternmost corner of Allotment 84 in the parish aforesaid, by the last-mentioned allotment to the parish boundary, by the parish boundary to a public road fronting Allotment 10, Wharehine Parish, by a right line to the centre of the said public road ; thence towards the west generally by the centre of a public road to the southern boundary of the Parahake Block, by the said block to the Wharehine Stream, by that stream to its junction with the Oruawharo River ; thence towards the north generally by the said river to its junction with the Te Hana Stream, by that stream to the south-western boundary of the western portion of Allotment 93, Oruawharo Parish, by that allotment and the eastern portion of that allotment to the point of commencement,

Arai Riding.

Commencing at the point where the southern boundary of the Arai Parish meets the high-water mark, and bounded generally towards the south by the said parish boundary to its intersection with the centre of a public road forming the north-eastern boundary of Allotment 90, Arai Parish, by the centre of that road to a closed road, by said closed road to the junction of two closed roads, by a right line across that junction, by a closed road forming the northern boundary of Allotment 70 in the same parish to a public road, by the said public road to the Oruawharo Parish boundary, by that parish boundary to the Albert Riding boundary hereinbefore described, by the said Albert Riding to the northernmost corner of the western portion of Allotment 110, Oruawharo Parish, by a right line across the Te Hana Stream and by its right bank to the Mainene River, by that river to the southern boundary of Allotment 75A, Oruawharo Parish, across the said river and by its right bank to the Topuni River ; thence towards the west generally by the said river to the Hakaru River, and by that river to the Otamatea County boundary ; thence towards the north and north-west generally by the said county boundary to the Mangawhai Harbour, by the said harbour to the sea ; and thence towards the east generally by the sea to the southern boundary of the Arai Parish, the point of commencement.

Hoteo Riding.

Commencing at the most easterly corner of Allotment 104, Oruawharo Parish, and bounded towards the north-west generally by the Arai Riding hereinbefore described to the most westerly corner of the Pakiri Kauri-gum Reserve ; thence towards the north-east generally by the said kauri-gum reserve to the south-western boundary of a State forest reserve in Block VI, Pakiri Survey District, by the said State forest reserve to the northern boundary of Pakiri No. 1 Block by a right line to the north-western corner of Allotment 55, Pakiri Parish, by that allotment and the continuation of its western boundary to the centre of a public road, and by the centre of the said public road which forms the frontages of Allotments 52 and 94, Pakiri Parish, to a point which would intersect the continuation of the eastern boundary of the last-named allotment, by a right line to the said boundary of that allotment, by that allotment and Allotment 102A, Pakiri Parish, to the aforesaid parish boundary ; thence towards the south-east generally by the said parish boundary to the centre of a public road forming the eastern boundary of Allotment 77, Pakiri Parish, by the centre of that public road to a point which would intersect the production of the north-eastern boundary of the last-named allotment, by a right line to the said boundary of that allotment, by that allotment, the crossing of a public road, and again by the last-named allotment and the production of its north-western boundary to the centre of a public road, by the centre of the said public road to a point which would intersect the production of the north-eastern boundary of Allotment 82, Pakiri Parish, by a right line to the said boundary of the last-mentioned allotment, by that allotment and a reserve, being part of Allotment 82A, to a public road, by a right line in continuation of the north-western boundary of the last-mentioned allotment to the centre of the said public road, and by the centre of that public road to a point in continuation of the eastern boundary of Allotment 123, Pakiri Parish, by a right line to the said boundary of the last-mentioned allotment, by that allotment and Allotment 109 to a branch of the Waiwhiu Stream, by the said stream to the western boundary of Allotment 123 aforesaid, again by the said allotment and Allotment 115 in the same parish to a public road, by a right line to the centre of the said public road, by the centre of that public road to a point which would intersect the production of the eastern boundary of Allotment 68, Pakiri Parish, by a right line to the said boundary of the said allotment, by that Allotment to the Waiwhiu Stream, by that stream to a point which would intersect the production of the northern boundary of Allotment 39, Hoteo Parish, by a right line across the said stream, by Allotment 39 aforesaid and the production of its north-western boundary to the centre of a public road, by the centre of the said public road which forms the northern and western frontages of Allotments M.W. 9, 10, and intesects an area of Crown land, Hoteo Parish, to a point which would intersect the production of the north-western boundary of Allotment 87, Hoteo Parish, by a right line to that boundary, by the said Allotment 87 and Allotments 95 and 84 to the north-eastern corner of Allotment 51, Hoteo Parish, by that allotment and Allotments 52 and 96 in the same parish, and the production of the northern boundary of the last-named allotment to the centre of a public road, by the centre of the said public road to the centre of the angle where the said public road leaves the western boundary of Allotment 92, Hoteo Parish, by a right line to the said boundary of the last-mentioned allotment, by that allotment and Allotments 86 and 54 in the same parish to the North Island Main Trunk Railway, by a right line across the said railway and by the Hoteo River