Num. 88.

2929

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1920.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1920.

Special Order made by the Franklin County Council altering Ridings and fixing Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th October, 1920.

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

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order adjusting Representation in the County and altering Riding Boundaries.

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

1. The present division of the County of Franklin into nine ridings is revoked, and in lieu thereof the said county shall be divided into ten ridings, to be called respectively Awhitu Riding, Waiuku Riding, Waipipi Riding, Karaka Riding, Mauku Riding, Pukekohe East Riding, Pukekohe West Riding, Drury Riding, Mercer Riding, and Hunua Riding, which said ridings are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.

2. The said Franklin County Council shall consist of ten members, and each riding shall elect one Councillor.

3. The alteration hereby made shall take effect on and after the 28th day of October, 1920.

SCHEDULE.

1. Awhitu Riding.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded towards the south-west by the Tasman Sea from a point on the coast being the termination of a right line from the middle of the road at the south-western angle of Section 147, Waipipi Parish, and being a line in continuation of the road forming the south-east boundary of the said section to Manukau Harbour; towards the north by Manukau Harbour; and towards the north-east generally by the Manukau Harbour and Waiuku Estuary to a point in the middle of the road at Mokorau being the southernmost corner of Section 175, Waipipi Parish; and thence towards the south-east by a line along the middle of that road running south-westerly generally and bounding Sections 152, 150, 149, 148, and 147 to a point at the south-western angle of the last-mentioned section; and thence by a right line to the Tasman Sea, the place of commencement.

2. Waiuku Riding.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by a right line from a point on the western shore of Waiuku Estuary and due west from the south head of Taihiki Estuary produced to the said head, and thence by the last-mentioned estuary to the western boundary-line of Section 103, Waiuku East Parish; thence towards the north-east generally by Sections 103, 102, 101, and 91, Waiuku East Parish, to the road at the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by that road bounding Sections 91, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, and 83, Waiuku East Parish, to Section 19, Puni Parish; thence by said Section 19 and by Sections 18, 2, and 1, Puni Parish, to the Purapura Native Reserve; thence by that Native reserve and its south-western boundary-line produced to the left bank of the Waikato River; thence towards the south-east by the left bank of that river to a point due south of the south-western corner of Te Uku Block (Native reserve); thence towards the west generally by a right line to the said corner; thence by the western boundary of that block to the road forming its northern boundary; thence by the southern side of that road to a point in line with the western boundary-line of Section 226, Waiuku East Parish; thence across that road and by the western boundary-lines of Sections 226 and 225, and the southern boundary-lines of Sections 29 and 28, Waiuku East Parish, the south-western boundary-lines of Allotments 8 and 9, Suburbs of Purapura, across a road, by the southern and south-western boundary-lines of Allotment 11, Suburbs of Purapura, across another road, by the south-western boundary-line of Allotment 13, Suburbs of Purapura, and by the south-eastern and western boundary-lines of Section 24, Waiuku East Parish, to the north-western corner of that section; thence by the road bounding Sections 22, 12, and 11 to the southern boundary