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and 4, Block V, Pouatu Survey District; thence along the south-eastern boundaries generally of Sections 7, 6, and 5, Block V, and Sections 4 and 3, Block VIII, Upper Waitara Survey District, to the Rerekino Road, and along the eastern side of that road and of the Waitara Valley Road to the western boundary of Section 2, Block XVI; thence along the western boundaries of Sections 2 and 1, Block XVI, and of Section 9, Block XV, Upper Waitara Survey District, to the Tirangi Road; thence along the northern side of that road to a point in line with the western boundary of Section 11, Block XV; thence to and along the said western boundary and the southern boundary of the said Section 11 to the confiscation line; thence south-westerly along that line to Te Wera Road, along that road to the north-eastern corner of Section 43, Block VI, Ngatimaru Survey District, and along the northern and western boundaries of said Section 43 to Mohakau Road; thence along that road to Section 17, Block X, Ngatimaru Survey District, and along the north-eastern boundaries of said Section 17 and of Sections 15, 14, and 10, Block V, to the Waitara River; thence to and along the middle of that river to a point opposite the easternmost corner of Section 18, Block V; thence to and along the north-eastern boundary of said Section 18, along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 2 and 4, Block I, across the Junction Road, and along the eastern and northern boundaries of Section 2 and the northern boundary of Section 1, Block XIII, Upper Waitara Survey District; thence along the northern boundaries of Sections 7, 6, and 5 to the Mataro Road; thence along the southern side of the said Mataro Road to and along the northern side of Taramoukou Road to the eastern boundary of Section 21, Block XV, Waitara Survey District; thence along the eastern boundary of said Section 21, along the northern boundaries of Sections 21, 20, and 12 to the Otaraoa Road, across that road, and along its western side to the western boundary of Section 15, Block XV, Waitara Survey District; thence along the western boundary of said Section 15 to the Waitara River, and down the middle of that river to the boundary of the Borough of Waitara; thence along the southern, eastern, and northern boundaries of that borough as described in the New Zealand Gazette, 1904, page 2123, to the middle of the Waitara River, and down the middle of that river to the sea; thence northerly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Mokau River, the point of commencement.

BOUNDARIES OF WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Ohura River where it is intersected by the 39th parallel of south latitude, and proceeding thence down the middle of that river and down the middle of the Wanganui River to its confluence with the Tangarakau Stream; thence by a right line to Trig. Station Whakaihuwaka on Mount Humphries; thence westerly along the southern boundary of Pahautuhia Block to the north-eastern corner of Section 19, Block XIII, Mahoe Survey District; thence along the eastern boundaries of Sections 19 and 20, Block XIII, Mahoe Survey District, along the southern boundaries of Sections 21, 22, 15, 12, and 9, Block XVI, Ngatimaru Survey District; thence along the western and part of the northern boundaries of said Section 9, the western boundary of Section 8, and the southern and western boundaries of Section 7; thence westerly along a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section 15, Block XV, and along the northern boundary of that section and the northern boundaries generally of Sections 14, 13, 12, 11, and 10, Block XV, Ngatimaru Survey District, and of Sections 11 and 10, Block XIV, along the western boundary of Section 12 to the Strathmore Township; thence along the southern boundary of Strathmore Township to the western side of Ohura Road, and along the western side of that road to Section 24, Mangaere Improved-farms Settlement; thence along the southern boundary of said Section 24 and the southern boundaries of Sections 16 and 15, Block X, Ngatimaru Survey District, and along the western boundaries of Sections 15 and 10 to the Mohakau Road, and along the southern side of that road to Te Wera Road, and along that road to the confiscation line; thence along the eastern boundary of the Clifton County hereinbefore described to the Waitaanga Stream; thence down the middle of that stream to the confiscated line, south-westerly along that line to the western block-line of Block XV, Waro Survey District; thence due south to the 39th parallel of south latitude, and easterly along that parallel to the Ohura River, the point of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 31st day of January, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Altering Boundaries of Collingwood and Buller Counties.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided by subsection two of section fourteen of the Counties Act, 1920, that the boundaries of any one or more counties may be altered in accordance with a resolution proposing the alteration passed by the Council of each of such counties in which the principal Act is in force:

And whereas a resolution was passed by the Collingwood County Council on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and sealed with the seal of the Council of the said county on the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one:

And whereas a similar resolution was passed by the Buller County Council on the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and sealed with the seal of the said county on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, praying for the alteration of the boundaries of such counties in the manner described in the said resolutions and in the First Schedule hereto:

And whereas it is expedient to make such alteration in accordance with the said resolutions:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the said Act, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area described in the First Schedule hereto, being now part of the Collingwood County, shall, as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, be deemed to be added to and form part of the Buller County; and, with the like power and authority, do proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the Counties of Collingwood and Buller respectively shall, as on and from the aforesaid date, be those set forth under their respective headings in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE EXCLUDED FROM COLLINGWOOD COUNTY AND ADDED TO BULLER COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District bounded on the west by the sea from Kohaihai Bluff to the Kahurangi River; thence along the middle of that stream and of its northern branch to the summit of the watershed; thence along the summit of that watershed, being the eastern boundaries of Kahurangi and Whapoai Survey Districts, to Mount Domett; thence along the northern watershed of the Kohaihai River to Kohaihai Bluff, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

COLLINGWOOD COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District bounded towards the west, north-west, and east generally from the mouth of the Kahurangi River to the mouth of the Pariwhakaoho River; thence along a right line to Slate River Peak; thence along the summit of the range passing through Anatoki, Kakapo, Mount Cobb, and Aorere to Mount Domett; thence northerly along the summit of the eastern watershed of the Heaphy River to the source of the northern branch of the Kahurangi River, and down that river to its mouth, the place of commencement.

BULLER COUNTY.

All that area in the Nelson and Westland Land Districts bounded on the north-east by the Collingwood County, hereinbefore described, from the mouth of Kahurangi River to Mount Cobb; thence along the summit of the range through Mounts Snowdon, Peel, Gordons, Pyramid, to Mount Arthur; thence southerly along the summit of Tasman, Marine, and Lyell Ranges to Bald Hill; thence following the spur to the mouth of the Eight Mile or Boundary Creek; thence due south to the summit of the Brunner Range; thence westerly along a right line to the confluence of the Inangahua River with the Buller River; thence up the first spur of the Paparoa Mountains, through Trig. Station RM, and along the summit of that range passing through Mounts Faraday and Pecksniff to the source of the Punakaiki or Deadman’s River, and down the middle of that river to the sea; thence northerly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Kahurangi River, the place of commencement: excluding therefrom the Borough of Westport.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 30th day of January, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!