Nov. 9.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

western boundary of Lot 2 on deposited plan No. 2496,
Block XIII, Oero Survey District; thence in a southerly
direction by the western and southern boundaries of the
said Lot 2 on the aforesaid deposited plan No. 2496, the
western boundary of the land shown on deposited plan
No. 2222, being part Block 28 in Block I, Pourerere Survey
District, to and across the Mangarouhi Stream; by the
western boundaries of Blocks 8 and 10 in Block I, Pourerere
Survey District, to the easternmost corner of Lot l on
deposited plan No. 2486 ; thence in a westerly direction by
the northern boundary of the said Lot 1 on the aforesaid
deposited plan No. 2486, Block I, Pourerere Survey District,
and Block IV, Motuotaraia Survey District, to the south-
eastern corner of Lot 3 on deposited plan No. 4057 ; thence
in a northerly direction by the eastern boundaries of Lots 3
and 2 on the aforesaid deposited plan No. 4057, Block IV,
Motuotaraia Survey District, and Block XVI, Waipukurau
Survey District, to its intersection by the southern boundary
of Lot 2 on deposited plan No. 4058 ; thence in an easterly
direction by the southern boundary of the said Lot 2 on the
aforesaid deposited plan No. 4058, Block XVI, Waipukurau
Survey District, and Block XIII, Oero Survey District, to
the Mangamahaki Stream ; thence down that stream to the
north-eastern corner of Block 12 in Block XIII, Oero Survey
District ; thence north-westerly in a straight line to Trig. Q;
thence north-westerly in a straight line to the northernmost
corner of Block 22 on the Mangatarata Stream, Block XVI,
Waipukurau Survey District ; thence down the Mangatarata
Stream to the Tukituki River; thence down the middle of
that river to the point of commencement.

Eparaima Riding.

All that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District bounded
by a line commencing at a point where the production of the
north boundaries of Lots 20 and 9, Arlington Estate, being
part of the Patangata-Waipukurau County boundary, inter-
sects the south-western boundary of Mangatarata Riding,
Block VII, Motuotaraia Survey District, hereinbefore de-
scribed ; thence generally towards the west and south-west
by the Patangata County boundary as described in New
Zealand Gazette No. 154, 11th October, 1917, at page 3849,
to its point of intersection with the Tangaruhe Stream;
thence down that stream and the Mangaorapa Stream to
the Porangahau River ; thence by that river to a point on
its right bank in line with the north-western boundary-line
of Suburban Section 79, Porangahau Survey District; thence
by a right line across the Porangahau River aforesaid to
the north-western corner of Section 79 aforesaid ; thence by
the north - western and north-eastern boundary-lines of
Section 79 aforesaid and the north-eastern boundary-line of
Section 78, Porangahau Survey District aforesaid, to the
north-western boundary -line of Block 76; thence by the
north-western and north-eastern boundary-lines of that block
to the north-western boundary-line of Suburban Section 61,
Porangahau Survey District aforesaid ; thence by the north-
western boundary-line of Section 61 aforesaid and of Section 65 and the north-eastern boundary-line of Section 65
aforesaid, 64, 63, 62, 8, and 25, Porangahau Survey District
aforesaid, to the Porangahau River aforesaid ; thence across
that river and by its right bank to the mouth; thence towards
the east by the ocean to Blackhead ; thence towards the
north-east by the south-western boundaries of the Pourerere
Riding and the Mangatarata Riding hereinbefore described to
the point of commencement.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabit-
ants of the County of Patangata was hereto affixed at the
office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Patangata County
Council in the presence of --

C. PATTISON, Chairman.
J. W. ELLIOTT, County Clerk.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a special
order made by the Patangata County Council at a special
meeting of the said Council held on the 8th day of August,
1922, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the said
Council held on the 12th day of September, 1922.

C. PATTISON, Chairman.

I hereby certify that the descriptions contained in the
annexed special order are sufficient to render the new bound-
aries capable of identification.

VINCENT I. BLAKE, for Chief Surveyor.

Special Order made by the Kawhia County Council altering
the Boundaries of Ridings and fixing Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1922.

THE following special order, made by the Kawhia County
Council, is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Counties Act, 1920.

Pursuant to section 100 of that Act, as amended by section
3 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1921–22, I hereby fix the
lst day of April, 1923, as the date on which the special order
shall take effect.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs

COUNTY OF KAWHIA.

SPECIAL ORDER ALTERING THE BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN
RIDINGS AND FIXING REPRESENTATION.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of
the Counties Act, 1920, the Kawhia County Council resolves
by way of special order as follows :-

1. The present division of the county into six ridings is
   revoked, and in lieu thereof the said county shall be divided
   into seven ridings, to be called respectively Kawhia Riding,
   Oparau Riding, Te Kauri Riding, Awaroa Riding, Wai-
   harakeke Riding, Taharoa Riding, and Marokopa Riding,
   which said ridings are respectively described in the Schedule
   hereto.

2. The said Kawhia County Council shall consist of seven
   Councillors, and one Councillor shall be elected by the electors
   of each of the aforesaid ridings.

3. The alteration hereby made shall take effect on and
   after the 1st day of April, 1923.

SCHEDULE.

Kawhia Riding.

All that area in the Kawhia County bounded, commencing
where the southern boundary of the Raglan County (as
described in the Fifth Schedule to the Waikato and King-
country Counties Act, 1921-22) meets the Aotea Harbour,
towards the north generally by the said Raglan County to
the western boundary of Section 5, Block IV, Kawhia North
Survey District; towards the east by the said Section 5;
towards the south and east generally by Section 3, Block III,
Kawhia North Survey District; again towards the north
by aforesaid Section 3; towards the east by Sections 3 and 2,
Block VII, Kawhia North Survey District; towards the south
by Pirongia West No. 3B Sections 2G and 2F Blocks; towards
the east by the said Section 2F Block; towards the south
generally by the Oparau River and the Kawhia Harbour to
the sea; towards the west by the sea; and towards the
north and west generally by the Aotea Harbour to the point
of commencement.

Oparau Riding.

All that area in the Kawhia County bounded, commencing
at the north-western corner of Section 5, Block IV, Kawhia
North Survey District, towards the north generally by the
Raglan County; towards the east generally by the said
Raglan County and the Otorohanga County (as described
in the First Schedule to the Waikato and King-country
Counties Act, 1921-22) to the Okupata-Pekanui Road; towards
the south generally by the said road; towards the east by
line crossing the said road and Section 1, Block VI, Pirongia
Survey District, to a point in line with the northern boundary
of Section 10, Block V, Pirongia Survey District; towards
the south by a line crossing the Pirongia West Road and the
said Section 10; towards the east by the said Section 10;
again towards the south by Sections 15, 14, and 13, Block IX,
Pirongia Survey District; again towards the east by the said
Section 13; towards the south by the said Section 13, Section
1, Block XII, Kawhia North Survey District, Crown
land, and Pirongia West No. 1c No. 2 Section 2; towards
the west by Crown land (part of Waihinu Block); again
towards the south by the Okupata Stream to its intersection
with the Okupata Road; towards the south-east by Pirongia
West No. 1 Section 2E (Waihinu) to a point opposite the
south-western boundary of the landing reserve; towards
the south-west by a line crossing a road, and the south-western
boundary-line of the said landing reserve and the production
thereof across the Oparau River; towards the south generally
by the Oparau River to the western boundary of Pirongia
West No. 3B Section 2F; and towards the west generally
by the Kawhia Riding (hereinbefore described) to the point
of commencement.

Te Kauri Riding.

All that area in the Kawhia County bounded, commencing
at the mouth of the Oparau River, towards the north generally
by the Kawhia and Oparau Ridings (hereinbefore described)
to the boundary of the Otorohanga County; towards the
east by the Otorohanga County to a point opposite the
northern boundary of Section 12, Block XIII, Pirongia
Survey District; towards the south by a line to the said
boundary and by the said Section 12; towards the west and
south-east by Section 6, Block XIII, Pirongia Survey Dis-
trict; towards the west and south by Section 6, Block XVI,
Kawhia North Survey District; towards the south-east by
the said Section 6, Block XVI, and Crown land; towards