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maririro Districts; thence south-easterly and north-easterly generally along said district boundary to the northern corner of Sections 36, Block 4, Tokomairiro District; thence north-easterly along a public road and a closed road to the district boundary between Table Hill and Clarendon Districts; thence north-westerly along said boundary; thence northerly along a public road to Trig. Q; thence north-easterly along a public road to the district boundary between Clarendon and Waihola Districts; thence north-easterly generally along that boundary and the north-western boundary of Block 10 and Section 1, Block 12, Waihola District; thence along the western boundary of Section 2, Block 8, Clarendon District, to a public road; thence north-easterly and north-westerly along that road; thence north-easterly along the aforesaid district boundary and the north-western boundary of Section 3, Block 7, Clarendon District; thence along the southern boundary of Section 4, said block; thence northerly generally along a public road and the western boundaries of Sections 1 of 27 and 2 of 27, aforesaid Block 7; thence south-easterly along a public road; thence along the western and northern boundary of Section 30, aforesaid Block 7; thence along the western boundary of Sections 26, 23, 2 of 25, 1 of 25, 2 of 27, 1 of 27, and 29, Block 2, Maungatua District, to the Waipori River; thence south-easterly generally along the boundary between the Bruce and Taieri Counties to the eastern corner of Section 17, Block 1, Clarendon District; thence along the south-eastern boundary of said Section 17, Block 1; thence along the south-western boundary of said Section 17 and Section 16, said Block 1, to a public road; thence south-easterly along that road; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of Blocks 20, 19, 18, 8, and 3, Waihola District, the Township of Kapiti, and Block 2 of said district; thence along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Blocks 1 and 8, Tokomairiro District, and the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 83A and 83, Block 9, aforesaid district; thence along the district boundary between Tokomairiro and Akatore Districts to the Tokomairiro River, across that river, and along the south-west boundary between Tokomairiro and Kaitangata Ridings to the north-eastern corner of Section 1 of 39, Block 2, Kaitangata District; thence along the south-eastern, southern, and south-western boundaries of said Section 1 of 39; thence along south-eastern and southern boundary of Section 24, aforesaid Block 2; thence south-westerly along a public road; thence along the south-western boundary of Sections 21 and 8, aforesaid Block 2; thence along the district boundary between North Tuakitoto and Kaitangata Districts; thence along the district boundary between the Kaitangata and South Tuakitoto Districts; thence along the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of the Borough of Kaitangata and Blocks 2 and 1, North Molyneux District, to the sea; thence south-westerly generally along the sea-coast to the place of commencement. As the said areas are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 58148, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

OUTER AREA.

ALL that area within the Otago Land District, comprising all the area within the boundaries of Waihemo County, excluding that portion of the Waihemo County named in Part I of First Schedule to this Proclamation; all the area within the boundaries of Waikouaiti County, excluding the North-East Valley Riding and that portion named in Part I of First Schedule to this Proclamation; all the area within the boundaries of the Taieri County, excluding the Kaikorai Riding; all the area within the boundaries of the Borough of Mosgiel; all the area within the boundaries of Bruce County, excluding that portion named in Part I of Second Schedule to this Proclamation; all the area within the boundaries of Clutha County, excluding that part within the Southland Electric-power District and that portion named in Part I of Second Schedule to this Proclamation; all the area within the boundaries of Tuapeka County and the Borough of Lawrence, but excluding those portions of the Tuapeka County included in the Southland and Teviot Electric-power Districts; all the area within the boundaries of Maniototo County, the Borough of Naseby, and the Borough of Milton. As the said areas are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 58148, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered yellow.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 12th day of October, 1923.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Counties Act, 1920, brought into Force in the County of Marlborough, County redi\vided into Ridings, &c.

[l.s.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section 207 of the Counties Act, 1920, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the whole of the said Counties Act, 1920, shall come into force within the County of Marlborough, and shall hereafter continue to be in force within the said county:

And I do also proclaim and declare that the said county shall be redi\vided into four ridings, to be called the Wairau Riding, the Omaka Riding, the Pelorus-Havelock Riding, and the Spring Creek - Picton Riding, the boundaries whereof shall be those described in the Schedule hereto:

And I do also proclaim and declare that three members shall be elected for each of the aforesaid four ridings:

And I do also proclaim and declare that Alexander James Maclaine, of Blenheim, shall be the person to prepare the electors roll, and Returning Officer to conduct the election in connection with the first election of Councillors for each riding of the said county; that such first election shall be held in each riding on Saturday, the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three; that the places for holding such first election in respect of each riding shall be as follows:—

For the Wairau Riding: The school, Fairhall; the school, Omaka; residence of Mr. J. Rudd, Summerlands; the post-office, Netherwood; the Public Hall, Wairau Valley; the school, Wantwood; residence of Mr. A. McCallum, Branch; the post-office, Te Rou; the post-office, Fabian’s Valley; the post-office, Onamalutu; and the Town Hall, Blenheim.

For the Omaka Riding: Mitchell’s Store, Renwick; Mr. S. Tapp’s shed, Springlands; the school, Redwoodtown; the school, Riverlands; and the Town Hall, Blenheim.

For the Pelorus-Havelock Riding: Office of the Pelorus Road Board, Havelock; the school, Havelock Suburban; the school, Okaramio; the school, Kaituna; the school, Mahakipawa; the school, Canvastown; the school, Rai Falls; the school, Flat Creek; the school, Carluke; the school, Kaiuma, Opouri Valley; and the Town Hall, Blenheim.

For the Spring Creek - Picton Riding: Office of the Spring Creek Road Board, Spring Creek; the Public Hall, Grove-town; the school, Rapaura; the school, Tua Marina; the school, Koromiko; residence of Mr. Wm. Reeves, Waikawa; and the Town Hall, Blenheim.

And that Friday, the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, at two o’clock in the afternoon, shall be the time, and the Borough Council Chambers, Blenheim, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Council shall be held:

And lastly I do proclaim and declare that the said Alexander James Maclaine shall be the Clerk of the said Council for the purpose of presiding at the first meeting thereof.

SCHEDULE.

WAIRAU RIDING.

ALL that area in the Marlborough County, bounded on the north from the county boundary to the mouth of the Onamalutu Stream by the Pelorus-Havelock Riding hereinafter described; thence across the Wairau and Opawa Rivers to the north-eastern corner of Section 35 of Block I, situated in Block XVI, Onamalutu Survey District; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries of Sections 35, 158, and 157; thence easterly along the northern boundaries of Sections 131, 91, the production thereof across the Omaka River, and of Section 89 to the north-eastern corner; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of said Section 89 and easterly along the southern boundaries of Sections 75, 74, 73, 72, 23, 19, 17, 15, 13, 11, 9, and 7 to the Borough of Blenheim; thence southerly along the western boundary of said borough across Alabama Road, and along the eastern side of a road forming the eastern frontage of Section 28; thence westerly across that road and along the southern boundary of Lot 4 of Section 28 and its production to the western side of Taylor Pass Road; thence southerly along that side of road being the county boundary; thence bounded on the south-east, south, and west by the county boundary to the place of commencement.

OMAKA RIDING.

All that area in the Marlborough County, bounded on the north-east, east, and south-west by the county boundary from the mouth of the Wairau River to the southern boundary of Lot 4 of Section 28 in Block III, Taylor Pass Survey District, on the west and south generally by the Wairau Riding herein-