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side of Boundary Road ; thence westerly along a right line to and thence along the said northern side of Boundary Road to the eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 4286 ; thence southerly along the last named boundary to the centre of the road forming the southern boundary of said Rural Section No. 4286 and running through Education Reserve 927 ; thence westerly along the last named road to the centre of the road fronting said Reserve 927 and Rural Sections Nos. 12693, 12704, 12757, 12896, and 18124 ; thence north-westerly along that road to and along the road fronting Rural Sections Nos. 13958, 14593, 16546, and 5896, to the northern side of the Oxford and Rangiora Railway Reserve ; thence easterly along that reserve to the eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 4214 ; thence northerly along the last named boundary to a fence as delineated on Map 60 (red) in the Office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch ; thence along the said fence to the Cust River ; thence across the said Cust River to and along the centre of the road forming the eastern boundary of Education Reserve 713 to the north-eastern corner of the said Reserve No. 713 ; thence westerly along northern boundary of the last-named Reserve ; thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 10176 and 11124 to the centre of the road fronting Rural Sections Nos. 23352 and 32061 ; thence north-westerly along the last-named road ; thence south-westerly and north-westerly along the roads forming the south-eastern and south-western boundaries respectively of said Rural Section No. 32061 and the road forming the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 31938 and 31894 to the point of commencement : excluding therefrom the Borough of Rangiora.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
RANGIORA RIDING.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on the north, east, and south-west respectively by the northern, eastern, and south-western boundaries of the Rangiora County as described in Gazette, 1917, page 4537, from the intersection of the centre of the River Ashley and the production of the western boundary of Section No. 11239, Block IV, Mairaki Survey District, to a point in line with the western boundary-line of Rural Section 3811, Block VIII, Mairaki Survey District ; thence by a right line proceeding in a northerly direction to and along the western boundary of the said Section No. 3811, along the eastern side of the road through Rural Section No. 3876, Block VIII aforesaid, and the western boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 4048, 4128, and 4229, all of Block VIII aforesaid, and of Rural Sections Nos. 9163 and 11239, Block IV aforesaid, and the production of the western boundary of the last named section to its intersection with the centre of the River Ashley, the point of commencement : excluding from the above-described area the Borough of Rangiora.

RICH D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

[Issued in substitution for notice dated 13th October, 1924, and gazetted on 16th October, 1924, redefining boundaries of the Borough of Rangiora, &c.]

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Geraldine.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th November, 1924.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under section 132 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto, being now part of the Borough of Geraldine, may be excluded from the said borough and included in the County of Geraldine. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF GERALDINE.

1. ALL those pieces of land in the Canterbury Land District marked Suburban Lots 11 and 12 on the map of the Town of Geraldine, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch, bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 10, thence towards the south by a line along that lot and its continuation, a distance of 650 links ; and again towards the south-west by a road-line a distance of 52·4 links and 260·3 links ; thence towards the south-east by the north-western boundary of Lot 13 to a road-line, a distance of 792·7 links ; thence towards the east by that road-line in a northerly direction, a distance of 314·6 links and 332·4 links to the southern boundary of Reserve 2683 ; thence towards the north generally by that boundary, a distance of 1062·5 links and 383·2 links, to the south-western corner of that reserve ; and thence towards the west by a right line, a distance of 437·6 links, to the place of commencement.

2. All those pieces of land in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the most southerly corner of R.S. 12263, thence towards the west by a line along that section to a road-line ; thence to the south again by that road-line to a point in line with the road-line bounding R.S. 10370 and R.S. 10735 ; thence to the west across a road to the aforesaid road-line ; thence again by that road-line to a point in line with the north-western boundary of R.S. 5966 ; thence towards the north-west by a line across the aforesaid road to the aforesaid boundary of R.S. 5966 ; thence again towards the north-west by the boundary of that section to R.S. 5231 ; thence towards the north by the boundary of that section to R.S. 6520 ; thence towards the south by the boundary of that section, and again towards the west by the boundary of that section, to the northern boundary of Lot 6, deposit plan No. 2630 ; thence towards the north of that boundary to a road-line ; thence across that road, by the aforesaid boundary of Lot 6, deposit plan No. 2630 produced, to a road-line ; thence towards the west by that road-line in a northerly direction, a distance of 269·4 links ; thence towards the north by a line at a right angle in an easterly direction across Lot 19 of the aforesaid deposit plan, and part of R.S. 5810, a distance altogether of 151 links ; thence towards the west by a line at right angles in a northerly direction, a distance of 670 links, to a road-line ; thence towards the north by that road-line in an easterly direction to the eastern boundary of R.S. 5068 ; thence towards the east by that boundary to the northern boundary of R.S. 5231 ; thence towards the north by that boundary in an easterly direction to the western boundary of Lot 10, D.P. 33 ; thence towards the west, north, and east generally by that boundary to a road-line ; thence towards the south by that road-line in a westerly direction to a point in line with the eastern boundary of R.S. 8242 ; thence across a road to that boundary ; thence towards the east, and again towards the south by that boundary ; and thence towards the south by the southern boundary of R.S. 12302 and R.S. 12263, to the place of commencement.

RICH D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of Auckland and Suburban Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th November, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board has presented a memorial requesting an alteration of boundaries of the Auckland and Suburban Drainage District by the inclusion therein of the area described in the Schedule hereto. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the shore of the Waitemata Harbour, in line with the eastern boundary of Lot 46, Glendorvie Estate, thence south-westerly to and along that boundary and the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 133, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, and 198 to a public road, across that road, and along the south-eastern boundaries aforesaid of Lots 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, and 204, a public road, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, a public road, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, and 223 to Riddell Road ; thence westerly along Riddell Road to the south-eastern corner of Lot 222 ; thence southerly across the said Riddell Road and along the eastern boundaries of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Selwyn Abbey Estate, to the south-eastern corner of the said Lot 7 ; thence westerly along the southern boundary of the said Lot 7 to its point of intersection with the eastern boundary of Lot 8 ; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 to the southernmost corner