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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Special Order made by the Dannevirke County Council altering Riding Boundaries (and adjusting Representation).

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th April, 1926.

THE following special order, made by the Dannevirke 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 10th day of April, 1926, as the date from which the special order shall take effect.

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

SPECIAL ORDER.

ADJUSTING REPRESENTATION IN THE COUNCIL AND ALTERING RIDING BOUNDARIES.

(Passed at a meeting of Dannevirke County Council held at the County Office, Barraud Street, Dannevirke, on Thursday, the 21st day of January, 1926, and confirmed on 25th day of February, 1926.)

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the Counties Act, 1920, and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, the Dannevirke County Council hereby resolves by way of special order as follows :—

1. That the present division of the County of Dannevirke into six ridings is revoked, and in lieu thereof the said county be divided into seven ridings, to be called respectively Dannevirke Riding, Mangatoro Riding, Ngapaeruru Riding, Tiratu Riding, Matamau Riding, Norsewood Riding, Ormondville Riding, which said ridings are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.

2. That the said Dannevirke County Council shall consist of seven members who shall be elected as follows: The electors of Dannevirke, Mangatoro, Ngapaeruru, Tiratu, Matamau, Norsewood, and Ormondville Ridings shall each elect one Councillor.

3. That the alteration hereby made shall take effect from date of gazetting thereof.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of resolution passed by the Dannevirke County Council, and the special order has been duly made.

F. M. BAKER, Clerk,

SCHEDULE.

Dannevirke Riding.—All that area of land in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, commencing at the summit of the Ruahine Ranges along the boundary-line of Te Ohu Block to the north-eastern corner of Section 2, Block V, Norsewood Survey District; thence running in a western direction generally along the eastern boundary of Section 2, Block V, Norsewood Survey District, to the north-eastern boundary of Section 18, Block IV, Norsewood Survey District; thence following a straight line between Section 1, Block IX, and Section 19, Block VIII, Norsewood Survey District, to the Mangatera Stream; thence along the Mangatera Stream to Wellington-Napier Road; thence along the said road to the borough boundary; thence following the borough boundary northerly and westerly to the Tapuata Stream; thence following the Tapuata Stream in a southern direction to Stanley Street; thence south-westerly along Stanley Street to the junction of Wellington-Napier Road; thence along the Wellington-Napier Road in a south-western direction to the Orua Kiritaki Stream; thence along the Orua Kiritaki Stream to its junction with the Mangapukakahu Stream; thence along the said stream to the northern boundary of Section 13, Block I, Woodville Survey District; thence along the northern boundaries of Sections 50, 51, 54, Block I, Woodville Survey District; thence along northern boundary of Section 57 and 1, Block I, Woodville Survey District; thence along the south-western boundary of Tamaki No. 5 Block to Trig. Station No. 85 on Ruahine Range; thence along the said range to place of commencement.

Certified to as correct.—J. S. THOMSON, Chief Surveyor, 22/3/26.

Mangatoro Riding.—All that area of land in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, commencing at the north-eastern corner of Section 46, Block III, Tahoraite Survey District, Dannevirke-Weber Road and Dannevirke Borough boundary; thence along the Dannevirke-Weber Road in a south-eastern direction generally to Weber County boundary; thence along the Weber County boundary in a westerly and southerly direction generally to Trig. Station 52c (Wahataura); thence along the northern boundary of the Wellington Land District to the rabbit fence reserve at the south-western corner of Section 10, Block XV, Tahoraite Survey District; thence towards the west generally along the said reserve to a point opposite the southernmost corner of Section 8, Block XV, Tahoraite Survey District aforesaid; across the reserve; thence along the eastern boundaries of Sections 8 and 9 to the south-eastern corner of Section 4; thence along the southern boundary of Section 4 by the western side of the road to the north-eastern corner of Section 1, Block XV; thence along the northern boundary of Section 1 and Sections 40, 39, and 38 to the Otawhao Block; thence in an easterly direction along that block to the Kaitoke-Otope Road; thence along the western side of the road to the north-eastern boundary of Lot 1, Otawhao, Block V, Tahoraite Survey District; thence along the northern boundary of Lot 1 to the Manawatu River; thence along the Manawatu River in a north-eastern direction to its junction with the Oroua-Kiritaki Stream; thence along the Oroua-Kiritaki Stream to the Wellington-Napier Road; thence north-easterly along the Wellington-Napier Road to the Tapuata Stream (borough boundary); thence southerly along the Tapuata Stream to the northern boundary of Section 46, Block III, Tahoraite Survey District; thence along the northern boundary of Section 46, Block III, Tahoraite Survey District, to place of commencement.

Certified to as correct.—J. D. THOMSON, Chief Surveyor. 22/3/26.

Ngapaeruru Riding.—All that area of land in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, commencing at the Manawatu River on the Dannevirke-Weber Road, and running in an easterly direction generally along the Manawatu River to its junction with the Mangapuaka Stream; thence along the Mangapuaka Stream to its junction with Patangata County boundary; thence along the said boundary to the eastern corner of Section 3, Block VIII, Mangatoro Survey District; thence southerly along the boundary of Section 3, Block VIII, and Section 2 (S.G.R. 74), Block XII, Mangatoro Survey District; thence southerly and westerly along the boundaries of Section 2 and Section 1 (S.G.R. 73), Block XII, Mangatoro Survey District, to its junction with the eastern boundary of Section 1, Block XI, Mangatoro Survey District; thence southerly along the boundary of Section 1, Block XI, and Sections 2 and 1, Block XV, Mangatoro Survey District; thence westerly and southerly generally along Section 1, Block XV, Sections 3 and 4, Block XIV, Mangatoro Survey District, to the Dannevirke-Weber Road; thence along the said Dannevirke-Weber Road to the place of commencement.

Certified to as correct.—J. D. THOMSON, Chief Surveyor. 24/3/26.

Tiratu Riding.—All that area of land in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, commencing at north-western corner of Section 55, Block III, Tahoraite Survey District, Dannevirke Borough boundary, Dannevirke-Weber Road, and following along the said road to the Manawatu River; thence along the Manawatu River in an eastern and northern direction generally to its junction with the Mangatewainui Stream; thence northerly along the Mangatewainui Stream to the north-eastern corner of Lot 1, Section 5, “Otanga,” Block XVI, Norsewood Survey District; thence running westerly along the northern boundaries of Lot 1, Section 5, “Otanga,” Lot 2, part 6, “Otanga,” Section 1, Block XVI, Norsewood Survey District, and Section 27, Block XIV, Norsewood Survey District, to the junction of Napier-Wellington Road; thence running southerly and westerly along the Napier-Wellington Road to the borough boundary; thence following the borough boundary along the southern boundaries of Sections 81 and 83, Block III, Tahoraite Survey District, to Mangatera Stream; thence southerly along the Mangatera Stream to the north-eastern corner of Section 55, Block III, Tahoraite Survey District; thence running westerly along the northern boundary of Section 55, Block III, Tahoraite Survey District, to the Dannevirke-Weber Road, place of commencement.

Certified to as correct.—J. D. THOMSON, Chief Surveyor. 22/3/26.

Matamau Riding.—All that area of land in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay commencing at the Mangatera Stream on the Wellington-Napier Road, thence running along the Wellington-Napier Road in a northern direction generally to the north-western corner of Section 27, Block XIV, Norsewood Survey District; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Section 27, Block XIV, Section 1, Lot 2, part 6 “Otanga,” and Lot 1, Section 5, “Otanga,” Block XVI, to the Mangatewainui Stream; thence north-westerly along the Mangatewainui Stream to a point in that stream striking the boundary of Te Ohu Block; thence in a straight line along the northern boundary of the said block to the summit of the Ruahine Ranges; thence along the top of the Ruahine Ranges to the south-western boundary-line of the Te Ohu Block; thence south-easterly along the Te Ohu boundary-line to the north-western corner of Section 3, Block V, Norsewood Survey District; thence in a western direction generally along the western boundary of Section 3, Block V, and Section 1, Block IX, Norsewood Survey District, to the boundary-line of the Piripiri and Umutaoroa Blocks to the