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2874 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 68

and of New Brighton Road to Buckley's Road ; thence along
the north-western side of that road and of Page's Road to
a point in line with the eastern boundary of the land shown
on plan T 48938 ; thence to and along the said eastern
boundary, and along the southern boundary of the land
shown on plan T 48938 and the production thereof across
Kearney's Road ; thence along the western side of said
Kearney's Road produced across Ruru Road, along the
south-eastern side of Ruru Road and the eastern side of
McGregor's Road to a point opposite the easternmost corner
of Lot 31 on deposited plan 1957 ; thence to that corner
and south-westerly along the eastern boundary of the land
shown on said plan 1957 and the production thereof across
the Canal Reserve Road ; along the south-western side of
that road to the estuary of the Heathcote River ; along the
left bank of that river to a point in line with the western
side of Hillsborough Road ; thence to and along that side
of road to the Christchurch-Lyttelton Railway Reserve ;
thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of that
reserve to the left bank of the Heathcote River, and up
the left bank of that river to a point opposite the water-course
from Hill's Road near Heathcote Street ; thence
across the Heathcote River and along the said watercourse
to Hill's Road ; along the northern side of Hill's Road to
and along the eastern side of St. Martin's Road to a point
opposite the northern side of Burnbrae Street ; thence to
and along the northern side of that street to the Tennyson
Street Bridge ; thence across the Heathcote River and along
its left bank to Lincoln Road ; thence along the south-eastern
side of Lincoln Road to the middle of Moorhouse
Avenue, westerly along the middle of that avenue, and
northerly along the middle of Dean's Avenue (West Town
Belt) to the Avon River ; thence down the right bank of
that river to a point in line with the north-eastern side of
Rossall Street ; thence to and along the north-eastern side
of Rossall Street to the road forming part of the south-eastern
boundary of Rural Section 133 ; along the north-western
side of that road to the Wairarapa Stream, and
along the left bank of that stream to Rural Section 242 ;
and along the north-eastern boundary of that section to
Jeffrey's Road ; thence westerly along the southern side
of Jeffrey's Road, the south-western side of Wairarapa Road
to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 7,
deposited plan 2150 ; thence to and along that boundary
to the easternmost corner of said Lot 7 ; thence along a
right line to the southernmost corner of Lot 41, deposited
plan 2444 ; along the south-western boundaries of Lots 41,
40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, and 32, across a road, and
along the south-western boundaries of Lots 4, 3, 2, and 1,
all of said plan 2444 ; thence north-easterly along the north-western
boundaries of said Lot 1 and of Lots 6 and 5,
deposited plan 3832, and of Lots 3A, 3, 2, and 1, deposited
plan 1656, and of Lots 7, 6, 5, and 8, deposited plan 2075,
to a point 300 links distant from the south-western side of
Harewood Road ; thence north-westerly parallel to and
distant 300 links from the said side of road to a point in
line with the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 112 ;
thence to and along that boundary to the northern side of
Langdon's Road to the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF RICCARTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by
a line commencing at the intersection of the middle of Clyde
Road with the middle of a branch of Avon River near the
north-western corner of Lot 1, deposited plan 3197, and pro-ceeding
thence down the middle of said branch of Avon
River and the middle of Avon River to the easternmost
corner of Lot 821, deposited plan 6079 ; thence along the
south-eastern boundaries of Lots 321, 320, and 319, said
plan 6079, and the production of the last-named boundary
to Lot 221, deposited plan 2681 ; thence along the eastern
boundaries generally of Lots 221, 220, 219, 218, 217, 216,
215, 214, 213, 212, 211, 210, 209, and 208, said plan 2681, to
the south-eastern corner of last-named lot ; thence across
Hinau Road to the north-eastern corner of Lot 315, aforesaid
plan 6079, along the eastern boundaries generally of Lots 315,
314, 313, 312, 311, and 310, said plan 6079, to the southern-most
corner of the last-named lot ; thence across Totara
Road to and along the northern boundary of Lot 309, said
plan 6079, to the land shown on deposited plan 3884 (known
as " Riccarton Bush "), and along the southern boundary
generally of that land to Kauri Road ; thence northerly
along the western side of that road and the eastern boundary
of the aforesaid " Riccarton Bush," to a point 250 links
from the northern side of Rata Road ; thence easterly along
a right line 250 links distant from and parallel to the said
northern side of Rata Road to the middle of Straven Street ;
thence northerly along the middle of that street to the middle
of the most southerly branch of Avon River in Rural Sec-tion
163 ; thence down the middle of that branch and the
middle of the Avon River to the middle of Deans Avenue
(West Town Belt) ; thence southerly along the middle of
that avenue, easterly along the middle of Moorhouse Avenue,
and south-westerly along the middle of Lincoln Road to a
point in line with the south-western boundary of Rural
Section 118, across the road, and along the north-western
boundary of Rural Section 128 to a point in line with the
eastern side of Blenheim Road at its junction with Princess
Street ; thence to the junction of the eastern side of Blen-heim
Road and the northern side of Princess Street ; thence
to and along the middle of Blenheim Road to a point in
line with the western side of Wainui Road ; thence northerly
to and along the said western side of Wainui Road, westerly
along the southern side of Riccarton Road to the land shown
on certificate of title, Vol. 173, folio 29 ; thence along the
eastern boundary of that area of land, along the northern
and eastern boundaries of Lot 35, deposited plan 2438, along
the eastern boundaries of Lots 34 and 33, along a right line
to the north-eastern corner of Lot 31, and along the eastern
boundaries of Lots 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, and 25, and the
production of the last-named boundary to Stamford Street ;
thence westerly along the northern side of that street to
and along the eastern side of Euston Street to a point in
line with the southern boundary of Lot 52 ; thence to and
along the southern boundaries of Lots 52, 51, 50, and 49,
and the production thereof to the middle of Wharenui Road ;
thence northerly along the middle of said Wharenui Road,
easterly along the middle of Riccarton Road, and northerly
along the middle of Clyde Road to the point of commence-ment.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF HEATHCOTE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on
the south-west by the City of Christchurch hereinbefore
described from the Heathcote River to the Avon River ;
thence towards the west, north, and east generally by the
Avon River, the Borough of New Brighton, and the Heath-cote
and Avon Estuary back to the point of commencement.

Also all that area bounded towards the north generally by
the City of Christchurch hereinbefore described, from the
southernmost corner of the City of Christchurch to the
estuary of the Heathcote River ; thence across that river
and by the said estuary to a point on the foreshore of
McCormack's Bay due west of the northernmost corner of
Lot 61 shown on plan No. 3565 deposited in the office of the
District Land Registrar at Christchurch ; thence towards the
east generally by a line commencing at that point and pro-ceeding
due east to the said northernmost corner ; thence
along the eastern boundary of aforesaid Lot 61 and the
eastern boundaries of Lots 57 and 55 to Monck's Spur Road ;
thence along the northern boundary of Lot 55 and the western
boundary of Lot 48 on deposited plan No. 3416 to and along
the northern boundary of Lot 47 to its north-eastern corner ;
thence along a right line to the westernmost corner of the
Redcliffe Rifle Range, and along the western boundary of
that rifle range to its southernmost corner, and thence along
the western boundary of Lot 1, deposited plan No. 4018, to
the northern boundary of the Borough of Lyttelton ; thence
bounded towards the south generally by the Borough of
Lyttelton to its north-western corner ; thence towards the
south-east generally by the summit of the Port Hills to the
southernmost corner of Rural Section 452 ; thence towards
the south-west and west by the road known as Worsley's
Track, running along the north-eastern boundary of Rural
Section 338, through Rural Sections 493 and 10210, along
the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 31363, 31362,
2063, and the west and north-west boundaries of Rural
Section 1325, and through Rural Section 383 to the north-eastern
corner thereof, and by a right line to the middle of
the Heathcote River at the southernmost corner of the City
of Christchurch, the place of commencement.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF WAIMAIRI.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north-west generally by the Eyre County as
described in the Second Schedule to the Ashley Subdivision
and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911,
from a point in the middle of the Waimakariri River to a
point in line with the eastern boundary-line of the Borough
of Kaiapoi ; thence by the Rangiora County as described in
the New Zealand Gazette, 1917, page 4537, to the ocean ;
thence towards the east by the ocean to the Borough of New
Brighton, and by that borough to the left bank of the River
Avon ; thence towards the south generally by the said bank



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🏘️ Redefining Boundaries of City of Christchurch (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
1 October 1926
Municipal Corporations Act, Boundaries, Christchurch, Riccarton, Heathcote, Waimairi

🏘️ Boundaries of the Borough of Riccarton

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Boundaries, Riccarton, Avon River, Canterbury Land District

🏘️ Boundaries of the County of Heathcote

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Boundaries, Heathcote, Avon River, Christchurch, McCormack's Bay

🏘️ Boundaries of the County of Waimairi

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Boundaries, Waimairi, Eyre County, Waimakariri River, Kaiapoi, New Brighton