FEB. 23.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
443
Altering Boundaries of Kuku Drainage District, County of
Horowhenua.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day of
February, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Kuku Drainage Board, being of the
opinion that certain lands situated in the County of
Horowhenua and not included in the Kuku Drainage District
(hereinafter referred to as "the said district") are deriving
benefit from the drainage-works carried out by the said Board,
did, in accordance with the provisions of section six of the Land
Drainage Amendment Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as
"the said Act"), present a petition to His Excellency the
Governor-General praying that the boundaries of the said
district might be altered so as to include such lands in the said
district:
And whereas in respect thereof a Commission has been
appointed to inquire and report as to the several matters
mentioned in subsection three of section six of the said Act:
And whereas the Commission so appointed has reported
that part of such lands should be included in the said district:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority vested in him by section six of the
said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
order and declare that as on and from the date hereof the
boundaries of the said district are hereby altered so as to
include in the said district the lands described in the First
Schedule hereto, and that the boundaries of the said district
shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
AREAS INCLUDED IN THE KUKU DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by
a line commencing at the southernmost corner of the Kuku
Drainage District, as described in Gazette No. 51 of the 29th
July, 1926, page 2359; thence in a north-easterly direction
by the eastern boundary of the said district to the north-
eastern boundary of Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2A No. 1
Block; thence south-easterly along the said boundary to
the north-eastern corner of the said block; thence along its
south-eastern boundary to its south-eastern corner; thence
westerly generally along the road forming the south-western
boundary of the said Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2A No. 1
Block, and passing through Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B
Nos. 2 and 3 Blocks to the south-western corner of the last-
mentioned block; thence north-easterly along the north-
western boundary of the said Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B
No. 3 Block to the boundary of the Kuku Drainage District,
described as aforesaid; and thence south-easterly along that
boundary to the point of commencement.
Also all that area bounded by a line commencing at a point
100 links south of the confluence of the Ohau River and
Drain No. 1, as shown on plan numbered 47/14, deposited
in the Wellington District Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, and proceeding in a south-easterly direction generally
along a line parallel to and distant 100 links from the left
bank of the said drain to a point where it terminates on the
north-western boundary-line of Lot 2 on D.P. 5295, 750 links
from the south-western corner thereof; thence across the
end of the drain to a point 100 links from the right bank
thereof; thence proceeding in a south-westerly and north-
westerly direction generally along a line parallel to and
distant 100 links from the right bank of the aforesaid drain
to its confluence with the Ohau River; thence across the
said drain to a point 100 links distant from the left bank
thereof, the point of commencement: excepting thereout
those portions of the drain already within the Kuku Drainage
District.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
KUKU DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by
a line commencing at the confluence of the Ohau River and
the Kuku Stream; thence south-easterly generally along a line
parallel to and distant 100 links from the right bank of the
Kuku Stream to the western boundary of Lot 4 on plan 5295,
deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at
Wellington; thence north-easterly along the north-western
boundary of the said Lot 4 to a point 100 links distant from
the southern side of Drain No. 1, as shown on plan 47/14,
deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington;
thence westerly and north-westerly generally along a line
parallel to and 100 links distant from the southern side of
said Drain No. 1 to its confluence with the Ohau River;
thence up the left bank of the Ohau River to and across the
said Drain No. 1 to a point 100 links distant from its northern
side; thence easterly and southerly generally along a line
parallel to and distant 100 links from the northern side of
the said drain to its termination on the western boundary of
Lot 2 on plan 5295 aforesaid; thence along a right line to
the western boundary of the said Lot 2; thence along the
western boundary of Lot 2 and the western and northern
boundaries of Lot 1, plan 5295 aforesaid, to a point 100 links
distant from Drain No. 2; thence north-westerly generally
along a line parallel to and 100 links distant from the southern
side of that drain to its confluence with the Ohau River;
thence up the left bank of that river to and across the Drain
No. 2 to a point 100 links distant from its northern side;
thence along a line parallel to and 100 links distant from the
northern side of that drain to its intersection with the public
road forming the north-western boundary of Section 5s,
Kuku Settlement; thence across that road and north-easterly
and south-easterly along the north-western and north-eastern
boundaries of Section 5s, Kuku Settlement, and the north-
eastern boundary of Lot 1 on plan 2648, deposited as afore-
said, to a point 1000 links distant from the north-eastern
corner of the said Section 5s; thence south-westerly along a
line parallel to and distant 1000 links from the south-eastern
boundary of the said Section 5s to the northern boundary of
Section 2s, Kuku Settlement; thence south-easterly along
the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 2s and 1s, Kuku
Settlement, and Lot 7 on plan 2648, deposited as aforesaid,
to the north-eastern corner of the said Lot 7; thence south-
westerly along the eastern boundary of Lot 7 aforesaid to
Ohau West Road, and across that road to the north-eastern
corner of Subdivision 18B 2, Section 26, Ohau No. 3 Block;
thence south-westerly along the eastern boundary of that
subdivision for a distance of 500 links; thence westerly along
a line parallel to and distant 500 links from the Ohau West
Road to the western boundary of Subdivision 18A 1, Sec-
tion 26, Ohau No. 3 Block; thence southerly along that
boundary to the northern boundary of Subdivision 22B,
Section 26, Ohau No. 3 Block; thence south-easterly along
the northern boundary of that subdivision to its north-eastern
corner; thence south-westerly along the eastern boundary of
that aforesaid Subdivision 22B to its south-eastern corner;
thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of
Subdivision 22B aforesaid to a point distant 3000 links from
the western boundary of Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2A No. 4
Block; thence south-westerly along a line parallel to the
eastern boundary of Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2A No. 4
Block, to the north-eastern boundary of Manawatu-Kuku-
tauaki 4E 2A No. 1 Block; thence south-easterly along that
boundary to the north-eastern corner of the said block;
thence along the south-eastern boundary of that block to its
south-eastern corner; thence westerly generally along the
road forming the south-western boundary of the said Mana-
watu-Kukutauaki 4E 2A No. 1 Block, and passing through
Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B Nos. 2 and 3 Blocks, to the
south-western corner of the last-mentioned block; thence
north-easterly along the north-western boundary of the said
Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B No. 3 Block to a point 1070 links
from the north-western corner; thence along a right line to a
point on the western boundary of Manawatu-Kukutauaki
4E 2B No. 4 Block, distant 800 links from its north-western
corner; thence north-easterly along that boundary to its
north-western corner; thence south-easterly along the north-
eastern boundaries of Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B No. 4
and 4E 2B No. 3 Blocks to the south-eastern corner of Ohau
No. 3B Block; thence along the eastern and north-eastern
boundaries of the said Ohau No. 3B Block to the eastern
boundary of Ohau No. 3A 1B 2 Block; thence north-easterly
along that boundary to a point distant 1440 links from the
northern boundary of the said Ohau 3A 1B No. 2 Block;
thence north-westerly along a line parallel to the northern
boundary of the last-mentioned block for a distance of
2500 links; thence north-easterly along a line parallel to
the eastern boundary of the said Ohau 3A 1B 2 and 3A 1A 1
Blocks for a distance of 2440 links; thence along a right line
parallel to the north-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned
block to its eastern boundary; thence north-easterly, north-
westerly, and again north-easterly along the western bound-
aries of Subdivision 16 of Section 26, Ohau No. 3 Block, to
the Ohau West Road; thence easterly generally along the
southern side of the Ohau West Road to its intersection with
a line on the western side, parallel to and distant 100 links
from the left bank of the Mangananau Stream; thence
north-easterly and north-westerly generally along that line,
and along a line parallel to and 100 links distant from the
left bank of the Kuku Stream to its confluence with the
Ohau River, the place of commencement.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 19/140/57.)