Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 217

Special Order made by the Uawa County Council altering Riding Boundaries and adjusting Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th January, 1935.

THE following special order made by the Uawa 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 31st day of March, 1935, as the date from which the special order shall take effect.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1935/127/1.)

SPECIAL ORDER.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the Counties Act, 1920, and of all other powers it thereunto enabling, the Uawa County Council resolves by way of special order as follows :—

1. As from the 1st day of April, 1935, the present division of the County of Uawa into seven ridings shall be revoked, and in lieu thereof the said county shall be divided into six ridings, such reduction to be made by the amalgamation of the Mangaheia and Paremata Ridings of the said county and by forming the same into one riding, to be called the Mangaheia Riding. The boundaries and descriptions of the ridings so amalgamated, together with the several other ridings of the county, are respectively described in the schedule attached hereto.

2. The said Uawa County Council shall consist of seven members. The electors of the Tauwhareparae Riding shall as heretofore elect two councillors and each of the other ridings of the said county shall elect one Councillor. This part of the special order shall come into force and effect only at the next general election of the Council, except in and so far and to such extent as may be necessary for preparing any roll or otherwise providing for such election.

SCHEDULE.

Mangaheia Riding.—All that area in the Gisborne Land District, bounded commencing at the Rimututahi Trig. Station; towards the west, north and north-east generally by the Waiapu County boundary, as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1918, page 3869, to the centre of the Hikuwai River; thence towards the east generally by the centre of the aforesaid Hikuwai River to its confluence with the Uawa River, and by the centre of the said Uawa River to the north-western corner of the Subdivision 4, Paremata Block; thence towards the south-east generally by the aforesaid Subdivision 4, the crossing of a public road, and again by the said Subdivision 4 to and by Lots 1 and 5, plan 1832, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Gisborne, to and by Lots 63, 62, and 61, plan 1323, deposited as aforesaid to and by Subdivisions 3B and 4, Tokomaru Block, to the south-eastern corner of Subdivision 1G, Mangaheia Block; thence towards the south-west generally by the said Subdivision 1G and Subdivision 1F, Mangaheia Block, the crossing of a public road, and again by the aforesaid Subdivision 1F to and by Section 3, Block X, Uawa Survey District, to the southernmost corner of Lot 7, plan 2874, deposited as aforesaid, by the said Lot 7 and Lot 6, plan 2874 aforesaid, the crossing of a public road, and again by the aforesaid Lot 6, the crossing of another public road, and by the northern boundary of that road, to and across another public road, and again by Lot 6 and the production of the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned lot to the centre of the Mangaheia River, by the centre of the said Mangaheia River to a point in line with the production of the north-eastern boundary of Lot 4, plan 1451, deposited as aforesaid, by a right line to the said boundary of the last-mentioned Lot 4, and by that lot to and by Subdivisions 2M 2A and 2M 2B, Mangaheia Block, to and by Lot 1, plan 1451, deposited as aforesaid, to and by Lots 1 and 2, plan 2057, deposited as aforesaid, to and by Lot 5, plan 1990, deposited as aforesaid, the crossing of a public road, and again by the aforesaid Lot 5, the crossing of a public road, and again by the said Lot 5, the crossing of a public road, and by Lot 6, plan 1990, deposited as aforesaid, to the Rimututahi Trig. station, the point of commencement.

Tauwhareparae Riding.—All that area in the Gisborne Land District, bounded commencing at the north-eastern corner of S.G.R. 42; towards the south and west generally by the Waikohu County boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1920, page 2788, to the Waiapu County boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1918, page 3869; thence towards the north and north-east generally by the said Waiapu County boundary to the Rimututahi Trig. station; thence towards the east and south generally by the Mangaheia Riding hereinbefore described to a point in the centre of the Mangaheia River, such point being in line with the production of the eastern boundary of Lot 6, plan 2874, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Gisborne; thence towards the south-west generally by the centre of the Mangaheia River to a point in line with the production of the northern boundary of Lot 4, plan 2590, deposited as aforesaid, by a right line to the said boundary of the last-mentioned lot, and by that lot to and across a public road, by Lot 8, plan 2874, deposited as aforesaid by Section 2, Block X, Uawa Survey District, by Sections 7, 4, 3, and 2, Block IX, Uawa Survey District, and by Section 4, Block V, Uawa Survey District, to and by S.G.R. 42A to the north-eastern corner of S.G.R. 42, the point of commencement.

Arakihi Riding.—All that area in the Gisborne Land District, bounded commencing at the north-eastern corner of S.G.R. 42; towards the north-east by the Tauwhareparae Riding hereinbefore described to and by the Mangaheia Riding hereinbefore described to Subdivision 1G, Mangaheia Block, by the said Subdivision 1G to the Cook County boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1925, page 2910; thence towards the south and west generally by the said Cook County boundary to its junction at the south-eastern corner of S.G.R. 42 with the Waikohu County boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1920, page 2788; thence towards the north-west generally by the said Waikohu County boundary to the north-eastern corner of S.G.R. 42, the point of commencement.

Hauiti Riding.—All that area in the Gisborne Land District, bounded commencing at the north-eastern corner of Subdivision 4, Paremata Block; towards the north and east generally by the Uawa River and the sea to the north-eastern corner of Subdivision 1A, Pakarae Block; thence towards the south-west and west generally by the Cook County boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1925, page 2910, to the Arakihi Riding hereinbefore described; thence towards the north-west generally by the Arakihi and Mangaheia Ridings both hereinbefore described to the north-eastern corner of Subdivision 4, Paremata Block, the point of commencement (including Pourewa Island).

Tolaga Riding.—All that area in the Gisborne Land District, bounded commencing at the south-eastern corner of Subdivision 2A, Uawa Block; towards the east and south-east generally by the sea to the centre of the Uawa River; thence towards the south-west and west generally by the centre of the said Uawa River to a point in line with the south-western corner of Subdivision 1, Ihunui Block, by a right line, to the said corner of Subdivision 1, Ihunui Block; thence towards the north generally by the said Subdivision 1 to and across a public road and by Subdivision 2A, Uawa Block, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned subdivision, the point of commencement.

Mangatuna Riding.—All that area in the Gisborne Land District, bounded commencing at a point on the sea-coast, being the south-eastern corner of Subdivision B, Anaura Block, towards the east generally by the sea to the Tolaga Riding hereinbefore described; thence towards the south generally by the said Tolaga Riding to the Mangaheia Riding hereinbefore described; thence towards the west generally by the said Mangaheia Riding to the Waiapu County boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1925, page 2607; thence towards the north generally by the said Waiapu County boundary to the south-eastern corner of Subdivision B, Anaura Block, the point of commencement.

Correct—J. S. SHAWBRIDGE,
For Chief Surveyor, 8/12/34.

I, Herbert Leigh Tempest, Clerk to the Uawa County Council, do hereby certify that the above special order was made at a special meeting of the said Uawa County Council held in the Council Chambers, Tolaga Bay, on Saturday, the 17th day of November, 1934, and was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held at the place aforesaid on Saturday, the 19th day of January, 1935, and that the said special order was duly made in conformity with the Counties Act 1920, and the amendments thereof.

H. L. TEMPEST, County Clerk.

The above special order was made by the Uawa County Council passed and adopted at a special meeting convened for that purpose on Saturday, the 17th day of November, 1934, at the Council Chambers, Solander Street, Tolaga Bay, and duly confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held at the place aforesaid on Saturday, the 19th day of January, 1935.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Uawa was affixed to the foregoing special order this 19th day of January, 1935.

JOSEPH MCNEIL, Councillor.
ERIC C. LOISEL, Councillor.
H. L. TEMPEST, County Clerk.