16 JULY]

FIRST SCHEDULE

GENERAL RATES

Pukehina Subdivision

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, twopence and ninety-five one-hundredths of a penny (2·95d.) in the pound.

CLASS C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, one penny and thirty-one one-hundredths of a penny (1·31d.) in the pound.

SECOND SCHEDULE

GENERAL RATES

Central Subdivision

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, fivepence and nineteen one-hundredths of a penny (5·19d.) in the pound.

THIRD SCHEDULE

GENERAL RATES

Kaikokopu Subdivision

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, threepence and fifty-four one-hundredths of a penny (3·54d.) in the pound.

CLASS B: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class B, twopence and seventy-five one-hundredths of a penny (2·75d.) in the pound.

CLASS C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, one penny and fifty-seven one-hundredths of a penny(1·57d.) in the pound.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of July 1953.

W. A. BODKIN,
For the Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 15/24/1)

Special Order Made by the Coromandel County Council Altering Riding Boundaries and Adjusting Representation

PURSUANT to section 100 of the Counties Act 1920 as amended by section 3 of the Counties Amendment Act 1921-22, I hereby publish the following special order made by the Coromandel County Council, and fix the 20th day of September 1953 as the date from which the said special order shall take effect.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of July 1953.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 103/137/7)

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the Counties Act 1920, the Coromandel County Council resolves as follows:

'1. That the present division of the County of Coromandel into six ridings is revoked, and in lieu thereof the said County shall be divided into four ridings, to be called respectively Colville Riding, Coromandel Riding, Whitianga-Kuaotunu Riding, and Whenuakite Riding, which said ridings are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.

'2. That the said Coromandel County Council shall consist of nine members, who shall be elected as follows:

'(a) The electors of the Colville Riding, Whitianga-Kuaotunu Riding, the Whenuakite Riding shall each elect two councillors.

'(b) The electors of the Coromandel Riding shall elect three councillors.

'3. The alteration here made shall take effect on and after the next general election of councillors on 31 October 1953, or such other date as the Minister of Internal Affairs shall decide.'

The foregoing special order having been passed at a special meeting held on 11 March 1953, public notice whereof and the proposal to submit same for confirmation at the general meeting held on 15 April 1953 having been duly given, is hereby confirmed.

In witness whereof the Common Seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Coromandel was hereunto affixed in the presence of—

[L.S.]

W. J. HARE, Chairman.
J. H. LUCAS, County Clerk.

I certify that the above special order has been duly made.

J. H. LUCAS, County Clerk.

SCHEDULE

Colville Riding

All that area in the Coromandel County bounded by a line commencing in Block I, Coromandel Survey District, on the shores of Kikowhakarere Bay and being the northern corner of Old Land Claim No. 94, and running northerly, easterly, and southerly along the shores of the Hauraki Gulf, the Colville Channel, and the Pacific Ocean to the south-eastern corner of Harataunga East No. 2 Block, in Block X, Harataunga Survey District; thence running westerly generally along south-eastern and southern boundaries of the aforesaid

Harataunga East No. 2 Block and Harataunga East No. 1A Block to and up the middle of the Waikoromiko Stream to the eastern boundary of Section 13, Block II, Coromandel Survey District; thence along the eastern and northern boundaries of Section 13 aforesaid, the northern boundary generally of Section 11 of the aforesaid Block II to and along the north-western boundaries of Allotments 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, and 16, Parish of Kapanga, the northern end of a public road to and along the eastern and northern boundaries of Allotment 11 of the aforesaid Parish to and up the middle of the Whangarahi Stream to a point in line with the northern boundary of Lot 1 of Section 1, Town of Belleville, being the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 568, folio 287, Auckland Land Registry; thence along a right line to and along the northern boundary of Lot 1 aforesaid, the northern boundaries of Lots 2 and 3 of the aforesaid Section 1, being the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 571, folio 113, along a right line to and along the northern boundaries of Lots 1 and 3 of Section 12 of the Town of Belleville, being the lands comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 571, folio 113, aforesaid, the aforesaid titles being of the Auckland Land Registry, to and along the eastern side of a public road to the southern boundary of Section 21, Block VI, Coromandel Survey District; thence along the northern side of the public road which forms the southern boundary of Sections 21 and 6 of the aforesaid Block VI to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Waimai Block; thence along a right line across the aforesaid road to and along the eastern, south-eastern, and south-western boundaries of Waimai Block aforesaid to the northern corner of Old Land Claim No. 94, the point of commencement.

Coromandel Riding

All that area in the Coromandel County, commencing at a point in Block VI, Hastings Survey District, in the middle of the mouth of the Waikawau River and running northerly generally along the shores of the Hauraki Gulf to and easterly along the southern boundary of the Colville Riding, as hereinbefore described, to and south-easterly along the shores of the Pacific Ocean and the Whangapoua Harbour to and up the middle of the Mapauriki Stream to a point in line with the southern end of a public road, along the western boundary of Section 4, Block IV, Otama Survey District; thence southerly generally along a right line to and along the southern end aforesaid and the generally eastern boundaries of Lot 4, as shown on the plan numbered 20904, deposited in the Auckland Land Registry Office, being of Otangaru, Opou, and Part Owera Blocks, to and along the eastern and southern boundaries of Section 18, Block XII, Otama Survey District; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Sections 19 and 20, of Block XII aforesaid, and the eastern and southern boundaries of Section 8 of Block XV, of the aforesaid Otama Survey District to the northern corner of Section 7 of the aforesaid Block XV; thence again southerly along the western boundary of Section 7 aforesaid, the western boundaries of Sections 14 and 11 of Block XV aforesaid, and Section 7 of Block IV, Hastings Survey District, to and along the southern boundary of Waiparapara Block to the western boundary of Block III of the aforesaid Hastings Survey District; thence along the boundaries between Blocks III and IV, and between Blocks VII and VIII, of the aforesaid Survey District, to the southern boundary of the County of Coromandel, thence westerly along the aforesaid county boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 63 of the 5th day of October 1950, page 1814, to the point of commencement.

Whitianga-Kuaotunu Riding

All that area in the Coromandel County, bounded by a line commencing at a point being north-eastern corner of Section 27, Block XVI, Coromandel Survey District, and running northerly, easterly, and southerly generally along the boundary of the Coromandel Riding as hereinbefore described, the northern shores of the Whangapoua Harbour and the shores of the Pacific Ocean, to and westerly generally along the northern and western shores of the Whitianga Harbour and up the middle of the Whangamaroro River to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 4 as shown on the plan numbered 18901, deposited in the Auckland Land Registry Office, being part of Weiti No. 3 Block; thence along a right line to and along the southern boundaries of Lot 4 aforesaid and Lot 2 as shown on the aforesaid plan numbered 18901, crossing an intervening public road, along the southern and western boundaries of Part Weiti No. 3 Block as shown on the plan numbered 1205A, deposited as aforesaid, to and along the generally northern boundary of Section 23, Block XVI, Coromandel Survey District, to and along the eastern boundary of Section 27 of the aforesaid Block XVI to the point of commencement.

Whenuakite Riding

All that area in the Coromandel County bounded by a line commencing at the point of intersection of the boundary between Blocks VII and VIII, Hastings Survey District, with the southern boundary of the County of Coromandel, and running northerly, easterly, and southerly generally along the boundaries of the Coromandel Riding and the Whitianga-Kuaotunu Riding hereinbefore described and along the shores of the Pacific Ocean to the south-eastern corner of the County of Coromandel; thence westerly generally along the southern boundary of the aforesaid county as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 63 of the 5th day of October 1950, page 1814, to the point of commencement.

Certified correct—

C. A. LAWN, Assistant Chief Surveyor.