the south-eastern boundary of Section 29, Block VII, Maungatua Survey District; thence south-easterly and generally north-easterly along the south-western, southern, and south-eastern boundaries of Section 29 aforesaid to the Traquair Burn; thence generally north-westerly up the Traquair Burn to and south-westerly along a stream forming the south-eastern boundary of Section 10, Block IX, Maungatua Survey District, to the Middlemarch-Outram Main Highway; thence south-easterly along that highway to the point of commencement.

Also all that area in the Otago Land District, Taieri County, containing 3,200 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at the north-eastern corner of Section 10, Block I, Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District; thence north-westerly to and generally south-westerly and south-easterly along the centre of the Taieri River to its junction with the Silver Stream; thence generally north-easterly along the centre of Silver Stream to a point in line with the western side of Riverside Road; thence north-westerly along the western boundary of Riverside Road to the Mosgiel-Middlemarch-Dunback Main Highway; thence across that highway and easterly along its northern boundary to Muirs Halfway Bush Road; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of that road to the north-eastern boundary of Section 8, Block XVII, East Taieri Survey District; thence generally north-westerly along the north-eastern boundaries of Section 8 aforesaid, Section 59, Irregular Block, East Taieri Survey District, Section 33 and Section 29, Block I, across a road and along the south-eastern boundaries of Section 9 and the north-eastern boundary of Section 10, Block I, Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, to the commencing point.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Ag. 64/1/238)

*Gazette, 1952, Vol. I, page 103.

Changing the Name of the Whakatane and Rangitaiki Agricultural and Pastoral Society (Notice No. Ag. 5775)

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 27th day of October 1954

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby changes the name of the society incorporated under the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908 under the style and title of 'The Whakatane and Rangitaiki Agricultural and Pastoral Society' to 'The Whakatane Agricultural, Pastoral, and Winter Show Association.'

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Ag. 73/2/43)

Altering and Redefining the Boundaries of the Otekaieke and the Tokarahi Rabbit Districts (Notice No. Ag. 5776)

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 27th day of October 1954

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by section 33 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), it is enacted that the boundaries of two or more contiguous rabbit districts may from time to time be altered by the Governor-General in Council in accordance with a resolution proposing the alteration passed by the Board of each of the districts affected;

And whereas the districts known as the 'Otekaieke Rabbit District' and the 'Tokiahi Rabbit District' (hereinafter referred to as the said districts) have been constituted under and for the purposes of Part II of the said Act;

And whereas a resolution was passed by the Board of the Otekaieke Rabbit District on the 9th day of August 1954, and a similar resolution was passed by the Board of the Tokarahi Rabbit District on the 9th day of August 1954, praying in each case for the alteration of the boundaries of the said districts in the manner described in the said resolutions and in the First Schedule hereto:

And whereas the Board of the Otekaieke Rabbit District has, pursuant to section 31 of the said Act, requested that the boundaries of its district be altered and redefined by including a further additional area therein:

And whereas the consent of a majority of the persons in such further additional area qualified to be enrolled on the ratepayers' list for the Otekaieke Rabbit District has been given to the inclusion in that district of such further additional area:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to alter and redefine the boundaries of the said districts in accordance with the said resolutions and the said request of the Otekaieke Rabbit Board in manner hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby alters and redefines the boundaries of the said districts so constituted as aforesaid, and hereby declares-

(1) That the area described in the First Schedule hereto, being now part of the Tokarahi Rabbit District, shall be added to and form part of the Otekaieke Rabbit District;

(2) That the boundaries of the Otekaieke Rabbit District shall be those set forth in the Second Schedule hereto; and

(3) That the boundaries of the Tokarahi Rabbit District shall be those set forth in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE

AREA EXCLUDED FROM THE TOKARAHI RABBIT DISTRICT AND INCLUDED IN THE OTEKAIEKE RABBIT DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Waitaki County, Otago Land District, containing 900 acres, more or less, commencing at the northernmost corner of Section 28, Block VII, Maerewhenua Survey District, situated in Tokarahi Settlement; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern side of the Livingstone-Duntroon Road to the westernmost corner of part Section 6, Block VI, Maerewhenua Survey District; thence north-westerly to and along the north-eastern boundary of Section 30, Block VI, aforesaid, situated in the Tokarahi Settlement, and the production of that boundary to the centre of the main stream of the Maerewhenua River; thence south-westerly along the centre of that main stream to the Dansey Pass Road; thence north-easterly along the northern side of that road to the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF THE OTEKAIEKE RABBIT DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Waitaki County, Otago Land District, containing 135,000 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at the junction of the Awakino River with the Waitaki River; thence south-easterly down the centre of the Waitaki River to the confluence of the Maerewhenua River; thence south-westerly up the centre of that river to the southern side of the Pukeuri-Omarama Main Highway; thence easterly along the southern side of that highway to the Livingstone-Duntroon Road; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern side of that road to the northern boundary of Section 28, Tokarahi Settlement; thence south-westerly to and along the northern side of the Dansey Pass Road to the Maerewhenua River; thence to and generally south-westerly along the centre of that river and its south branch to the western boundary of Section 6, Block XVI, Maerewhenua Survey District; thence northerly along that boundary to Trig. DD; thence generally south-westerly along the northern and north-western boundaries of Section 2, Block II, and the north-western boundary of Section 2, Block VIII, Kakanui Survey District, and the northern boundary of Section 2, Block XIV, Kyeburn Survey District; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundaries of Section 1, Block XIV, and Section 1, Block XIII, Kyeburn Survey District, to Mount Nobbler; thence generally northerly along the western boundary of Run 510, through Dansey Pass, and along the western boundaries of Runs 17A, 28E, and 28A to Mount Domet; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundaries of Runs 28 and 2 of 23; thence generally north-easterly along the north-western boundary of Run 2 of 23 to its northern boundary; thence north-easterly down the centre of the Awakino River to the point of commencement.

THIRD SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF THE TOKARAHI RABBIT DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Waitaki County, Otago Land District, containing 63,000 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Section 28, Tokarahi Settlement; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern side of the Livingstone-Duntroon Road to the Pukeuri-Omarama Main Highway; thence westerly along the southern side of that highway to the centre of the Maerewhenua River; thence north-easterly along the centre of the main stream of the Maerewhenua River to its confluence with the Waitaki River; thence generally south-easterly along the centre of the main stream of the Waitaki River to the confluence of the Awamoko Stream; thence generally south-westerly along the centre of the Awamoko Stream to the Pukeuri-Omarama Main Highway; thence south-easterly along the south-western side of that highway to the Boundary Road; thence south-westerly along the north-western side of that road to Bobbing Creek Road; thence southerly along the western side of Bobbing Creek Road to the Ngapara Railway; thence south-easterly along the western side of that railway to the Windsor Township to Windsor Road; thence south-westerly along the western side of Windsor Road and Post Office Gully Road to Tapui Road; thence westerly along the northern side of Tapui Road to the Kakanui River; thence westerly along the northern bank of the Kakanui River to the northern boundary of Section 14, Block X, Kauroo Survey District; thence westerly along the northern boundary of the said Section 14 and Section 15 to the western boundary of Block X, Kauroo Survey District; thence northerly along that block boundary