29 SEPTEMBER

Constituting the Lower Rakaia Rabbit District (Notice No.
Ag. 7102)

COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 21st day of
September 1960
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Rabbits Act 1955, His Excellency the
Governor-General, at the request of the Minister of Agriculture
made on the recommendation of the Rabbit Destruction Council, and acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council, hereby constitutes and declares the area
of land, the boundaries of which are declared in the Schedule
hereto, being an area to which subsection (1) of section 14
of the Rabbits Act 1955 applies, a rabbit district, and appoints
that the name of the said rabbit district shall be the Lower
Rakaia Rabbit District, and orders that the basis on which
the rabbit board to be established for the said district shall
first levy its general rate shall be the acreage of land occupied
by the ratepayer.

SCHEDULE
BOUNDARIES OF THE LOWER RAKAIA RABBIT DISTRICT
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the
Counties of Ellesmere, Selwyn, and Ashburton, and the Town
District of Leeston containing 328,000 acres, more or less,
bounded by a line commencing at a point on the sea coast
at the middle of the mouth of the main stream of the Rakaia
River and proceeding north-westerly up the middle of the
main stream of that river to a point in line with the north-
western boundary of Lot 4, D.P. 17908, in Block VII, Fighting
Hill Survey District; thence north-easterly to and along
that boundary to the southernmost corner of Reserve 2577;
thence north-westerly generally along the south-western boundary of Reserve 2577, the abutment of a road, and the
south-western boundaries of part Lot 8, D.P. 3317, Lots 33
and 32, D.P. 3588, to the westernmost corner of the last-
mentioned lot; thence north-easterly along the north-western
boundary of Lot 32, D.P. 3588, to and along the south-
eastern side of Gorge Bridge Road and its production to
the middle of Downs Road; thence easterly along the middle
of that road to the middle of the road forming the south-
eastern boundaries of Rural Sections 31597 and 32165;
thence north-easterly generally along the middle of the last-
mentioned road to its abutment; thence north-westerly
generally to and along the north-eastern boundary of Lot 1,
D.P. 4592, and the south-eastern boundary of Lot 1, D.P.
12460, to the southern boundary of Lot 92, D.P. 1325; thence
generally easterly and northerly along that boundary and the
southern and eastern boundaries of Lot 91, D.P. 1325, to a
point due south of the south-eastern corner of Rural Section
35109; thence due north to that corner and north-easterly
generally along the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section
35109 and its production to the middle of the Selwyn River;
thence south-easterly generally down the middle of that
river to its mouth in Lake Ellesmere; thence south-easterly
generally along the north-eastern shore of that lake to the
middle of the abutment of the road along the left bank of the
Halswell River; thence south-westerly along a right line
across Lake Ellesmere to a point on its southern shore due
south of the easternmost point of Lot 4, D.P. 14196; thence
due south across the shingle spit to the sea coast; thence
south-westerly along the sea coast to the point of commencement.

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

Constituting the Plains Rabbit District (Notice No. Ag. 7103)

COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 21st day of
September 1960
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Rabbits Act 1955, His Excellency the
Governor-General, at the request of the Minister of Agriculture
made on the recommendation of the Rabbit Destruction Council, and acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council, hereby constitutes and declares the area
of land, the boundaries of which are declared in the Schedule
hereto, being an area to which subsection (1) of section 14
of the Rabbits Act 1955 applies, a rabbit district, and appoints
that the name of the said rabbit district shall be the Plains
Rabbit District, and orders that the basis on which
the rabbit board to be established for the said district shall
first levy its general rate shall be the acreage of land occupied
by the ratepayer.

SCHEDULE
BOUNDARIES OF THE PLAINS RABBIT DISTRICT
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Counties
of Tawera, Malvern, Paparua, Eyre, Waimairi, Heathcote,
Mount Herbert, Halswell, Springs, and Wairewa, the City of
B

Christchurch, and the Boroughs of Riccarton and Lyttelton
containing 473,000 acres, more or less, bounded by a line
commencing at a point on the sea coast at the middle of the
mouth of the Waimakariri River and proceeding south-easterly
generally along the sea coast to Godley Head; thence westerly
and southerly generally along the shores of Lyttelton Harbour
to the southernmost point of the head of the bay in Block
VII, Halswell Survey District, near the junction of the Charteris
Bay and Gebbies Pass Roads; thence south-easterly along the
production of the north-eastern side of the former road to a
point in line with the middle of the latter road; thence
south-westerly to and along the middle of Gebbies Pass Road
to the middle of the road forming the south-western boundaries
of Rural Sections 12131, 13552, and 5171; thence north-
westerly along the middle of that road to a point in line with
the southern-eastern boundary of Rural Section 30434; thence
south-westerly to and along that boundary and the generally
south-eastern boundaries of Rural Section 32581 and its
production to the middle of the road forming the north-
eastern boundary of Rural Sections 22940 and 22726; thence
south-easterly along the middle of that road to a point in line
with the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 22726;
thence south-westerly generally to and along that boundary
and its production to the middle of Ahuriri Bush Road
South, along the middle of that road to and along the north-
western boundary of Rural Section 37634 and its production
to the left bank of the Halswell River, along a right line
to the northernmost corner of Rural Section 38093, and
along the north-western boundary of that rural section and
its production to the middle of the Christchurch-Akaroa
State Highway 74; thence south-easterly along the middle of
that State highway to the middle of Duck Pond Road;
thence south-westerly along the middle of that road to the
middle of the road along the left bank of the new channel of
the Halswell River; thence southerly along the middle of
that road and its production to and along the middle of the
road along the left bank of the Halswell River to the shore
of Lake Ellesmere; thence north-westerly generally along that
shore to the middle of the 'mouth of the Selwyn River;
thence north-westerly generally up the middle of that river
to its confluence with the North Branch of the Selwyn River, in
Block II, Hororata Survey District; thence north-westerly
along a right line to the southernmost point of Lake Lyndon;
thence north-easterly generally along the south-eastern shore
of that lake to a point due west of the junction of the middle
line of Lake Lyndon Road and Christchurch - Kumara Junction
State Highway 57; thence due east to that junction and easterly
generally along the middle of the last-mentioned State highway
to the highest point of Porters Pass; thence south-easterly
along a right line to Trig. K, Block V, Kowai Survey District;
thence north-easterly along a right line to Trig. N, Block
VII, Kowai Survey District, and along a right line to the
confluence of the Waimakariri River and Pattersons Stream, in
Block IV, Kowai Survey District; thence south-easterly down
the middle of the Waimakariri River to the point of commencement.

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

Constituting the Waimakariri Rabbit District (Notice No.
Ag. 7104)

COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 21st day of
September 1960
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Rabbits Act 1955, His Excellency the
Governor-General, at the request of the Minister of Agriculture
made on the recommendation of the Rabbit Destruction Council, and acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council, hereby constitutes and declares the area
of land, the boundaries of which are declared in the Schedule
hereto, being an area to which subsection (1) of section 14
of the Rabbits Act 1955 applies, a rabbit district, and appoints
that the name of the said rabbit district shall be the Waimakariri
Rabbit District, and orders that the basis on which
the rabbit board to be established for the said district shall
first levy its general rate shall be the acreage of land occupied
by the ratepayer.

SCHEDULE
BOUNDARIES OF THE WAIMAKARIRI RABBIT DISTRICT
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Counties
of Rangiora, Eyre, and Oxford, and the Boroughs of
Rangiora and Kaiapoi containing 249,000 acres, more or less,
bounded by a line commencing at a point on the sea coast
at the middle of the mouth of the Ashley River, and proceeding
southerly along the sea coast to the middle of the mouth of
the Waimakariri River; thence westerly generally up the
middle of that river to a point in line with the middle of
Woodstock Road in Block VIII, Kowai Survey District;
thence easterly to and along the middle of that road to the
middle of Raineys Road; thence north-easterly along the
middle of that road and its production to a point in line
with