Division of Amuri Pest Destruction District Into Wards
(Notice No. 126 Ag. 20891A)

Pursuant to section 21 of the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967, the Amuri Pest Destruction Board hereby gives notice that the Amuri Pest Destruction District which was constituted by Order in Council on the 19th day of March 1971* is hereby divided into wards, the names and boundaries of which are specified in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF PAHAU WARD

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Amuri County, containing 297,800 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Hurunui River in line with the south-western boundary of Lot 2, D.P. 6080, in Block XV, Mytholm Survey District, and proceeding north-westerly to and along that boundary and north-easterly along the north-western boundary of the said Lot 2 to a point 5 chains south of the westernmost corner of Lot 1, D.P. 6080; thence south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station “Ben Cliberick”; thence north-westerly along a right line to a point 3 miles and 20 chains due east of the confluence of Lake Sumner and the Hurunui River; thence due west to that confluence; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern shore of Lake Sumner to the middle of Marion Stream; thence northerly up the middle of that stream to Lake Marion and along the eastern shore of that lake to its northernmost point; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station H “Niggerhead”; thence northerly and westerly along the eastern and northern boundaries of Reserve 4382 to Hope Pass on the summit of the Main Divide in Block X, Marion Survey District; thence north-easterly generally along the said summit to the Lewis Pass; thence southerly down the middle of the Lewis River and the Boyle River and easterly and southerly down the middle of the Hope River and the Waiau River to a point in line with the middle of the road forming the north-western boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 4972, in Block I, Culverden Survey District; thence south-westerly to and along the middle of that road and its production to the southern side of No. 7 State Highway; thence south-easterly along that roadside to the northern boundary of part Section 26, Culverden Settlement; thence westerly along the northern boundaries of part Section 26, Sections 27 and 28, and part Sections 29 and 31, and southerly along the western boundaries of part Sections 29 and 31, Culverden Settlement and the eastern bank of Black Birch Stream and along a right line across the Pahau River to the north-eastern corner of Lot 16, D.P. 3551; thence westerly generally along the eastern and southern boundaries of that lot to Cascade Road; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of that road to the southernmost boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 3550; thence north-westerly generally along the generally south-western boundary of that lot and its production to the middle of the Dove River; thence south-westerly down the middle of that river and the Mandamus River and up the middle of the Hurunui River to the point of commencement.

BOUNDARIES OF HANMER WARD

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Amuri County, containing 393,500 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at the Lewis Pass in Block VII, Boyle Survey District, and proceeding north-easterly generally along the summit of the Spenser Mountains to an unnamed peak 6059' in Block II, Humboldt Survey District; thence south-easterly along a right line through Trig. M.O. in Block IV, Maling Survey District, to the shore of Lake Tennyson; thence southerly and easterly generally along the generally western shore of that lake to and down the middle of the Clarence River to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Run 279, “The Hossack” in Block VI, Terako Survey District; thence south-westerly and westerly generally to and along that boundary and the generally southern boundary of Run 279 to the left bank of the Hanmer River in Block IV, Lyndon Survey District; thence north-westerly along a right line bearing 315° to the middle of the Hanmer River; thence westerly generally and northerly generally along the middle of the Hanmer, Waiau, Hope, Boyle, and Lewis Rivers to the Lewis Pass, the point of commencement.

BOUNDARIES OF AMURI WARD

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Amuri and Cheviot Counties, containing 79,800 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the north-western side of No. 7 State Highway in the middle of the

Pahau River in Block X, Culverden Survey District, and proceeding north-easterly along that roadside and the north-western side of No. 70 State Highway to the eastern boundary of Section 37, Culverden Settlement; thence northerly along that boundary and the eastern boundary of Section 1, Culverden Settlement, and its production to the middle of the Waiau River; thence easterly generally down the middle of that river to a point in line with the western boundary of Section 1, Block III, Lowry Peaks Survey District; thence south-westerly generally to and along that boundary, the north-western boundaries of Sections 1, 2, 11, and 10, Block VII, Lowry Peaks Survey District, the south-western boundary of the said Section 10, and the north-western boundary of Section 7 of the said Block VII to the north-eastern corner of Rural Section 37568; thence westerly generally along the generally northern boundaries of Rural Sections 37568, 37567, and 37566 and southerly along the western boundary of Rural Section 37566 to the north-western boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 4355; thence south-westerly along that boundary and westerly along the northern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 4353, to the north-eastern corner of Lot 1, D.P. 4351; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of that lot to the summit of Lowry Peaks Range; thence south-westerly generally along the boundary between the Counties of Amuri and Cheviot, being the summit of that range and the main spur leading to the Hurunui River to the foot of that spur; thence due west to the middle of the Hurunui River; thence north-westerly generally up the middle of that river and the Pahau River to the point of commencement.

BOUNDARIES OF CHEVIOT WARD

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Cheviot and Amuri Counties, containing 110,400 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Hurunui River due west of the foot of the main spur leading to Lowry Peaks Range in Block XV, Culverden Survey District, and proceeding due east to that foot; thence north-easterly generally along the boundary between the Counties of Amuri and Cheviot, being the summit of that spur and the aforementioned Lowry Peaks Range to the north-eastern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 4351; thence south-easterly along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of that lot; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 4353, and north-easterly along the north-western boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 4355, to the southernmost corner of Rural Section 37566; thence northerly along the western boundary of that section and easterly generally along the generally northern boundaries of Rural Sections 37566, 37567, and 37568, to the north-western boundary of Section 7, Block VII, Lowry Peaks Survey District; thence north-easterly generally along that boundary, the south-western boundary of Section 10, and the generally north-western boundaries of the said Section 10, and Sections 11, 2, and 1, Block VII, Lowry Peaks Survey District, and Section 1, Block III, Lowry Peaks Survey District, and the production of the last-mentioned boundary to the middle of the Waiau River; thence south-easterly down the middle of that river to the mean high-water mark of the sea; thence south-westerly along that high-water mark to the middle of the Hurunui River; thence north-westerly generally up the middle of that river to the point of commencement.

BOUNDARIES OF WAIAU WARD

All that area in the Canterbury and Marlborough Land District, Amuri County, containing 164,700 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at the confluence of the Hanmer and Waiau Rivers in Block V, Lyndon Survey District, and proceeding north-easterly up the middle of the Hanmer River to a point bearing 315° from the junction of the generally southern boundary of Run 279, “The Hossack”, and the left bank of the Hanmer River; thence south-easterly along a right line to that junction; thence easterly and north-easterly generally along the southern and south-eastern boundaries of Run 279, to the southern boundary of Run 208, “Cloudy Range”; thence easterly along that boundary to the middle of the Mason River; thence north-easterly along a right line to a point 1 mile due south of a point on the summit of a mountain range, being 205°, distance 3½ miles from Trig. A “Cloudy Range” in Block XX, Acheron Survey District; thence due north to that point; thence north-easterly along the summit of the aforementioned range and the ridge leading into Palmer Saddle to the said saddle; thence southerly to and along the middle of the Conway River and south-westerly up the middle of the Gelt River to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 3, D.P. 2884; thence south-westerly generally to and along that boundary, the north-western boundary of Lot 2, D.P. 2884, and the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Lot 1, D.P. 2884, and the production of the last-mentioned boundary to the middle of the Gelt River; thence north-easterly down the middle of that river to a point