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New Zealand Gazette r Bumb. 133. 3347 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. WELLINGTON, THURSDAY1 SEPTEMBER 26, 1918. Altering BIYUIMarie& of Rangitilcei and Wantanui Oountie8. Survey Distriot; thence to and by that boundary and the south-western boundary of Section 71, Block XII, Nga­ (L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor-General. matea Survey District, and that boundary produced to the centre of the Koukoupo Road; thence by the middle of .A PROCLAMATION. that road to a point opposite the northern boundary of the '{"X7HEREAS it is provided by subsection two of section Pungataua Block in Block XII, Ngamatea Survey District; V, three of the Counties Amendment Act, 1913, that thence to and by the northern boundary of that block, the the boundaries of anyone or more counties may be altered in eastern boundaries of Sections 9 and 6, Block VIII, Nga­ accordance with a resolution proposing the alteration passed matea Survey District, the eastern boundary of Section 7, by the Council of each of such counties in which the principal Block IV, of the aforesaid survey district, to the place of Act is in foroe : . commencement. And whereas a resolution was passed by the Rangitikei County Council on the third day of August, one thousand SECOND SCHEDULE. nine hundred and eighteen, and sealed with the seal of the Council of the said county: And whereas a similar resolution RANGITIKEI COUNTY. was passed by the Wanganui County Council on the second ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded to­ day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, wards the north generally, commencing at the north-western and sealed with the seal of the said county, praying for the comer of Section 5, Block I, Maungakaretu Survey District, inclusion in the Rangitikei County of that part of the by the northern boundary of that section, across Owhakura Wanganui County described in the said resolutions and in the Road, and by the northern boundaries of Section 1, Blook I First Sohedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient to make aforesaid,. across Otara Road, and by the northern bound­ suoh alteration in a.ocordanoe with the said resolutions : aries of Sections 2, 3, 4, Block I, the northern boundaries of Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block II, to Turakina River; thence authority conferred on me by the said Aot, I, Arthur William by that river, the northern boundary of Section 3A, Block II, de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of Maungakaretu Survey District, the northern boundaries of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare Raketapauma Nos. lA, IG, II Blocks to the Waiouru-Moa­ that the area described in the First Schedule hereto, being whango Road; thence to the middle of and by that road now part of the Wanganui County, shall, on and from the to its junction with the Waiouru Road; thence by right first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, lines through Totem, Auahitotara, Te Rotete, and Manu­ be deemed to be added to and form part of the Rangitikei kaiapu Trig. Stations to Trig. Station No. 27; thence by a County; and, with the like power and authority, do proclaim right line running in the direction of Tawaki Tohunga Trig. and declare that the boundaries of the Counties of Rangitikei Station to the middle of the Rangitikei River; thence and Wanganui respectively shall as from the aforesaid date towards the east generally by the middle of the Rangitikei be those set forth under their respective headings in the River to its intersection with a right line running between Second Schedule hereto. Trig. Station No. 30. Aorangi, and a.trig. station in Section 6, Block XV, Ohinewairua Survey District; thence by that FIRST SCHEDULE. line to Aorangi Trig. Station aforesaid; thence by a right line running in the direction of the confluence of the north AREA TO BE ADDED TO RANGITIKEI COUNTY. branch of the Waipawa River and the Makaroro River to ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded to­ the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence by the summit wards the north generally by the Waimarino County from of the Ruahine Range to a point due east from the souroe the north-western comer of Section 5, Block I, Maunga­ of the Kawhatau River; thence towards the south-east karetu Survey District, to the RangitikE'i County; thence generally by a line to and along the middle of the Kawhatau towards the east and south generally by the Rangitikei and Rangitikei Rivers to the sea; thence towards the south­ County to the northern boundary of Section 60, Block XVI, west by the sea to the Wangaehu River; thence towards the . Ngamatea Survey:Distriot; thence by the northern boundary north-west generally by the middle of the Wangaehu River of Section 60 aforesaid to the south'eastern corner of Section to a point due west, distance about eighteen chains, from the 77, Block XVI aforesaid; thence towards the west gene­ western boundary of Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District ; rally by the north-eastern boundary of said Seotion 77 and thence by a right line through Okaiepe Trig. Station to the that boundary produced to the middle of Hales Road; thence summit of the eastern watershed of the Wangaehu River; by the middle of that road to a point in line with the south­ thence by lines from hill to hill along the summit of the western boundary of Section 70, Block IX, Maungakaretu eastern watershed aforesaid to its intersection with the A 8348 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. •[No. 133 southern boundary of Section 63, Block XIII, Maungakaretu Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Survey District; thence by the southern boundary of that Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New section to the south-eastern boundary of Section 77, Block Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred XVI aforesaid; thence towards the west generally by the upon me by section twenty-two of the Counties Act, 1908, do north-eastern boundary of said Section 77 and that boundary hereby declare that the area included as aforesaid in the produced to the middle of Hales Road; thence by the County of Rangitikei shall, as on and from the first day of middle of that road to a point in line with the south-western October, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, be in­ boundary of Section 70, Block IX, Maungakaretu Survey Dis­ cluded in a riding to be known as the Ruanui Riding of the trict; thence to and by that boundary and the south-western said county, and that the boundaries of that riding shall be boundary of Section 71, Block XII, Ngamatea Survey District, those set forth in the Schedule hereto. and that boundary produced to the centre of the Koukoupo Road; thence by the middle of that road to a point opposite SCHEDULE. the northern boundary of the Pungataua Block in Block XII, Ngamatea Survey District; thence to and by the northern RUANUI RIDING, RANGITIKEI COUNTY. boundary of that block, the eastern boundaries of Sections ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded 9 and 6, Block VIII, Ngamatea Survey District, and by the towards the north generally by the Waimarino County as eastern boundary of Section 7, Block IV, of the aforesaid described in Gazette, 1917, page 1168, from the north-west survey district to the place of commencement: excluding corner of Section 5, Block I, Maungakaretu Survey District, the Boroughs of Marton, Taihape, and the Town Districts to the west boundary of the Erewhon Riding of the Rangitikei of Hunterville, Mangaweka, and Bull's. County as described in Gazette, 1905, page 1117; thence towards the east by the said Erewhon Riding and the Awarua W ANGANUI COUNTY. Riding; thence towards the south by the said Awarua Riding and by the Te Kapua Riding to the south boundary All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded of Section 63, Block XIII, Maungakaretu Survey District; towards the north generally, commencing at the confluence thence generally towards the west by the new boundary of of the Paparoa Stream and the Wanganui River, by the the Wanganui County hereinbefore described to the point of Paparoa Stream to the south-eastern boundary of Section 9, commencement. Block XI, Tauakira Survey District; thence by the south­ eastern boundary of Section 9 aforesaid, the south-eastern Given under the hand of His Excellency the Rililht boundary of Section 3, Block XI, the south-western and Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, south-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block XII, the southern Earl' of Liverpool, Memher of His Majesty's boundaries of Sections 1 apd 9 to the Mangawhero River; Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand thence by the iniddle of that river to its confluence with the Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Rangitatau Stream; thence by that stream to its junction Michael and Saint George, Member of the with Field's Track; thence by the iniddle of Field's Track Royal Victorian Order, Governor-General and to its junction with the north-eastern boundary of Ohotu Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's 6A No_ 1 Block; thence by that boundary to the Wangaehu Dominion of New Zealand and its Depend­ encies; and issued under the Seal of the said River; thence to and by the iniddle of that river to a point Dominion, at the Government House at Wei­ in line with the northern boundary of Section 1, Block IV, lingMon, this twenty-first day of September, in the Ngamatea Survey District; thence to and by the northern year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and boundary of that section, across a road, and by the northern eighteen.
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